Roots 'en route': redesigning cultural heritages after migration Europe is said to be endowed with creativity because of its migrant youth, mixing heritages. But cultural diversity can only be a source of innovation if lost roots are dug up. Can new technology and museums provide help? Janine Prins • April 28, 2014
3 crucial issues in the upcoming South African elections The South African national elections take place on May 7 2014. What are they about? As the elections come closer, tensions intensify, rivalries become harsher, and scandals make headlines. Three concerns that run through everyday political rivalries: Erik Bähre • April 23, 2014
Why reading novels benefits ethnographic writing These days I mostly spend writing. On the precious moments that I manage to liberate myself from my laptop, I devour novels. Below some reflections on how reading fiction helps me improve my own anthropological writing (...and means to distract myself). Marlous van den Akker • April 14, 2014 • 4 comments
Function Creep After last years revelations of the NSA spying activities, hackers often despair over the lack of public interest in online privacy. An anthropological focus on the specific context of such activism may help explain this. Dorien Zandbergen • April 07, 2014
What’s on your anthropological blog roll? Where do you turn if you want to get an anthropological take on current issues? Of course, you turn to this blog! But what other blogs should be on your anthropological blog roll? Here are some of my personal favorites... Henrike Florusbosch • April 02, 2014 • 12 comments
Carthage: The image of a lost city An exhibition always poses problems of representation. In the case of the lost city of Carthage: stereotypes and a lack of information. By its upcoming exhibition the National Museum of Antiquities seeks to shed new light on the Tunisian Unesco site. Pieter ter Keurs • March 12, 2014 • 2 comments
Dompas: Apartheid in Utrecht? There is an app that shows you the shortest way to downtown Utrecht, called the Dompas. It is embarrassing that the developers of this app haven’t ‘googled’ this term, and so missed its dirty history in apartheid policy. Jan Jansen • March 10, 2014
New Moroccan cinema reflects diversity in society Until March 19th, EYE shows the work of contemporary Moroccan film makers. They present non-exotic and diverse images of their own society; fictitious stories that contain cutting-edge social analyses. Janine Prins • March 05, 2014
Why anthropology matters: a critique on De Social Club’s take on hunting safaris Anthropologists study difference: We go to other places to examine how, and why, people do things differently. However, the insights of these studies do not only teach us about other places and peoples - they can also shine a light upon our own society Marlous van den Akker • February 21, 2014
