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Digitalisation

48 hours of digital detox: can you survive without your digital devices?

Digital Anthropology students stayed offline for 48 hours to understand their relationship with digital technologies. How did they survive without devices? Their experiences ranged from strong 'FOMO' to empowerment. What would digital detox mean to you?

Food for Anthropologists: Hare or Rabbit for Christmas?

During Christmas dinner preparations, one might wonder: 'rabbit or hare this year?' But when you look at this dilemma from an anthropologist’s perspective, the answer becomes loud and clear.

A Show of Horses and Men

The compelling portraits French-Algerian artist Mohamed Bourouissa shot of black men in Philadelphia provide food for thought.

Diversity

‘Ordinary people’ and the problem of populism

In his blog series, anthropologist Paul Mepschen sets out to make sense of populism. Who is this ‘ordinary person’, so often mentioned in election coverage about populist leaders? Based on his dissertation Everyday autochthony (2016), this is part one.

Diversity

Beyond 'Trump or Hillary': a travelogue

During a road trip across America in the summer of 2016, Janine Prins wondered how American citizens viewed their situation. Will the election outcome affect their daily life?

Diversity

Towards a heterodox and reflexive economics

After the 2008 financial crisis, the call for a more heterogeneous approach to studying and teaching economics intensified. But how can heterodoxy take up a more prominent place in economic science? A Cultural Anthropologist offers three suggestions.