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In celebration of Pride Month in June, enjoy free access to the following articles and chapters from Berghahn.
Celebrate Pride Month with free access to LGBTQ articles and chapters
Category: Blog
A Refugee Pastor in a Refugee Church
Karen Lauterbach
World Refugee Day (20 June) offers a chance to raise awareness of the plight of refugees around the world and of the efforts to protect their human rights. In the spirit of this day, we are featuring an excerpt from “‘A Refugee Pastor in a Refugee Church’: Refugee-Refugee Hosting in a Faith-Based Context” by Karen Lauterbach (published in Migration and Society, Vol 4: Issue 1).
Excerpt: The triple-sidedness of “I can’t breathe”
Juneteenth (19 June) is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. In the spirit of this day, we are featuring an excerpt from “The triple-sidedness of “I can’t breathe”: The COVID-19 pandemic, enslavement, and agro-industrial capitalism” by Don Nonini (published in Focaal, Vol. 2021: Issue 89).
Human Engagement with the Sea: A Shifting Discourse
Tanya J. King and Gary Robinson
World Oceans Day (8 June) is a day for humanity to celebrate the ocean. In this spirit, we are delighted to feature an excerpt from the introduction to AT HOME ON THE WAVES: Human Habitation of the Sea from the Mesolithic to Today, edited by Tanya J. King and Gary Robinson.
Excerpt: Austrian “Gypsies” in the Italian archives
Paola Trevisan
In the spirit of Gypsy, Roma, Traveller History Month in June, we invite you to read the following excerpt from “Austrian ‘Gypsies’ in the Italian archives: Historical ethnography on multiple border crossings at the beginning of the twentieth century” by Paola Trevisan.
This article is featured in Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology, a part of the Berghahn Open Anthro collection of open-access journals.
Pictured: Chromolithograph entitled Enfants Tsiganes (Autriche) [Gipsy Children, Austria]; published by Garnier, Paris, printed by Testu & Massin, Paris (Public Domain)
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Excerpt: Navigating Shifting Regimes of Ocean Governance
Ana K. Spalding and Ricardo de Ycaza
In the spirit of World Environment Day on 5 June, we invite you to read the following excerpt from “Navigating Shifting Regimes of Ocean Governance: From UNCLOS to Sustainable Development Goal 14” by Ana K. Spalding and Ricardo de Ycaza (Environment and Society: Advances in Research, Vol.11: Issue 1), a part of the Berghahn Open Anthro collection of open access journals.
Celebrating 9 Years of the Berghahn Blog
The Berghahn Blog turns nine this June!
Celebrate with us by reading our nine most popular articles since our inception in 2012!
Continue reading “Celebrating 9 Years of the Berghahn Blog”‘Life Is Tight Here’: Displacement and Desire amongst Syrian Refugee Women in Jordan
Journal Excerpt: The Color of Wine
In the spirit of National Wine Day in the U.S. (25 May), read an excerpt of “The Color of Wine: Southern Wine Producers Respond to Competition from the Algerian Wine Industry in the Early Third Republic” by Elizabeth Heath (French Politics, Culture & Society, Vol. 35, Issue 2).
Continue reading “Journal Excerpt: The Color of Wine”On Archival Access in a Pandemic
Catherine A. Nichols
Exchanging Objects and my broader research agenda considers how and why certain objects left museums, institutions so often associated with preservation, archiving, and keeping. It can be an odd thing, to go to a museum to intentionally study things that aren’t there. When the idea for this research was suggested to me by anthropologist Nancy Parezo, I admit I was first puzzled, then intrigued.
Continue reading “On Archival Access in a Pandemic”