ANTHROPOLOGY AT A GLANCE: AN ONLINE PHOTO EXHIBITION

The images in this exhibition give an impression of the work of several researchers, ranging from a study of post-tsunami lives in Aceh to food production and distribution in Poland and the perspectives and experiences of migrant parents and welfare professionals in European cities.

Simone de Boer, Jemma Middleton, Anouk de Koning, Jasmijn Rana, Tessa Minter, Mark Westmoreland, Erik de Maaker, Federico de Musso, Maria Vasile, Ola Gracjasz, Esther van de Camp, Wiebe Ruijtenberg, Annemarie Samuels, Vincent Walstra and Gerard Persoon • March 17, 2020 • 7 comments

Anthropology in the Local Newspaper: Opportunities & Challenges

Three of last year’s Leiden City Photographers reflect on practicing anthropology in their backyard and on collaborating with the local newspaper as a medium for visual ethnographies. This is the fourth contribution to our impact blog series.

Simone de Boer, Jule Forth and Hanna Stalenhoef • October 15, 2019 • 5 comments

Greta Thunberg and Nongqawuse: Two sixteen-year-old women challenging the world

Greta Thunberg reminds me of Nongqawuse who, also at the age of sixteen, initiated a movement that attempted to drive white settlers out of nineteenth-century South-Africa.

Erik Bähre • October 07, 2019

Anthropologies of and with Asia, at Leiden University

What anthropologies of, and with, Asia do we practice at Leiden University? And how do we want to move forward?

Erik de Maaker and Annemarie Samuels • September 24, 2019

RE: Email in the Field

How can anthropologists engage with email in organisational ethnography? This blog explores email as a ritualised practice that draws attention to both its performativity and boundary-making work.

Coco Kanters • September 11, 2019

The Negative Impact of Unethical and Fraudulent Research: The Case of Soroush

Unethical social scientific research may negatively impact a society’s trust in our scholarly field. In a recent case of fraudulent research practice the discipline of anthropology, incorrectly, got the blame. This is part three of our impact blog series.

Jasmijn Rana • April 04, 2019 • 1 comment

Data Management in Qualitative Social Science: The Impact of the Leiden Statement

How do anthropologists go about data management? In the second contribution on our series on impact, Peter Pels reflects on the international uptake of the "Leiden statement".

Peter Pels • March 14, 2019

Highly-Skilled but Unemployed: The Absence of Expat Wives from the Labor Market

“Highly-skilled migration” in the Netherlands is a largely male affair. This is especially true for Indians who make up the largest group of “highly-skilled” migrants to the country. This blog examines why many of the Indian “expat wives” stay unemployed.

Kate Kirk • February 07, 2019 • 4 comments

The Immeasurable Impact of Anthropology

What are the many ways anthropologists can impact the world? How should we think about impact in anthropology specifically? In a new blog series our researchers address the question of impact and what it means to them to ensure that their research matters.

Marianne Maeckelbergh • December 18, 2018