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PortCityFutures in Rotterdam: Conversations on the Waterfront

This blog recounts the making of a series of small films portraying conversations between the authors at different sites in Rotterdam. The conversations are exemplary of PCF collaborative work on societal issues and future making in this port city region.

Diversity

On the Use of Categories in Diversity Research and Policies

How do we deal with the categories of human difference – such as gender, race, ethnicity, ability, etc. – that scholars, policy-makers and citizens use in a search for more equality? Jasmijn Rana reports on an inspiring online roundtable organized by the CADS Leiden ‘Diversity Research Cluster’.

Surveys, Race and Symbolic Violence

This blog argues that the inhumane and racist treatment of non-white citizens in the Toeslagenaffaire, while shocking, draws on common racist logics we also encounter in seemingly innocuous surveys and research reports.

Large Issues, Interdisciplinary Approaches

Studying missing data: an interdisciplinary approach to data gaps

Sarah Giest and Annemarie Samuels are kicking off this series 'Large Issues, Interdisciplinary Approaches' on interdisciplinary research and teaching at the Leiden Anthropology Blog. They offer one example of how talking across disciplines can open up novel questions and perspectives.

PortCityFutures

Cultural Anthropology, Infrastructures and Envisioning Futures

Port City Regions are global hubs which invite anthropologists, planners, geographers, and architects to rethink disciplinary foundations, interdisciplinary collaborations and future-making, as Sabine Luning, Andrew Littlejohn, and Carola Hein explain.

Boundary Work in the Birthing Room: Doulas, Emotional Labour, and the Politics of Care

Building on insights from her research on midwives in Indonesia, Molly Fitzpatrick reflects on recent debates on the role of the doula in Dutch maternal healthcare.