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Before the millenium the Netherlands had one of the lowest percentages of female full professors in the world. What has changed since then and what does it tell us about gender equality in academia?

Henrike Florusbosch • November 27, 2013 • 3 comments

Anthropology Rocks – On the Fair Use of YouTube (and Jimi Hendrix)

YouTube’s copyright policy refers to “fair use” of the material available at their website. But are we, academics, allowed to use material retrieved from YouTube for the documentation and teaching of Africa’s intangible heritage?

Jan Jansen • November 19, 2013

Ethnographic fieldwork in the 21st Century

Fieldwork in the 21th Century: Safeguard your splendid isolation by means of Britney Spears!

Peter Pels • November 12, 2013 • 2 comments

The daily life of an anthropologist?

Anthropologists are known for studying how people go about their every day lives. It may be interesting to turn the tables and ask what a day in the life of an anthropologist looks like.

Zane Kripe • November 04, 2013 • 2 comments

Sinterklaas: A white lie and how the soot vanished from Piet’s face

The discussion about Zwarte Piet shows that some lies are more acceptable than others and that some symbols unite while others divide. The time has come for a new lie of national unity.

Erik Bähre • October 25, 2013 • 15 comments

Anthropologies through film

This October, the Nordic Anthropological Film Association (NAFA) held its annual symposium and filmfestival. I immersed myself, catching up with recent films, and debates on the various relationships between film, anthropology and viewers.

Janine Prins • October 23, 2013 • 3 comments

Forbidden images: unlocking political and emotional blockages of Chilean history

The dictatorship in Chile (1973- 1989) built its history by systematically erasing imaginaries different from its own. Forty years after the coup many forbidden images were made public, inaugurating a new chapter in Chile’s history - one not yet official.

Andrea Cerda-Pereira • October 14, 2013

The urge to forget: collective amnesia as a byproduct of the Westgate Mall attacks

On Saturday 21 September the Westgate Mall in Nairobi was taken over by militants. They killed and injured a shocking number of visitors and occupied the building for days. Kenya fought back by emphasizing the unity and solidarity among its citizens.

Marlous van den Akker • October 02, 2013 • 2 comments

The peculiar case of (non) creativity

Creativity is one of the buzzwords everyone seems to be after - individuals, businesses, education institutions and even states. Some seem to succeed better than others. But is that really the case? What are our views on what is creative and what is not?

Zane Kripe • September 10, 2013 • 2 comments