“Could,” ask Are John Knudsen and Kjersti Berg, “refugee camps, as traditionally understood, be scaled up to embrace a region hosting millions of refugees and migrants?” Here they discuss their new book, CONTINENTAL ENCAMPMENT: GENEALOGIES OF HUMANITARIAN CONTAINMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND EUROPE, which explores responses to mass migration and traces the genealogy of […]
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Posted 29 March 2023
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By TOM BRATRUD Since Fire on the Island was one of our most popular and well-received titles in 2022, we are delighted that its author Tom Bratrud has kindly contributed this exclusive article describing his fieldwork, events on the island, and the aims of his book.
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Posted 12 January 2023
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In connection with the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, celebrated November 16th, Berghahn is excited to feature an excerpt from The Best We Share: Nation, Culture and World-Making in the UNESCO World Heritage Arena by Christoph Brumann. The paperback edition is forthcoming April 2023! Take advantage of the 25% discount on eBook and […]
Ingrid Kummels As a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, social arrangements allowing people to carry on despite the restrictions on mobility forced upon them became predominant across the world. From work (home office) and education (home schooling) to birthday parties, meetings, conferences and political campaigns (Zoom, etc.) diverse aspects of life were reoriented to adapt […]
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Posted 21 May 2021
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Excerpted from Olga Solomon’s “Autism and Affordances of Achievement: Narrative Genres and Parenting Practices,” in The Social Life of Achievement THE SOCIAL LIFE OF ACHIEVEMENTEdited by Nicholas J. Long and Henrietta MooreVol. 2, Wyse Series in Social Anthropology What happens when people “achieve”? Why do reactions to “achievement” vary so profoundly? And how might an […]
Mark-Anthony Falzon My interest in, and love for, nature go back to my early childhood. There was something Victorian about the books I read on butterflies: they contained descriptions and beautiful illustrations of (British, usually) species, but they also taught you how to catch butterflies, kill them using potassium cyanide, and set them on mounting […]
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Posted 20 February 2020
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We are delighted to inform you that we will be represented by Iberian Book Services at the AIBR conference in Madrid, Spain on July 9 – 12, 2019. Please stop by to browse our latest selection of books at special discounted prices and pick up FREE journal samples. If you are unable to attend, we […]
We are delighted to inform you that we will be present at The Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK and Commonwealth’s 2018 conference in Oxford, UK, from September 18-21 2018. Please stop by our table to browse the latest selection of books at discounted prices and pick up some free journal samples. If […]
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Posted 19 September 2018
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We are delighted to inform you that we will be present at the 15th EASA Biennial Conference at Stockholm University, Sweden, August 14-17, 2018. Please stop by our table to browse the latest selection of books at discounted prices & pick up some free journal samples. Come along to our stand at 16.30 on Thursday 16th for our […]
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Posted 12 August 2018
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