The First World War has been described as the "primordial catastrophe of the 20th century." Arguably, Italian... Læs mere
At a time when globalization seems to threaten our sense of place, people of the Scottish borderlands provide a vivid case study of how the being-in-place is central to the sense of self and identity.
Under the current cartographies of globalism, where frontiers mutate, vacillate, and mark the contiguity of discourse, questioning the Spanish border... Læs mere
Our lives are mostly composed of ordinary reality - the flow of moment-to-moment existence - and yet it has been largely... Læs mere
Anthropological interest in new subjects of research and contemporary knowledge practices has turned ethnographic... Læs mere
The significance that people grant to their affiliations as members of nations, religions, classes, races, ethnicities and genders is evidence of the vital need for a cosmopolitan project that originates in the figure of Anyone - the universal and yet individual human being.
The region of Alsace, located between the hereditary enemies of France and Germany, served as a trophy of war four times... Læs mere
Offers comparison of indigenous and anthropological perceptions of other and self Examines mutual influencing between... Læs mere
Recently considerable interest has developed about the degree to which anthropological approaches to kinship can be used for the... Læs mere
Over the last fifteen years, the South African post-apartheid Transitional Amnesty Process - implemented by the Truth and Reconciliation... Læs mere
Modern military history, inspired by social and cultural historical approaches, increasingly puts the national histories of the Second World War to... Læs mere