The Anger of Athens

On July 15th, Metje Postma was caught up in the angry demonstration in Athens against Parliament’s impending vote to agree to Tsipras's deal with EU leaders. The protest got out of hand and was broken up by the police using tear gas.

Metje Postma • July 20, 2015

Rock Art in Panna - What does it mean to the people who live there?

Rock art is widely found in caves and along shady parts of the rocky Vindhya hills of Central India, where the Panna Tiger Reserve is located. These are truly beautiful paintings, but what is their significance to the present local community?

Shekhar Kolipaka • July 01, 2015 • 6 comments

“In my childhood we only played with empty shells” - Reporting from the frontlines

Vager Saadullah is a journalist and political analyst, living in Duhok - the KRG region in North Iraq. I interviewed him in April about his life experiences in this region and his views on the war with the Islamic State and the future of Kurdistan.

Wendelmoet Hamelink • May 13, 2015

One of us: Tarik Z. and Conspiracy Culture

Should we view Tarik Z., who tried to hold the Dutch national television news hostage, as a would-be terrorist? To me, he represents something more humdrum, ordinary, and closer to home: latter-day conspiracy thinking.

Peter Pels • February 10, 2015

Practice makes perfect: fieldwork methods at the Field School NL

January is Fieldwork Month for many of our staff and students. This year, the first edition of the Field School NL provided MA students with intensive training in fieldwork methods, from food diaries to focus groups.

Henrike Florusbosch • February 06, 2015 • 3 comments

Visual Ethnography 'New Talent Films' at Beeld voor Beeld Festival

Thursday February 12th films of our MA students Annelies van der Ploeg, Ildikó Zonga Plájás en Dewi Plass will be shown at the Beeld voor Beeld Festival 2015 at EYE, Amsterdam. Films you don't want to miss!

Metje Postma and Rosanne van den Berg • February 03, 2015

Designing dialogues for an ethnographic museum

Within the EU RICHES project Janine Prins observes design thinking methods, investigating their usefulness for anthropologists. A look behind the scenes of work-in-progress.

Janine Prins • January 27, 2015

Jesus film magic in the West African bush

The American film Jesus (1979) is not only the most watched film in history, but has also become a global tool for evangelism. The reason it remains so popular is not because of the film itself but rather what evangelical Christians have made of it.

Johannes Merz • December 18, 2014

Open letter to the Dutch government: Government's approach to Zwarte Piet

Is the government right to refrain from stating an opinion about Zwarte Piet? Having no opinion is no option anymore. The government owes the Netherlands an official statement.

Wendelmoet Hamelink • December 05, 2014 • 1 comment

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