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Film by Visual Ethnography alumna selected for the RAI Film Festival 19 March 2021
'Don’t Let the sunny weather fool you' a film made by Visual Ethnography alumna Guusje Meeuwissen has been selected for the RAI film festival in Londo...
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The coding sociologist John Boy developed Textnets: software to make large amounts of text visually comprehensible 17 March 2021
Software development is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a sociologist. Three years ago, John Boy began developing hi...
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Research Team Globalizing Palliative Care complete 14 March 2021
The project officially started in September 2020, but with the enrolment of PhD students Hanum Atikasari and Shajeela Shawkat the research team of the...
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Cultural Anthropologist Peter Pels part of research team into colonial collections 02 March 2021
The National Museum of World Cultures and the Free University Amsterdam acquired a subsidy for the research programme Pressing Matter: Ownership, Valu...
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Social and Behavioural Sciences: from insight to impact 11 February 2021
Working towards resilient communities, transparency in science and connecting with the employment market – these are the three key themes being addres...
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Anthropologist Andrew Littlejohn composes sonic ethnography in Japan 04 December 2020
Andrew Littlejohn composed a sonic ethnography with sounds recorded in Japan’s northeastern region. He decided to make recordings because he wasn’t sa...
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Hunger is not a lack of food, but rather solitude in Mentawai 27 November 2020
How can people say they are hungry when they have enough food at their disposal? On the Indonesian island of Siberut, the term 'hungry' does not just ...
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'I really like it that our advice is taken seriously by the organisation' 23 November 2020
Writing a report for a teacher, getting a grade and then no one ever cares about your research again. Pity, isn't it? That is quite different in the c...
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Veni grants for eleven Leiden researchers 05 November 2020
Eleven Leiden researchers have been awarded a Veni grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The grant will enable them to develop their research ide...
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End-of-life care research: the need for cultural sensitivity in globalizing palliative care 02 November 2020
How does palliative care develop within various cultural settings? How do local, non-institutional ideas about end-of-life care influence professional...
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Alumna Cultural Anthropology Ruth Erica writes youth novel about Rwanda 26 October 2020
Writing a story from the perspective of a Rwandan girl set in Africa is not an easy task. Alumna Cultural Anthropology Ruth Erica did it. Her debut no...
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Social Science Matters: How useful is deprivation of liberty? 14 October 2020
A new bill is currently under debate in the Netherlands, advocating raising the prison sentence for manslaughter from 15 to 25 years. ‘This very serio...
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Alumna Cultural Anthropology Van der Helm is 'Stadsfotograaf' Leidsch Dagblad 28 September 2020
Every year a photographer portrays Leiden as Stadsfotograaf (City Photographer) of the Leidsch Dagblad. This year it is the honor to Leonie van der He...
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Asma Mehan about PortCityFutures, anthropology and Leiden 25 September 2020
Port cities are internationally connected. Decisions and changes occurring in one city have a direct impact on port cities in other parts of the world...
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In lockdown during fieldwork abroad 23 September 2020
Imagine: you are at the end of your fieldwork in Peru and ready to go home when all flights get canceled because of Covid-19. It happened to master st...