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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Door Luka Hendrickx. Begin september fiets ik voor het eerst sinds ik het veldwerk voor mijn scriptieonderzoek afrondde de Polder weer binnen. Daarmee wordt in België de streek ten noorden van Antwerpen bedoeld, waar de…
Leave a CommentBy Santiago Camara – Anthropologists are frequently told that “everything is data”, even the lack of data can be used to create an argument or come to conclusions. Blockages in fieldwork can unblock certain lines…
1 CommentBy Tess Zondervan – The wind is teasing me. As I try to keep my balance, resting my back onto the big wooden pillar around the magnetic compass – the one us telling we are…
2 CommentsBy Robert Cornelis – It’s one of the first warm days in May, and I am slightly thrown off by how lush and green my hometown appears. In my memories of Diemen, it was a…
1 CommentBy Dilara Yentür – At 04:17 on February 6th, 2023, an earthquake ravaged the lands of southern Turkey and northern Syria. Buildings crumbled like sandcastles, roads tore apart, and the silence of the night was…
Leave a CommentBy Lilian Ebbelaar – During my research in a prison I have learned multiple things by actually doing fieldwork. The most important things I have learned though, are the importance of bias-free research, and our…
Leave a CommentBy Fridus Steijlen – There are things in daily life that seem to always continue without notice. For me, one of them is going to the hairdresser, more or less every six weeks. I only…
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