Street photography and ethnographic ethics With the accessibility of new technology and digital cameras, most of us anthropologists these days routinely make images in the field. But how do we handle the issues of trust, privacy and other ethics of ethnographic image-making? Mark Westmoreland • May 10, 2016
‘Walls of Peace’ and memories of conflict in Belfast Peace-building by building walls? In Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, guided tours to a 3-kilometer-long wall have become a ‘must do’ on the tourist’s schedule. The memorial wall reveals the slow process of reconciliation. Gerard Persoon • May 02, 2016 • 1 comment
Ethnography and the work of the ancestors Fieldwork makes one think again about one’s own society. This blog is about how fieldwork taught me what ancestors mean in South Africa and forced me to think again about attitudes to ancestors in Europe. Erik Bähre • April 18, 2016 • 1 comment
Culture: Public or Private? Looking at the present situation in many countries we have the impression that culture, museums and heritage have always been state financed affairs. Yet, historical reality might offer us a different picture. Pieter ter Keurs • April 01, 2016
Beyond multispecies ethnography: Engaging anthropology with violence and animal rights In the field of Anthropology the focus on social justice and human rights is a general theme. Yet, animal rights have largely escaped anthropological attention. Is it not time for anthropologists to take a stance and go beyond multispecies ethnography? Helen Kopnina • March 15, 2016 • 9 comments
Feel the heat – Fuel innovation in Ghana It is charcoal, but not as we know it! - Professor David Miller has a mission to decrease the brain drain in Ghana. By making charcoals out of grass he found a great alternative that could benefit employment as well as sustainability development. Jan Jansen • February 22, 2016 • 1 comment
Will women talk about the war? How do women talk about violent experiences? How can we understand women’s stories of war without reproducing stereotypes of female victimhood or subservience? Rosi Aryal won the Speckmann award with her MA research on war time violence in Sierra Leone. Rosi Aryal • February 16, 2016
Future heritage? The 'Historic Urban Landscape' approach in Zanzibar and Amsterdam What can Zanzibar Town in Tanzania learn about managing world heritage from Amsterdam, and vice versa? At least one thing: that intangible heritage is not a matter of the past, and that its purpose - its future – may ‘conserve’ it most effectively. Peter Pels • February 11, 2016
The anthropologist and the key This year’s ‘Veldwerk NL’ students revealed the importance of the key in anthropological research. It not only symbolises access, it creates possibilities to break down prejudices and pave the way to constructive human interaction. Nienke van der Heide • February 05, 2016