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What was left behind
By Juan Grajales, current leader of LAG Behind were left the mountains and jungles, the hills crowned with bromeliads, the flocks of birds vanishing into the black storm clouds of an instant downpour. Behind was left the land—brown, soft, and fertile—from which trees and animals sprouted, and so many blue, red, and green birds that…
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En auto-etnografi om utlendighet
Av Ivonne Bautista Valencia Hvor mange meter er det mellom Meg på spansk og Meg på norsk? Sju år? Hvor mange ord kan jeg på spansk? Videregående skole. Hvor mange ord kan jeg på norsk? Mastergrad. Er utdanning en avstand? Hvordan ser selvtilliten ut på spansk? Hvordan ser selvtilliten ut på norsk? Hva er fagforening…
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Quetzal & Velvet: On Spaces of Cultural Synthesis
by Lars Gabriel Unlayao Slettebø[1] and Fabio Nicolás Venero Figueroa[2] Atop a finely woven gold-threaded mat sits a man with immaculate posture, adorned with a cape of shimmering jade-green quetzal feathers. His regal features are tastefully accompanied withlarge oblong earpieces which almost reach his shoulders. The soft glimmer of his golden diadem elegantly compliments his…
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Why I decided to stop doing research – a personal reflection on my master thesis
Written by Stian Møller – current leader of Antropress (picture from the candomblé initiation i was attending) * (candomblé – an afro brazilian religion, similar to other diasporic religions in Latin America like vodou. The reveering of orixa, African saints from the Yoruba people, is central practice, where they receive them through their body.) I…
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Forest Soundbites
by Kristine Aarnes In this project I filmed a small forest outside Ås, while combining it with soundbites from the Amazonian tropical rainforest. Reflecting on how they are connected. Take a deep breath in. Click play on the video. Walking through a forest at the brink of it shedding its last autumn leaves, what do…
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Vinterforberedelser
Skrevet av Marie Elisabeth Nickelsen, BA sosialantropologi Det er høst. Bladene skifter farge, luften blir kjøligere og kulden angriper, regnet tyngre, dagene mørkere og kortere, og akkurat som bjørnen går i dvale, gjør vi mennesker det også. Jeg har lyst til å sitte inne og kjenne på varmen, fremfor å strebe meg gjennom vindkastene utenfor,…
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Norge – verdens beste land å bo i. For hvem?
Skrevet av Tiril Førland, BA sosialantropologi Nok en gang så topper Norge statistikken som verdens beste land å bo i. Med andre ord er vårt hjem bedre enn alle andres. Eller? Norge blir regnet som verdens beste land å bo i. Men samtidig som vi topper listen, klages det av flere over økt kriminalitet og…
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Humanitarismen som global ideologi
Skrevet av Kristoffer Gaarder Dannevig Én rådende global ideologi? En drøfting av Didier Fassins Humanitarian Reason Sosialantropologi handler ofte om å forstå små hverdagslige ting, roller, ritualer og tradisjoner. Ofte sentrerer faget som om mindre samfunn, eller deler av en kultur. Slik er det ikke med sosialantropolog Didier Fassins Humanitarian Reason. A Moral History of…
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Established and Outsiders: Women in the Argentinian Political Scene
By Nicolás Pérez Lindo Linarez: student of Anthropology, UNC, Argentina. A rather interesting course of events regarding gender sets the agenda, both politically and in the media in Argentina. It has sparked long debates in cafes and taken up entire television programs. Discussions in the media repeatedly feeding a public opinion that responds as an echo. These…
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Kitchen Behind Tourism Industry: Case study of Gudeg Seller in Yogyakarta
By Aura Cubanimita. Master student, Anthropology, Gadjah Mada Univesity, Yogyakarta-Indonesia. I used to go to the traditional market in the mornings on my day-off. In addition to buy fresh groceries, I also stopped to buy some breakfast. Among the many foods that I can find in traditional markets of my hometown Yogyakarta, which is the cultural…