Anouk de Koning is assistant professor at the department of Anthropology and Development Studies, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. For the Sociological Review she wrote a blog reflecting on historical structures and shifts that can shed light on today’s racialized politics. For many of us, the present moment is dominated by the triumphs of Brexit, Donald […]
The allegedly disenfranchised whites play a central role in this year’s election cycle in Europe. How are we to understand the populist moment and what role can ethnography play in these analyses? This is part 2 of Paul Mepschen’s populism blog series. Who are ‘the people’? In the Netherlands, the construction of ‘the people’ occurs within […]
Tachyk Nahar studies Cultural Anthropology at Utrecht University and specializes in the topics gender, sexuality, and race. She interned at the New Urban Collective and currently works on her bachelor research on gender in online social spheres of video games. Tachyk emigrated from Curaçao to the Netherlands in 2013. For antropologen.nl she wrote this blog about “The Antilles’ and why we should […]
On Friday May 19, the Dutch Anthropological Association (ABv) organizes its yearly “Dag van de Antropologie/Anthropology Day”. This year’s theme is Solidarity! Solidarity is a key theme in today’s world, marked as it is by various crises induced by war, climate change and economic inequalities. In this interactive day of presentations and discussions, we explore […]
Robin Smit is op het moment bezig met haar masteronderzoek Culturele Antropologie aan de Universiteit van Utrecht. Ze doet onderzoek naar het lichaamsbeeld van vrouwen en hoe dit beeld wordt beïnvloed door Personal Body Management; onder andere sporten en gezond eten. In deze ‘Uit het veld’ legt Robin uit dat je met een ‘goed’ lichaam […]
Dr. Marina de Regt werkt bij de Vrije Universiteit en is gespecialiseerd in gender en migratie. Inmiddels heeft ze meer dan 25 jaar onderzoekservaring in, met name, Jemen en Ethiopië. Redactielid Eva Schouten interviewde haar over het belang van antropologisch onderzoek voor migratie- en gendervraagstukken. Waarom ben je antropologie gaan studeren? “Ik ben sinds mijn […]