By Yuli Ykitai – I have been drinking tea without sugar for as long as I can remember. According to family legend, it all began during the time we still lived in the USSR. During…
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By Beth Bento – The day began with the high stakes of a long-awaited interview. After nearly a month in Altamira, Pará, I finally felt more connected to the land and to the women involved…
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By Maaike Matelski – Four years after the military coup of February 2021, Myanmar was hit by a massive earthquake on 28 March 2025. While the earthquake may have been an unavoidable natural disaster, the…
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In this series we invite anthropologists to share stories of growth, change, and discovery throughout their careers. By reflecting on the life choices that shaped them, the unexpected moments in the field that shifted their…
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By Joost Blokker – Flower wreaths were placed at the Jewish Children monument in The Hague on Yom HaShoah, a day on which Jewish communities around the world memorialize victims of the Holocaust (Shoah). It…
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By Aleeha Ali I fear there will be war. I, from a continent away, think of my parent’s house. My family lives in a large city near the border. Once in 2019, our city announced…
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By Marina de Regt – This morning three beautiful pictures of the Sahara showed up on my phone, sent by Ahmed, who I met a few weeks ago while making a desert trip in Algeria.…
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By Konstadina Naka – For the past three months, my master’s research has explored the complex world of the modern human-dog relationship in Amsterdam. This ethnographic journey took an unexpected turn. I was initially intrigued…
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by Emma van der Tak – “I saw that you have written for newspapers before,” Albert remarks as the waitress puts down our coffee. While I did so once, I explain that my current fieldwork…
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By Romy de Vos – “Look, a piece of slate from the roof,” I say to my hostess Iris*, as I hold out a thin plate of darkish-grey material for her to see. “Nope,” she…
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