Tag: Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology

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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Hot Off the Presses – New Journal Issues Published in September & October


Anthropology in Action: Journal for Applied Anthropology in Policy and Practice
Volume 22, Number 2
This issue features articles focusing on issues related to the Research Excellence Framework, the impact agenda, and debates surrounding open access. On December 18 2014, the results of the U.K.’s Research Excellence Framework (REF) evaluation exercise were released. This was made more complex by the fact that for the first time, 20% of the overall scoring of a unit of assessment was attributed to research ‘impact’. This issue of Anthropology in Action is dedicated to exploring issues raised by these events.

 

 

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