By Pablo Ampuero-Ruiz – I remember very clearly the first lecture of my Master’s degree at Peking University in China. Professor Pan Wei was giving an introductory lecture on the cultural foundations of China’s political…
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By Anja Hofer – Bojan, a Bulgarian father in Amsterdam, shares his son Krastio’s language development in a bilingual daycare, highlighting challenges multilingual children face. Despite Krastio’s progress in Dutch, he suggests biased assessments may undervalue their linguistic skills. The discussion raises concerns about adequate resources for multilingual education and emphasizes the need for a holistic understanding of language acquisition.
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By 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…
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Door Freek Colombijn – Vers van de pers: het eerste schoolboek antropologie voor middelbare scholieren! Achter de saaie titel Een kennismaking met antropologie gaat een levendig boek schuil, geschreven door Laura van Diermen en Laura…
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Door Zoë Tjon A Ten “Geinig, ik zal nooit weten wat die mensen hier doen, waar ze zich mee bezig houden, wat hun interesses zijn, hoe ze praten en hoe ze bewegen.” Dit dacht Rayn…
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Image from a Dutch high school history book. Photo by author. By Sientje Trip When browsing through one of the history books of the high school I researched I came across some paragraphs on the…
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by Anne and Freek Colombijn The corona lockdown has forced schools and universities to switch to online teaching. While we recognize the often justified complaints voiced by many students at universities and schools of higher…
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Mijn feministische antropologische kijk DOOR GEORGETTE VEERHUIS [TW: verkrachting] Schaamte is een natuurlijke emotie die in alle culturen voorkomt. Maar we mogen er niet zomaar vanuit gaan dat ervaringen met seks, consent, verkrachting, en de…
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BY KAY MARS Intersectionality has become somewhat of a buzzword in contemporary social sciences. It provided a short-hand term for a more complex and comprehensive understanding on identity, which would take into account the ways…
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