Archives vivantes by Marie Gautheron

“…As “living archives” of “ethnographic” objects conserved in museums, these films give a palpable sense of the impact of their disappearance (broken transmission, knowledge loss) and return some of their immaterial heritage immediately. …”
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La culture de la patate douce et du maïs chez les Krahô by Ana Gabriela Morim de Lima

“…From an anthropological perspective, this article proposes a reflection on human-plant interactions based on an ethnographic study of the complementary opposition between sweet potato and maize crops among the Krahô, an Amerindian people of Central Brazil. …”
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De Martino, apocalisse e la decolonialità. Riflessioni sulla crisi mezzo secolo dopo by Dorothy L. Zinn

“…Secondly, the author considers some recent ethnographic works with decolonial implications, which we can usefully read through the lens of de Martino’s work. …”
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La gestion participative des forêts en Afrique centrale by Daou Véronique Joiris, Patrice Bigombe Logo, Séverin Cécile Abega (†)

“…From a historical and ethnographic point of view, they discuss the performance of four « participatory » funding and five participatory mechanisms. …”
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« Homosexualiser » un rituel chrétien. Le Fêtez-Dieu de l’association David & Jonathan by Mickaël Durand

“…This ritual is neither a traditional rite nor a practice pertaining to “secular forms of religiosity.” Based on ethnographical observations and in-depth interviews with members of the organization David & Jonathan, this article shows how the Fêtez-Dieu articulates a religious socialization and a homosexual socialization, thus encouraging the process of identity tension reduction. …”
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Patrimoines de papier. Superposition des aires naturelles protégées et développement territorial dans l’île de Lanzarote (Canaries, Espagne) by Igor Babou

“…what are the social and environmental effects of the multiplication of nature protection measures in the same area? Based on the ethnographic study of a fragile island territory (Lanzarote Island, Canary Islands, Spain), the diversity of its protected natural areas, its UNESCO listings (biosphere reserve and geopark) and local regulatory frameworks, this article shows the limited influence of environmental protection measures on the territory in a context characterized by political corruption and the high economic stakes of tourism. …”
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Borders of Wealth and Poverty: Ideas Stimulated by Comparing the Mediterranean and U.S.-Mexico Borders by Josiah Heyman, Natalia Ribas-Mateos

“…The processes of interchange at borders, in turn, support important urban zones and other communities that merit close ethnographic study for their social and cultural complexity.…”
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Un General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) non molto general by Elena Bougleux

“…The essay analyzes the genesis and specificity of anthropological data, mainly ethnographic data, and raises epistemological and procedural issues related to the different nature of data in anthropology and in other disciplines. …”
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La construction sociale de la réalité dans un centre commercial : ordres de réalité concurrents et négociation de l’ordre social by Thibaut Besozzi

“…Based on an ethnographic study of a shopping mall located in the city center—in which I was immersed for eight months, and where, day to day, a phenomenon of space appropriation and of primary sociability established itself through the presence of socially vulnerable elderly people—I show the complexity of the reality of shopping malls. …”
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À qui sont ces martyrs ? by Sepideh Parsapajouh

“…These decisions, which are increasingly a matter of rationalized state oversight, have tended toward greater standardization of the graves, a standardization which is opposed by the martyrs’ families. Employing ethnographic methods, we attempt to shed light on the individual and family links between the tomb and the martyr. …”
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Tutti i colori del verde. Il ruolo del verde urbano nei processi di cittadinanza nella città di Bolzano by Roberta Raffaetà

“…This article analyses how the perception and the practices related to urban green in the city of Bolzano (north-Italy) are implicated in processes of citizenship and ethnic identity, with special reference to colonial invasion of the area since the end of first world war. Through an ethnographic approach (part of a interdisciplinary project), the article illustrates how the way in which people in Bolzano make sense and use the urban green is the result of historically stratified influences that are entangled to contemporary reinterpretations made on the basis of actual socio-political challenges. …”
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Terre, normes de propriété et litiges à Kaboul by Antonio De Lauri

“…From the starting point of ethnographic case studies, this article develops an analysis of dispute resolution mechanisms related to property. …”
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The Love Trap. Romanticization practices of the Italian generations of the 90s by Fulvio Cozza

“…Drawing from material collected during two ethnographic investigations conducted in Rome and Lazio, I will focus on the experience of love triggered by relationships with human beings and archaeological remains. …”
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Former à « prendre sa place » dans une équipe du travail social : une dimension collective des pratiques de tutorat by Dominique Trébert, Fanny Bovey, Camille Montefusco, Marianne Zogmal

“…More generally, the proposed reflection, which is based on an interactionist and video ethnographic perspective, illustrates the specificities of tutoring practices in social work.…”
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Topografías variables del poder: las relaciones entre movimientos sociales y el Estado argentino en dos tiempos by Virginia Manzano

“…In that framework, this article studies the relational character of the State and social movements in Argentina by looking at the historical articulation of neoliberal forms of government and the shaping of a favorable context for the implementation of popular politics of income distribution. From an ethnographic perspective, the article analyzes the making of the unemployed people’s movement (piquetero) in La Matanza District (Buenos Aires) and the Tupac Amaru Movement in Jujuy province, in order to account for variable topographies of power.…”
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Water Symbolism in Yorùbá Folklore and Culture1 by George Olusola Ajibade

“…Water is a relevant and a significant variable that is also germane to the understanding of Yorùbá peoples’ identity, culture and religion. Hence, this ethnographical and literary study examines the image of water in Yorùbá cosmology using folklore (oral texts) of the people as paradigms. …”
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Archives numériques aborigènes, parenté et création by Jessica De Largy Healy

“…The use of digital technology has enabled members of these communities to rediscover their ancestors’ traces, which since the 1920s have been dispersed into ethnographic archives and museums in Australia and abroad. …”
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Antropologia medica nella crisi ambientale. Determinanti biosociali, politica e campi di causazione by Elisa Pasquarelli, Andrea Filippo Ravenda

“…In such a complex framework, this special issue hosts theoretical contributions and ethnographic researches that, in their multiplicity, explore the global articulations of the environmental crisis with its local peculiarities embodied in the experiences of the people who live, work and fall ill in territories damaged or contaminated.…”
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On the Border in Northern Mauritania by Mark Drury

“…Historical examples trace a shift from a relatively permeable frontier zone during colonialism to an increasingly fixed border during decolonization. Ethnographic examples from the border crossing of Guerguerat and the northern Mauritanian town of Nouadhibou connect to recent developments during which the northern Mauritanian border has become a flashpoint in the Western Sahara conflict. …”
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Donner la parole : à quel prix ? by Mathilde Zbaeren

“…The distinction between literary and ethnographic restitution, thus made obsolete by non-fictional forms, requires documentary literature and field writing to think of restitution in its material dimension, by virtue of the "participation" in the field of the potential readers of these productions.…”
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