Join us for the joint Etnofoor and NEvA webinar on (Un)making Archives! Register here! Rather than treating archives as neutral repositories of the past, this webinar approaches archives as sites where power operates through selection, erasure, classification, and care. The contributions ask how archives shape what becomes visible or stays obscured, whose lives are deemed […]
The past decades have witnessed growing concerns around collections in Western museums and archives. Amid broader post- and decolonial critiques of heritage institutions, objects and practices, museums were confronted with demands to look critically at, or investigate possibilities for the restitution of (parts of) their collections. While the focus has tended to be on ethnographic […]
We are excited to announce that on February 28, the ABv, in collaboration with Etnofoor, will be co-organizing a thought-provoking webinar on “Utopia”. We are thrilled to feature Yatun Sastramidjaja as our discussant for the evening. As Fredric Jameson once wrote, it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. From blockchain to renewable energy projects, […]
‘‘Antropoloog Uitgelicht’’ is een reeks columns vanuit de Antropologen Beroepsvereniging (AbV) waarin elke aflevering een andere Antropoloog uitgelicht. Hiermee bieden we meer inzicht in de diverse werkterreinen waarin antropologen actief zijn. Geschreven voor Vita Brummelhuis Vandaag bespreken we Lianne Quax, een antropoloog met aannemers- en timmerdiploma’s op zak. In ons gesprek met Lianne […]
De ABv behartigt de belangen van antropologen die in Nederland wonen, werken en studeren. Lijkt het jou leuk om deel uit te maken van de webredactie van de Antropologen Beroepsvereniging (ABv)? Als webredacteur kun je je inzetten op verschillende manieren. Je kunt zelf beslissen wat goed bij jou past en waar […]
This year’s Anthropology Day Welfare States in Crisis is organized in collaboration with the Crafting Resilience and Prototyping Welfare projects, two recently awarded research projects carried out by anthropologists from Leiden University. Anouk de Koning, Martha Kapazoglou, and Vénicia Sananès (Leiden University/University of Amsterdam) will deliver the keynote address on the day. Here is their […]
Hi Everyone, We would like to provide you a sneak peek of the Anthropology Day 2024, 17 May in Leiden, by posting the abstract of Panel One. Changing the system from within: how ‘outcast’ professionals try to bring about the change they wish to see in the world Anthropologists conducting fieldwork within public organizations often […]