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

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

Is the UNESCO Office in Paris falling to pieces? Musings on Picasso

In 1958 Pablo Picasso painted a mural for the UNESCO office, but after its installation he refused to sign it. Is this unfinished, soulless work of art perhaps emblematic for the state the organization is in?

Marlous van den Akker • June 10, 2013 • 1 comment

Mummies and coffins in Leiden

Somehow mummies and coffins have always fascinated people. Why? From the moment archaeologists excavated many of them, mummies and coffins started lives that were not originally intended.

Pieter ter Keurs • June 03, 2013 • 2 comments

Moving heritage: a political issue

We are inclined to 'sacralize' heritage, as if the importance of certain objects has always been seen and recognized and has always been beyond discussion. But meanings attributed to certain objects have always been subject to change.

Pieter ter Keurs • April 22, 2013

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

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

Is the UNESCO Office in Paris falling to pieces? Musings on Picasso

Mummies and coffins in Leiden

Moving heritage: a political issue