The protests around the world against racism, police violence and white supremacy spark much needed conversations. This blog calls to critically look at, and change, our own practices as anthropologists in the Netherlands and at Leiden University. Authors: Anouk de Koning and Jasmijn Rana The increase of race-based violence and the death of George Floyd […]
Written by the Dutch association of anthropologists (ABv) The Dutch association of anthropologists (ABv) stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movements, black and people of colour (POC) communities in the U.S.A., in the Netherlands and worldwide that are subjected to racist violence. We deplore violence unleashed on them by police and security forces. […]
Maandag 22 juni, 17:00 uur Online via LIVECAST te bekijken | Pakhuis de Zwijger Reserveren via deze link: https://dezwijger.nl/programma/boeklancering-antropoloog-gezocht In ‘Antropoloog gezocht’ geven Laurens Bakker, Masja Cohen en Walter Faaij een breed en inspirerend beeld van antropologen op de arbeidsmarkt. Twijfel je of je antropologie wil studeren? Of studeer(de) je antropologie en ben je je […]
In March 2020, Quebec filmmaker Louise Abbott completed a new short documentary about an Inuit group in Nunavut that the Canadian government forcibly relocated in the 1950s and 60s. Through the eyes of survivors Mary (Ayaaq) Anowtalik and David Serkoak, The Out-of-the-Way Dwellers recounts the story of the Ahiarmiut and their determination to keep their […]
Piero Miranda-Carrillo is a researcher and politically engaged Peruvian. He studied Political Science at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and holds a master’s degree in Anthropology from PUCP. He worked as a government councillor for the San Miguel district in 2015-2018, and did his fieldwork research on urban citizens in relation to participation, culture, sports, […]
On Monday the 2nd of December there will be a symposium named ‘Collaboration, Creativity and Change in the Imaginations of our Kingdom’, organized by the Imagining the Nation research group (NWO Caribbean Research Program). The meeting promises to be a creative exchange that explores and discusses issues of collaborative research and impact. Feel free to […]
Anthropology Day 2019, a collaboration with the Research Center for Material Culture, was about FUTURES, focusing on the anthropology of the future and the future of anthropology. What futures do anthropologists imagine and strive for? What are the implicit and explicit agendas and ambitions for the future in the work of anthropologists (e.g., decolonization, sustainability, equality)? […]
7 November- Amsterdam – Katherine van den Bogert heeft op de Dag van het Sportonderzoek in Amsterdam de Boymansprijs gewonnen. De prijs wordt sinds 1987 uitgereikt aan de schrijver van het beste proefschrift op het gebied van sport, lichamelijke opvoeding en recreatie. De aanmoedigingsprijs voor beste masterscriptie ging naar Kim de Wild. De naam van […]