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Newest issue of Suomen antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Scociety (49:2) is out!
https://journal.fi/suomenantropologi/issue/view/12253

This is a special issue titled "Towards More-Than-Human Negotiation" guest-edited by Anna Krzywoszynska and Agnese Bankovska.

@suomenantropologi is an international, community-managed, peer-reviewed and fully #OpenAccess general #anthropology journal without APCs or embargoes.

Articles:
* Paula Palanco Lopez, Anna Krzywoszynska, Agnese Bankovska: Towards More-Than-Human Negotiation
* Caroline Gatt: Ethical Striving with Other-Than-Humans in Contemporary Improvised Music
* Marzia Varutti: (Re-)Learning to Relate to the More-Than-Human

Photo Essays:
* Galina Kallio: On Hesitation
* Barbara Turk Niskač : The Value of Common Bracken Revisited

The Anthropologist's Toolkit Essay Series:
Suvi Rautio, Beili He: Through the Eyes of an Anthropologist

Book reviews:
* Harri Englund: Alava, Henni 2020. Christianity, Politics and the Afterlives of War in Uganda: There is Confusion
* Timothy Anderson: Huttunen, Laura and Gerhild Perls (eds) 2023. An Anthropology of Disappearance: Politics, Intimacies and Alternative Ways of Knowing
* Jay Ke-Schutte: Routray, Sanjeev 2022. The Right to be Counted: The Urban Poor and the Politics of Resettlement in Delhi

Errata:
* Suvi Rautio: Errata 48 (3)

#scicomm @anthropology @C4O #multispecies

table of contents continued:
Book reviews

Book Review: Alava, Henni 2020. Christianity, Politics and the Afterlives of War in Uganda: There is Confusion
Harri Englund
115-117

Book Review: Huttunen, Laura and Gerhild Perls (eds) 2023. An Anthropology of Disappearance: Politics, Intimacies and Alternative Ways of Knowing
Timothy Anderson
118-121

Book Review: Routray, Sanjeev 2022. The Right to be Counted: The Urban Poor and the Politics of Resettlement in Delhi
Jay Ke-Schutte
122-124

Errata

Errata 48 (3)
Suvi Rautio
125
table of contents continued: Book reviews Book Review: Alava, Henni 2020. Christianity, Politics and the Afterlives of War in Uganda: There is Confusion Harri Englund 115-117 Book Review: Huttunen, Laura and Gerhild Perls (eds) 2023. An Anthropology of Disappearance: Politics, Intimacies and Alternative Ways of Knowing Timothy Anderson 118-121 Book Review: Routray, Sanjeev 2022. The Right to be Counted: The Urban Poor and the Politics of Resettlement in Delhi Jay Ke-Schutte 122-124 Errata Errata 48 (3) Suvi Rautio 125
table of contents continued:
Essays

On Hesitation
Galina Kallio
60-89
 
The Value of Common Bracken Revisited A Walking Ethnography of steljniki
Barbara Turk Niskač
90-105

The Anthropologist's Toolkit essay series

Through the Eyes of an Anthropologist
Suvi Rautio, Beili He
106-114
table of contents continued: Essays On Hesitation Galina Kallio 60-89 The Value of Common Bracken Revisited A Walking Ethnography of steljniki Barbara Turk Niskač 90-105 The Anthropologist's Toolkit essay series Through the Eyes of an Anthropologist Suvi Rautio, Beili He 106-114
Issue table of contents:
Editor's note

Editorial Note: On Hope
Suvi Rautio
1-4

Articles

Towards More-Than-Human Negotiation Constructing Contact Zones with Nonhuman Beings
Paula Palanco Lopez, Anna Krzywoszynska, Agnese Bankovska
5-18
 
Ethical Striving with Other-Than-Humans in Contemporary Improvised Music
Caroline Gatt
19-40
 
(Re-)Learning to Relate to the More-Than-Human Some Conceptual, Affective, and Practice-Based Perspectives
Marzia Varutti
Issue table of contents: Editor's note Editorial Note: On Hope Suvi Rautio 1-4 Articles Towards More-Than-Human Negotiation Constructing Contact Zones with Nonhuman Beings Paula Palanco Lopez, Anna Krzywoszynska, Agnese Bankovska 5-18 Ethical Striving with Other-Than-Humans in Contemporary Improvised Music Caroline Gatt 19-40 (Re-)Learning to Relate to the More-Than-Human Some Conceptual, Affective, and Practice-Based Perspectives Marzia Varutti
Screenshot of journal's homepage showing the logo of the Finnish Anthropological Society, a humanoid rock painting, and the text "Suomen antropologi". Below is the title of the issue:
 Vol. 49 No. 2 (2025): Special Issue: Making Good Relations in More Than Human Worlds
Published: 2025-04-15

On the side bar the info text:
Suomen Antropologi is a peer-reviewed open access journal published by the Finnish Anthropological Society since 1976. It publishes scholarly articles, research reports, book reviews, conference reports, and news and information in the field of anthropology and related studies.
Screenshot of journal's homepage showing the logo of the Finnish Anthropological Society, a humanoid rock painting, and the text "Suomen antropologi". Below is the title of the issue: Vol. 49 No. 2 (2025): Special Issue: Making Good Relations in More Than Human Worlds Published: 2025-04-15 On the side bar the info text: Suomen Antropologi is a peer-reviewed open access journal published by the Finnish Anthropological Society since 1976. It publishes scholarly articles, research reports, book reviews, conference reports, and news and information in the field of anthropology and related studies.

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So after a couple of days of snooping around and butting into conversations, I guess it's #introduction time 😁

I'm originally from Singapore, but moved to Naarm (Melbourne, Australia) in 2004.

I have been in the hospitality industry for 18 years.
The last 12 of which have been spent in the kitchen as a chef. I post about #food a lot 😏

I also have a background in #Anthropology, #SocialTheory and #HumanNutrition.

Am currently in the middle of a #PhD in #Education - researching community #foodpedagogies as well as food education in #PublicHealth.

I am passionate about #SocialJustice, #FoodSecurity, #Decolonisation and dismantling systems that perpetuate division and inequity.

I am a #dancer, #SciFi geek, a novice gardener and have a regular #yoga practice.

Open to meet anyone and everyone. Excited to be here and looking forward to many amazing conversations and friendships! 💜

#Introductions#Newbie#TwitterMigration

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FREE community #fediscience, please BOOST!

Everybody welcome, just turn up!

LIVE @UCLAnthropology and on ZOOM

🌘Tues Feb 25, 6:30pm (London UTC)🌑
Erica Lagalisse
'On Anarchist Anthropology' in conversation with our own activist and radical anthropologist Chris Knight.

Erica is author of 'Occult Features of Anarchism' (PM Press, 2019). And many many popular anthropology zines!

Erica will be LIVE in the Daryll Forde, 2nd Floor of UCL Anthropology Dept. Come in good time by 6:30pm before doors close please. You can also join on ZOOM ID 384 186 2174 passcode Wawilak

#anarchism #anthropology #politics #activism #ethnography #conspiracytheory #religion

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The new issue of @suomenantropologi : Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society, 49 (1), is out!

As always, Suomen antropologi is a fully #OpenAccess, community managed and non-profit journal with no APCs or embargos.
https://journal.fi/suomenantropologi/issue/view/11967

The issue includes articles by:
* Susanne Kuehling: Women and #Kula: The Invisible Force Behind #Hospitality
* Kalev Aasmäe: No Easy Way In Navigating the Fragile #Communality Amongst #Squatters in London
* Mari Keski-Korsku ( @mkk_kuus ) : Sensing the #Polycrisis An Artistic Approach to Walking as #Ritualisation

Doctoral defense lectures:
* Maija-Eliina Sequeira: Becoming an Adequate Child: Learning to Relate to Others in Cultural Context
* Emmi Holm: Digital Threads, Interwoven Scenes: An #Ethnography of Sustainable #Fashion Production in #Ghana and Finland
* Aino Korvensyrjä: Conflicts over Duldung and #Deportation: West African Perspectives on German #Immigration Enforcement and European #Borders
* Pirjo Rautiainen: Applying Anthropological Knowledge in the Business Field: Three Ethnographic Studies in a Commercial Context
https://journal.fi/suomenantropologi

Book reviews::
* Riikka Era ( @RiikkaEra):
Book Review: Meloni, Francesca. 2023. Ways of Belonging: Undocumented Youth in the Shadow of Illegality
* Matti Eräsaari: Book Review: Salesa, Damon 2023. An Indigenous Ocean: Pacific Essays
* Matt Tomlinson: Book Review: Eräsaari, Matti 2023. Comparing the Worth of the While in Fiji and Finland.

#anthropology @anthropology
@C4O

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Book reviews

Book Review: Meloni, Francesca. 2023. Ways of Belonging: Undocumented Youth in the Shadow of Illegality
Riikka Era
88-90
PDF 

Book Review: Salesa, Damon 2023. An Indigenous Ocean: Pacific Essays
Matti Eräsaari
91-93
PDF 

Book Review: Eräsaari, Matti 2023. Comparing the Worth of the While in Fiji and Finland.
Matt Tomlinson
94-95
PDF
Table of contents continued Book reviews Book Review: Meloni, Francesca. 2023. Ways of Belonging: Undocumented Youth in the Shadow of Illegality Riikka Era 88-90 PDF Book Review: Salesa, Damon 2023. An Indigenous Ocean: Pacific Essays Matti Eräsaari 91-93 PDF Book Review: Eräsaari, Matti 2023. Comparing the Worth of the While in Fiji and Finland. Matt Tomlinson 94-95 PDF
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Lectiones præcursoriæ

Becoming an Adequate Child Learning to Relate to Others in Cultural Context
Maija-Eliina Sequeira
62-68
PDF 

Digital Threads, Interwoven Scenes An Ethnography of Sustainable Fashion Production in Ghana and Finland
Emmi Holm
69-75
PDF 

Conflicts over Duldung and Deportation West African Perspectives on German Immigration Enforcement and European Borders
Aino Korvensyrjä
76-83
PDF 

Applying Anthropological Knowledge in the Business Field: Three Ethnographic Studies in a Commercial Context
Pirjo Rautiainen
84-87
PDF
Table of contents continued Lectiones præcursoriæ Becoming an Adequate Child Learning to Relate to Others in Cultural Context Maija-Eliina Sequeira 62-68 PDF Digital Threads, Interwoven Scenes An Ethnography of Sustainable Fashion Production in Ghana and Finland Emmi Holm 69-75 PDF Conflicts over Duldung and Deportation West African Perspectives on German Immigration Enforcement and European Borders Aino Korvensyrjä 76-83 PDF Applying Anthropological Knowledge in the Business Field: Three Ethnographic Studies in a Commercial Context Pirjo Rautiainen 84-87 PDF
View of the Table of Contents.

Text:
 Editor's note
 Editorial Note,  Suvi Rautio, 1-3  PDF 

Articles

Women and Kula The Invisible Force Behind Hospitality
Susanne Kuehling
4-25
PDF

No Easy Way In Navigating the Fragile Communality Amongst Squatters in London
Kalev Aasmäe
26-42
PDF
 
Sensing the Polycrisis An Artistic Approach to Walking as Ritualisation
Mari Keski-Korsu
43-61
View of the Table of Contents. Text: Editor's note Editorial Note, Suvi Rautio, 1-3 PDF Articles Women and Kula The Invisible Force Behind Hospitality Susanne Kuehling 4-25 PDF No Easy Way In Navigating the Fragile Communality Amongst Squatters in London Kalev Aasmäe 26-42 PDF Sensing the Polycrisis An Artistic Approach to Walking as Ritualisation Mari Keski-Korsu 43-61

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Everybody welcome, just turn up!

Next Tuesday, Last Quarter Moon 🌗
Jan 21, 6:30pm (London)
LIVE @UCLanthropology and on ZOOM

Camilla Power on
'Neanderthals, Homo sapiens and the human revolution'

Camilla Power will be comparing the evidence for the emergence of language, art and symbolism between the lineages of Neanderthals in Eurasia and Homo sapiens in Africa. Some similarities and some differences are suggested by archaeological, fossil, demographic + palaeogenomic data. Did both populations engage in the human symbolic revolution, and was this fundamental to interchange between them?

#humanorigins#Neanderthals#modernhumans #symbolicculture #anthropology #archaeology #fossils

LIVE in the Daryll Forde Room, 2nd Floor of the UCL Anthropology Dept, 14 Taviton St, London WC1H 0BW. Please come on time before doors close.

ZOOM ID 384 186 2174 passcode Wawilak

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Dearest Fediverse (and apologies for the absence),

my book "Hard Work: Producing places, relations and value on a Papua New Guinea resource frontier" was just recently published in full digital open access. (Print-on-demand and oa epub out soon!)

https://hup.fi/site/books/m/10.33134/HUP-29/

"Hard Work explores the complexities of natural resource extraction, looking at both large-scale processes and personal human-environment interactions. It combines a political ecology focus on the connection between environmental issues and power relations with a focus on how value is produced, represented, and materialized."

#OpenAccess #anthropology #PoliticalEcology#PapuaNewGuinea#NaturalResources #LandUse#SwiddenHorticulture #logging #OilPalm

@anthropology

Cover of the book "Hard Work". The cover is a photograph showing a foggy tropical river valley. On the foreground on the left stands a Papua New Guinean woman with her back to the camera holding a food basket on her head and walking staff in her right hand looking at the valley. The woman stands in tropical garden and in front of her are banana plants. On right, a bit further from the camera is a tall tree standing in the garden. In the background are forested mountain slopes.

On the top of the cover is the name of the author, "Tuomas Tammisto". Below it is the title of the book: "Hard Work: Producing places, relations and value on a Papua New Guinea resource frontier". On the bottom left is the name of the publisher: "HUP Helsinki University Press".
Cover of the book "Hard Work". The cover is a photograph showing a foggy tropical river valley. On the foreground on the left stands a Papua New Guinean woman with her back to the camera holding a food basket on her head and walking staff in her right hand looking at the valley. The woman stands in tropical garden and in front of her are banana plants. On right, a bit further from the camera is a tall tree standing in the garden. In the background are forested mountain slopes. On the top of the cover is the name of the author, "Tuomas Tammisto". Below it is the title of the book: "Hard Work: Producing places, relations and value on a Papua New Guinea resource frontier". On the bottom left is the name of the publisher: "HUP Helsinki University Press".

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If you are not familiar with #anthropogenicBiodiversity read this article by Tess McClure in the Guardian on abandonment. <https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/nov/28/great-abandonment-what-happens-natural-world-people-disappear-bulgaria>
We have the same problem in #Nepal: labour migration leads to abandonment of hill villages, but invasive species such as Lantana take over the terraces.

A different aspect of this same question drives my research around sacred sites: how do #social-ecological processes create and maintain ritually protected #biodiversity hotspots?

#anthropology
#ecology