Airbnb: the neighbours decide According to Airbnb, Amsterdam is the first city to have passed an Airbnb-friendly law. Yet, fed up by room letting websites, the neighbours are less friendly. Nikkie Buskermolen • November 30, 2015
Data management and ethics: A discussion between two Leiden anthropologists Anthropologists have important insights to add to the public debate about data management. Come join the discussion on our institute’s position paper on October 26th. Here we share some thoughts on ethics, ethnography, and data. Zane Kripe and Henrike Florusbosch • October 14, 2015
Keep It Clean Day! Your contribution to a cleaner ocean It is Keep It Clean Day! The area that really could do with a good cleanup is our ocean and beaches. Large research studies now focus on the ‘plastic soup’, and local initiatives are equally encouraging. In Dutch we even have a new word: Grondstofjutten. Floor Hendriks • September 18, 2015
Resource wars and Public Anthropology Extraction of subterranean wealth is a hot issue in the Netherlands, and elsewhere. How do we anthropologists contribute to the field of research and the public debate on mineral and gas extraction? Sabine Luning • August 19, 2015 • 3 comments
When dreams shape our day Dreams appear only to the individual, but seem to come from a source outside our social selves. Do we allow them to shape our days? Comparing Dutch and Kyrgyz social contexts, we understand how profoundly cultural these processes are. Nienke van der Heide • April 15, 2015 • 2 comments
