News
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Two new functions for anthropologist Erik Bähre 21 December 2022
Erik Bähre has been elected to the board of the Society of Economic Anthropology of the American Anthropology Association. On top of this he has joine...
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An AI system that tells you why you should eat glass – should that be allowed? 20 December 2022
The English-language interdisciplinary minor ‘AI and Society’ explores the role of artificial intelligence in our society. The interdisciplinary natur...
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How “giving voice” may lead to silence 02 December 2022
Do we break the silences in our research participants’ stories? When is it ethical to write and not write about what remains unspoken in the social wo...
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Documentaries, zines and a video installation: multimedia projects by students Visual Ethnography 28 November 2022
From documentaries, zines and exhibitions to a video installation. Students of the Visual Ethnography master's programme pulled out all the stops to f...
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Second Anthropology of Asia at Leiden Update well attended 25 November 2022
On November 17, the Leiden Anthropology of Asia Network held its second Anthropology of Asia at Leiden Update. At Leiden University, anthropologists a...
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Social Science Matters: Wokeism 16 November 2022
Minister of Justice Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius recently warned against "wokeists" demanding "safe spaces at universities. Speaking at the annual HJ Schoo...
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New student members of the Cultural Anthropology Programme Committee 14 November 2022
The new student members of the Programme Committee (OLC) are Pablo Pandocchi, Rachel Cruickshank, Emily Berube-Palsboll and Nico Lesenfants Ramos. The...
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Film by CADS alumna Loes Moree screened at Field Recordings in Rotterdam 02 November 2022
The film MعLMIN made by Visual Ethnography alumna Loes Moree will be screened during the fourth Fieldrecordings event. Field Recordings is an annual ...
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Co-creation with researchers in Indonesia: ‘We welcome misunderstandings’ 28 October 2022
How do you co-create with researchers in other parts of the world? LDE wants to gather and share knowledge on the grand challenges and to do so across...
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Ancois de Villiers receives PeerJ Award for Best Student Presentation 20 October 2022
Ancois de Villiers, PhD candidate at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, received the PeerJ Award for Best Student Prese...
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Former CADS PhD student Stacey MacDonald in science programme Atlas on nature policy in Bonaire 12 October 2022
In the scientific television programme Atlas, social psychologist and former Cultural Anthropology PhD student Stacey MacDonald talks about her resear...
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Researching global inequality in the garment commodity chain 28 September 2022
A consortium, led by Erik de Maaker - Associate professor Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, has been awarded 98.000 euro for Localizin...
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Ship channels and their landscapes require radical reconsideration to meet the energy transition and adapt to climate change 23 September 2022
Han Meyer, Carola Hein, Paul van de Laar and Sabine Luning argue that in the current moment of major crises ship channels necessitate radical reconsid...
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Thirza is the new student member of the IB: 'I want to hear the opinions of less outspoken students' 21 September 2022
Since 1 September, fourth-year student Thirza van 't Rood has been the new student member of the Institute Board at Cultural Anthropology. Her first t...
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Ratna Saptari retires: anthropologist dedicated herself with heart and soul to Indonesian workers' and human rights 16 September 2022
Ratna Saptari is since 2007 Assistant Professor at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology. She has always been involved with...