Navigating Solidarity: The Plight of the Ukrainian Roma Refugees in Poland
In 2023, a research project focused on the experiences of Ukrainian Roma refugees in Poland revealed contradictory aspects of solidarity. While Poland offered assistance to Ukrainian refugees, discriminatory attitudes towards people of color, especially Ukrainian Roma, surfaced. The study underlines the complexities and contradictions in the solidarity narrative within the refugee crisis.
Stressed monkeys age faster? The impacts of stress exposures on epigenetic ageing in owl monkeys
Michael Girling
MSc Human Evolution and Behaviour, 2023-24
Do stressed monkeys age faster? This article delves into the impact of stress on cell ageing in owl monkeys, focusing on epigenetic changes and DNA methylation. The study revealed that various stressors can accelerate ageing, with brain and blood aging differently.
Creative Collective: Re-inventing Empikas — a photo essay
Gabriella Santini
PhD Anthropology
The ban on female circumcision in Kenya has ended Empikas, the only ceremony Siria Maasai girls had to mark their transition into womanhood. However, an attempt to reinvent Empikas, without the circumcision, has been made, inviting local girls to celebrate their girlhood and to give it new meaning and purpose for the 21st century Maasai girl.
Shaping Bubbles of Time: Crossing Temporalities through VHS, DVDs, and Gigabytes
By Damian Andres Sabatini
MA Material and Visual Culture, 2022-23
As a child who grew up during the 1990s and 2000s, I have witnessed the artificial operation that propels the rhetoric of renewal
The Wonderful Everyday: An Anthropological Investigation into IKEA Showrooms
By Jess Jones
MA Material and Visual Culture, 2022-23
It is important to appreciate that IKEA are constructing consumers imagined lives through encouraging their engagement with the environment around them
Toward a Happy Lab: Biology Neophytes’ Adaptation to Research Logic
By Qiyuan Liang
MSc Biosocial Medical Anthropology, 2022-23
When mice show up as living beings, we find it challenging to engage in the rational production of knowledge.
The Oxymoron of Sustainable Aviation: Do We Really Want Green Solutions?
By Luna Kvarnstrøm Melgaard
MSc Anthropology, Environment, and Development
We are understandably looking for someone to blame regarding climate change. However, this is a problematic approach since the problem and its solutions are complex.
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