“Dance, Sister! Dance!” New Ways of Doing Ethnography in the City “Dance, sister! Dance!” Dina is prodding my side, encouraging me to stand up and dance. “My friend is asking you to dance!” She points at her smartphone, which is videotaping us. The word ‘live’ shows that we are broadcasting live on Facebook. Lennie Geerlings • February 19, 2018 • 1 comment
The Leiden School of Multimodal Ethnography? In this blog, Mark Westmoreland provides some insights into how the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University engages with multimodal teaching & research. This is part 2 of a blog series on multimodal anthropologies. Mark Westmoreland • January 10, 2018
A Christmas Story: Health Insurance in the Netherlands What do christmas and health insurance have in common? By using christmas as an example two underlying principles of health insurance become apparent: solidarity and consumer practices. Nikkie Buskermolen • December 22, 2017
Multimodal Anthropology? In his blog series, visual anthropologist Mark Westmoreland sets out to explore the new vibrant mode of scholarship called multimodal anthropology, and what it means for (visual) anthropology. This is part one. Mark Westmoreland • November 27, 2017
Learning and Belonging in Ladies-Only Kickboxing Kickboxing has been promoted to young Muslim and Moroccan-Dutch women as a tool for empowerment. How can we understand their participation in sports? How are their practices influenced by dominant discourses, policies, and media on the female Muslim body? Jasmijn Rana • October 24, 2017
Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est If knowledge itself is power, then how should we relate to data-hungry companies eager to improve our lives and lifestyles? The science fiction TV-show ‘Orphan Black’ might offer us some interesting answers. Nikki Mulder • September 25, 2017
'The Right to Vote' and Catalan Independence Politicians in Barcelona are preparing for a new political battle as the Catalan nationalists' referendum is bound to take place on 1 October. Will it lead to new court cases because the referendum is unconstitutional? Gerard Persoon • July 11, 2017 • 2 comments
Positioning Science: Post-Truth, Back to the Facts, or Morality? The authority of knowledge, science, and academic institutions is not as self-evident as it maybe was in the past. How to position as scholar in a post-truth world? Should we deal with these challenges by simply studying facts, as some scholars argue? Erik Bähre • June 29, 2017 • 6 comments
Provisioning Activism An increasing body of literature identifies and compares various strategies for alternative provisioning, namely procuring food and other goods and services in a consciously oriented way. Why is this anthropologically interesting? Cristina Grasseni • June 07, 2017