Anthropology in the Local Newspaper: Opportunities & Challenges Three of last year’s Leiden City Photographers reflect on practicing anthropology in their backyard and on collaborating with the local newspaper as a medium for visual ethnographies. This is the fourth contribution to our impact blog series. Simone de Boer, Jule Forth and Hanna Stalenhoef • October 15, 2019 • 6 comments
Greta Thunberg and Nongqawuse: Two sixteen-year-old women challenging the world Greta Thunberg reminds me of Nongqawuse who, also at the age of sixteen, initiated a movement that attempted to drive white settlers out of nineteenth-century South-Africa. Erik Bähre • October 07, 2019
Anthropologies of and with Asia, at Leiden University What anthropologies of, and with, Asia do we practice at Leiden University? And how do we want to move forward? Erik de Maaker and Annemarie Samuels • September 24, 2019
RE: Email in the Field How can anthropologists engage with email in organisational ethnography? This blog explores email as a ritualised practice that draws attention to both its performativity and boundary-making work. Coco Kanters • September 11, 2019
The Negative Impact of Unethical and Fraudulent Research: The Case of Soroush Unethical social scientific research may negatively impact a society’s trust in our scholarly field. In a recent case of fraudulent research practice the discipline of anthropology, incorrectly, got the blame. This is part three of our impact blog series. Jasmijn Rana • April 04, 2019 • 1 comment
Data Management in Qualitative Social Science: The Impact of the Leiden Statement How do anthropologists go about data management? In the second contribution on our series on impact, Peter Pels reflects on the international uptake of the "Leiden statement". Peter Pels • March 14, 2019
Highly-Skilled but Unemployed: The Absence of Expat Wives from the Labor Market “Highly-skilled migration” in the Netherlands is a largely male affair. This is especially true for Indians who make up the largest group of “highly-skilled” migrants to the country. This blog examines why many of the Indian “expat wives” stay unemployed. Kate Kirk • February 07, 2019 • 4 comments
The Immeasurable Impact of Anthropology What are the many ways anthropologists can impact the world? How should we think about impact in anthropology specifically? In a new blog series our researchers address the question of impact and what it means to them to ensure that their research matters. Marianne Maeckelbergh • December 18, 2018
Self-isolation as a Choice: The Sentinelese and the Missionary In November, the killing of a missionary on North-Sentinel attracted a lot of media attention. The fact that John Chau tried to set foot on an officially closed area generated some blunt reactions. But what does the future of isolated tribes look like? Gerard Persoon • December 14, 2018
