Bootcamp #1 – Romania, May 2023 Looking for solutions for fostering participation in a social, professional and civic insertion programme in partnership with Ateliere Fără Frontiere At the beginning of May, Antropedia & Namla came together in Romania to run the first bootcamp program of the AnthroArt project. In a Namla bootcamp, participants go from […]
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Illustration by Eline Veldhuisen “First-generation student”: a helpful or stigmatising label in Dutch student life? Lieve de Coninck Abstract What happens when an etic category or label like “first-generation students” enters public discourse? In the Netherlands, public discussions of first-generation or first-in-family students and their predicaments have arisen in recent years. But few people grow
Illustration by Margherita Miani Making innovation more social: countering patterns of exclusion in Dutch sustainable transitions Razia Jaggoe, Marten Boekelo, DuneWorks Abstract In the West of Amsterdam there is an area that used to be occupied by light industry, but which since has been designated as a new area for housing development. Surrounding the area
Illustration by Margherita Miani What Works for Women? Self-improvement versus a social and cultural approach to solve gender inequality at work in The Netherlands Stephanie van der Raad Abstract We should question the belief that women’s less ideal positions at work compared to men, are their individual duty to undo. This belief encourages women to
Bootcamp #2 – Portugal, June 2023 Searching for innovative solutions for the engagement of the general public in human rights issues in partnership with AKTO – Direitos Humanos e Democracia The AnthroArt project promoted a bootcamp in Portugal from the 22nd to the 29th of June of 2023, directed by the Dutch partners from Nalma
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Bootcamp #3 – The Netherlands, July 2023 Exploring how to increase inclusivity in a local community in Amsterdam East in partnership with with Stichting De Meevaart Our first AnthroArt Amsterdam boot camp was held in collaboration with Stichting De Meevaart, a community centre in Amsterdam Oost. De Meevaart started as several people from the neighbourhood
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Illustration by Loreta Isac-Cojocaru Environmental Anthropology: On Nature, Human Communities, and the Little-Known Reality Oana Ivan Abstract We all care about the environment, one way or another. The news in recent decades about the state of the Planet has probably made us more careful about our actions, because we care about nature and what we
Illustration by Studio Sonsuz Investigative or embedded research? Fieldwork experiences in Ghana and Cameroon as lessons for anthropology at home Sjaak van der Geest Abstract My experiences with anthropological research in Ghana and Cameroon made me aware of the differences between doing such research ‘there’ and ‘here’, between being a visitor in another country and
Bootcamp #4 – Cross-country, digital, September 2023 During September 2023, the AnthroArt team organised the first ever digital bootcamp with participants from the three partner countries. The cross-country bootcamp had 5 teams of artists and anthropologists working together around a challenge concerning social inclusion. For two weeks, the teams were guided through an intense pressure
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Illustration by Oana Hajos Celebrating invisibility: Live-in Romanian badanti caring for the elderly in southeast Italy Gabriela Nicoelscu Abstract The protagonist of this story is Ana (a pseudonym), a Romanian domestic careworker, aged 45. Ana came to work in Italy in 2005 when she was 36 years old. She had no children of her own,
