BY JOP KOOPMAN The city of Wuhan, ground zero of the coronavirus, is 6 six days under lockdown when residents take to WeChat and start to suggest that they should chant uplifting phrases from their…
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By Matthias Teeuwen Inspired by Paul Stoller’s 2017 blog ‘Doing Anthropology In Troubled Times’, the goal of this year’s ‘Dag van de Antropologie’ (Annual Anthropology Day) was to reflect upon the role of anthropology in some…
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By Matthias Teeuwen On Earth Day last Saturday thousands of scientists in hundreds of cities worldwide took to the streets for the March for Science. The statement they made was that science should not become subject to political restraints and that it should remain free to investigate the phenomena of this world. It was organised in the face of an increasing scepticism towards science which disregards scientific findings and scientific consensus in public decision-making. What, might we ask, is the proper relationship between science and politics? Should scientists engage with politics? And if so: in what way?
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Door Charlotte Dijkhoff Op dinsdag 10 januari 2017 begon mijn reis naar Polen. De voornaamste reden om naar dit land te gaan was om Auschwitz te bezoeken. Auschwitz is de grootste verzameling van concentratie- en vernietigingskampen die tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog door nazi-Duitsland waren opgezet. Het was een indrukwekkende reis die ik nooit zou vergeten. Een ervaring die een mens niet in de koude kleren gaat zitten. Nog geen tachtig jaar geleden zijn hier miljoenen mensen, merendeels Joden, politieke gevangenen en personen die tot andere etnische minderheden behoorden, om het leven gebracht. Zij stierven door uitputting, overwerk, honger, lijfstraffen, medische experimenten, ziektes of door willekeurige executie.
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By Matthias Teeuwen When one thinks of a Muslim artist in the Netherlands one naturally thinks of someone who, with his or her art, tries to address issues of integration, tensions between Islam and secularism or the clash between Islamic and western society. Because that is what art by Muslims in the Netherlands is supposed to be about. Right?
In last week’s AALS lecture Dr. Bregje Termeer came to talk to us about her dissertation research on artistic strategies of young Muslim artists living in the Netherlands. What she discovered was that these artists did not subscribe to the definition of what art by Muslims is supposed to be. These artists were, as Termeer called it, ‘disengaging culturalism’.
Mijn onderzoek naar het electoraat van een politieke partij die in zowel de media als in academische kringen omschreven wordt als neonazistisch en fascistisch vindt plaats op het idyllische eiland Corfu, in Griekenland. De ‘Gouden…
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