Approaching Carthage: Image and Reality The Byrsa, the hill where the center of ancient Carthage was situated, is not very impressive. The image of Carthage in European collective memory is. Or is it not? Pieter ter Keurs • June 12, 2014 • 2 comments
Mali’s Heritage: Beyond Timbuktu Mali is in the news because of the deployment of Dutch military personnel. Media coverage conjures up images of the 2012 destruction of Timbuktu’s World Heritage mausoleums and mosques. Might heritage also have a role in bringing peace and national unity? Henrike Florusbosch • June 04, 2014
Roots 'en route': redesigning cultural heritages after migration Europe is said to be endowed with creativity because of its migrant youth, mixing heritages. But cultural diversity can only be a source of innovation if lost roots are dug up. Can new technology and museums provide help? Janine Prins • April 28, 2014
3 crucial issues in the upcoming South African elections The South African national elections take place on May 7 2014. What are they about? As the elections come closer, tensions intensify, rivalries become harsher, and scandals make headlines. Three concerns that run through everyday political rivalries: Erik Bähre • April 23, 2014
Why reading novels benefits ethnographic writing These days I mostly spend writing. On the precious moments that I manage to liberate myself from my laptop, I devour novels. Below some reflections on how reading fiction helps me improve my own anthropological writing (...and means to distract myself). Marlous van den Akker • April 14, 2014 • 4 comments
Function Creep After last years revelations of the NSA spying activities, hackers often despair over the lack of public interest in online privacy. An anthropological focus on the specific context of such activism may help explain this. Dorien Zandbergen • April 07, 2014
What’s on your anthropological blog roll? Where do you turn if you want to get an anthropological take on current issues? Of course, you turn to this blog! But what other blogs should be on your anthropological blog roll? Here are some of my personal favorites... Henrike Florusbosch • April 02, 2014 • 12 comments
Carthage: The image of a lost city An exhibition always poses problems of representation. In the case of the lost city of Carthage: stereotypes and a lack of information. By its upcoming exhibition the National Museum of Antiquities seeks to shed new light on the Tunisian Unesco site. Pieter ter Keurs • March 12, 2014 • 2 comments
Dompas: Apartheid in Utrecht? There is an app that shows you the shortest way to downtown Utrecht, called the Dompas. It is embarrassing that the developers of this app haven’t ‘googled’ this term, and so missed its dirty history in apartheid policy. Jan Jansen • March 10, 2014
