by Yannick van Druijten – When Matús first called Petržalka a ‘concrete jungle’, I laughed. At that moment I had not fully understood what he meant. Matús had explained to me that people would get…
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By Thijl Sunier – Those who were in the Netherlands between 6-8 November could not possibly have missed it. Riots broke out around a football match between the Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv team and Ajax, which took place in Amsterdam’s main football station Amsterdam Arena. The clashes were between the supporters of Maccabi and purportedly Dutch-Moroccan youngsters. In the night the city became the scene of a grim confrontation between several groups and the police.
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By Freek Colombijn – Thomas Hylland Eriksen, one of the greatest anthropologists of our time, died on 27 November 2024, at the age of 62 years. Many cohorts of anthropology students at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam were introduced into the field through his text book Small places, large issues and often also read one of his many other works.
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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…
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By 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…
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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 Marina de Regt – On Thursday the 26th of September, my social media filled up with messages commemorating Yemen’s revolution of 1962. I read poems and short texts accompanied by pictures of the Yemeni…
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by Isa Prieto – I arrive at Chennai airport at 1 am. As soon as I step outside the airport, the humid air envelops me, and I immediately sweat. My mother, Renu, is waiting for…
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By Peter Versteeg – “It’s just a chemical reaction,” was the response of a fellow student, a psychologist. I had just presented my “spiritual biography,” a part of the master’s in spiritual care I was…
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