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Vol. 29 (1)
2025



Artigos

“Enough of this fake war”: ecologies of value, workers and environmentalists in Southern Italy

Antonio Maria Pusceddu

This article mobilizes the ecologies of value as a conceptual framework to account for the conflicts, contradictions and dilemmas arousing from the experience of the contemporary socio-ecological crisis. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Brindisi,

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Artigos

“Preventing them from being adrift”: challenges for professional practice in the Argentinean mental health system for children and adolescents

Axel Levin

This ethnographic article addresses the difficulties, practices, and strategies of the professionals of the only Argentine hospital fully specialized in the treatment of mental health problems of children and adolescents. More specifically, it

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Artigos

Making Children: an iconography of the ibejadas in the centers, religious article shops, and factories of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Morena Freitas

The ibejadas are childlike entities that, alongside the caboclos, pretos-velhos, exus, and pombagiras, inhabit the umbanda pantheon. In religious centers, these entities manifest through colorful images, joyful sung chants and an abundance of sweets

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Artigos

To migrate and to belong: intimacy, ecclesiastical absence, and playful competition in the Aymara Anata-Carnival of Chiapa (Chile)

Pablo Mardones

The article analyzes the Anata-Carnival festivity celebrated in the Andean town of Chiapa in the Tarapacá Region, Great North of Chile. I suggest that this celebration constitutes one of the main events that promote the reproduction of feelings of

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Artigos

Hauntology and nostalgia in the touristed landscapes of Sarajevo

Marta Roriz

Drawing on anthropological and ethnographic developments in the study of urban tourism, this essay offers a description of Sarajevo’s tourist landscapes from the perspective of an ethnographic tourist, detailing how time is inscribed in the

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Memory

David J. Webster in Mozambique: minimal epistolary (1971-1979)

Lorenzo Macagno

The article comments on, contextualizes and transcribes the epistolary exchange between social anthropologist David J. Webster (1945-1989) and ethnologist and Portuguese colonial official António Rita-Ferreira (1922-2014) between 1971 and 1979.

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Dossier ‘Gender and Care in the Cape Verdean transnational experience’

Género e cuidados na experiência transnacional cabo-verdiana: introdução

Luzia Oca González, Fernando Barbosa Rodrigues and Iria Vázquez Silva

Neste dossiê sobre o género e os cuidados na comunidade transnacional cabo-verdiana, as leitoras e leitores encontrarão os resultados de diferentes etnografias feitas tanto em Cabo Verde como nos países de destino da sua diáspora no sul da

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Dossier ‘Gender and Care in the Cape Verdean transnational experience’

“Vizinhu ta trocadu pratu ku kada casa”… Caring to avoid hunger in Brianda, Santiago Island, Cape Verde

Fernando Barbosa Rodrigues

Taking the ethnographic field as a starting point – the interior of the island of Santiago in the Republic of Cabo Verde – and basing on participant observation and the collection of testimonies from the local inhabitants of Brianda, this

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Dossier ‘Gender and Care in the Cape Verdean transnational experience’

“Eu já aguentei muita gente nessa vida”: about care, gender, and generation in Cape Verdian families

Andréa Lobo and André Omisilê Justino

This article reflects on the care category when crossed by the dynamics of gender and generation in Cape Verde. The act of caring is of fundamental importance for family dynamics in this society, which is marked by mobilities of multiple orders –

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Dossier ‘Gender and Care in the Cape Verdean transnational experience’

Global care chains in Cape Verdean migrations: women who stay so that others can migrate

Luzia Oca González and Iria Vázquez Silva

This article is based on fieldwork conducted with women of four generations, belonging to five families living in the locality of Burela (Galicia) and their domestic groups originating from the island of Santiago. We present three ethnographic

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Dossier ‘Gender and Care in the Cape Verdean transnational experience’

The difficult balance between work and life: care arrangements in three generations of Cape Verdean migrants

Keina Espiñeira González, Belén Fernández-Suárez and Antía Pérez-Caramés

The reconciliation of the personal, work and family spheres of migrants is an emerging issue in migration studies, with concepts such as the transnational family and global care chains. In this contribution we analyse the strategies deployed by

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Debate

Universal foreigners: the ‘ontological turn’ considered from a phenomenological perspective

Filipe Verde

This article questions the consistency, reasonableness, and fruitfulness of the methodological proposals and idea of anthropological knowledge of the “ontological turn” in anthropology. Taking as its starting point the book manifesto produced by

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Debate

Universos estrangeiros: ainda a polêmica virada ontológica na antropologia

Rogério Brittes W. Pires

O artigo “Estrangeiros universais”, de Filipe Verde, apresenta uma crítica ao que chama de “viragem ontológica” na antropologia, tomando o livro The Ontological Turn, de Holbraad e Pedersen (2017), como ponto de partida (2025a: 252).1 O

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Debate

Resposta a Rogério Pires

Filipe Verde

Se há evidência que a antropologia sempre reconheceu é a de que o meio em que somos inculturados molda de forma decisiva a nossa compreensão do mundo e de nós mesmos. Isso é assim para a própria antropologia e, portanto, ser antropólogo é

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Debate

Da ontologia da fenomenologia na antropologia: ensaio de resposta

Rogério Brittes W. Pires

Um erro do construtivismo clássico é postular que verdades alheias seriam construídas socialmente, mas as do próprio enunciador não. Que minha visão de mundo, do fazer antropológico e da ciência sejam moldadas por meu ambiente – em

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Note on the cover

Note on the cover

Pedro Calapez

© Pedro Calapez. 2023. (Pormenor) Díptico B; Técnica e Suporte: Acrílico sobre tela colada em MDF e estrutura em madeira. Dimensões: 192 x 120 x 4 cm. Imagem gentilmente cedidas pelo autor. Créditos fotográficos: MPPC / Pedro

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Vol. 28 (3)
2024



Articles

Contingency conveniences: anticipation as a temporal practice of SEF inspectors at the Portuguese airport border

Mafalda Carapeto

This article follows from ethnographic work conducted at an airport in Portugal, where, from June 2021 to April 2022, I observed the daily routines of the inspectors of the Portuguese Immigration and Borders Service (SEF) across various groups,

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Articles

Cotidiano e trajetórias vitais situadas de mulheres idosas (AMBA, província de Buenos Aires, Argentina): a incidência da pandemia de Covid-19

Ana Silvia Valero, María Gabriela Morgante y Julián Cueto

Este trabalho pretende dar conta das interseções entre diferentes aspetos da vida quotidiana e das trajetórias de vida das pessoas idosas num espaço de bairro e a incidência da pandemia de Covid-19. Baseia-se no desenvolvimento sustentado,

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Articles

The reconfigurations of culture jamming in the digital environment: the case of anti-consumerism memes in the #antiblackfriday campaign (Brazil)

Liliane Moreira Ramos

In this article, I discuss the reconfigurations of the phenomenon known as culture jamming, characteristic of the communicative dimension of political consumption, based on the appropriation of Internet memes as a tool to criticize consumption.

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Articles

Informal economies in Bairro Alto (Lisbon): the nocturnal tourist city explained through a street dealer’s life story

Jordi Nofre

The historical neighbourhood of Bairro Alto is the city’s most iconic nightlife destination, especially for tourists visiting Lisbon (Portugal). The expansion of commercial nightlife in this area has been accompanied by the increasing presence of

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Articles

A pame theory of force: the case of the xi'iui of the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro, Mexico

Imelda Aguirre Mendoza

This text analyzes the term of force (mana’ap) as a native concept formulated by the pames (xi’iui) of the Sierra Gorda de Querétaro. This is related to aspects such as blood, food, cold, hot, air and their effects on the body. It is observed

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Articles

Convergences and bifurcations in the biographies and autobiographies of indigenous intellectuals from Mexico and Brazil

Mariana da Costa Aguiar Petroni e Gabriel K. Kruell

In this article we present an exercise of reflection on the challenges involved in writing and studying the biographies and autobiographies of indigenous intellectuals in different geographical, historical and political scenarios: Mexico and Brazil,

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Articles

The history through sacrifice and predation: tikmũ,ũn existential territory at the colonial crossroads

Douglas Ferreira Gadelha Campelo

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Articles

To grow up: affectionate imitation in the relations of Capuxu children with their animals

Emilene Leite de Sousa e Antonella Maria Imperatriz Tassinari

This paper analyzes the experiences of Capuxu children with the animals they interact with daily, looking for un understanding about how children’s relationships with these companion species cross the Capuxu sociality, including the onomastic

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Articles

Biological science laboratories as practices: an ethnographic reading of plant anatomy at a University in the Caatinga (Bahia, Brazil)

Elizeu Pinheiro da Cruz e Iara Maria de Almeida Souza

Anchored in notes elaborated in a multispecies ethnography, this text formulates a reading of biological science laboratories as situating practices of human and non-human actors. For this, the authors bring up plants from/in the caatinga,

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Interdisciplinarities

Sensitive maps in abandoned territories of railway stations on the Brazil-Uruguay border

Vanessa Forneck e Eduardo Rocha

The research maps and investigates the territories created by the abandonment of railway stations, a process that has been accentuated since the 1980s, in the twin cities of Jaguarão-Rio Branco and Santana do Livramento-Rivera, on the

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Multimodal Alt

A graphic ethnography as a form of affection and memory: afflictions, spirits, and healing processes in Zion churches in Maputo

Giulia Cavallo

In 2016, three years after completing my Ph.D., I embarked on my first attempt to translate my ethnographic research conducted in Maputo, among the Zion communities, into a graphic language. Through a series of single illustrations, I aimed to

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Recursivities

Desanthropic ethnography: between apocryphal stories of water, deep dichotomies and liquid dwellings

Alejandro Vázquez Estrada e Eva Fernández

In this text we address the possibility of deconstructing the relationships – that have water as a resource available to humans – that have ordered some dichotomies such as anthropos-nature, establishing that there are methodologies, theories

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Argument

Anthropology of art, Anthropology – history, dilemmas, possibilities

Filipe Verde

In this essay, I first aim to pinpoint the factors that have historically marginalized art within anthropological thought. I propose that this marginalization stems from two main influences: the aesthetic conception of art and the metaphysical

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Reviews

Um jovem caçador de lixo na Mafalala, nas décadas de 1960 e 1970

Diogo Ramada Curto

Celso Mussane (1957-) é um pastor evangélico moçambicano. Licenciou-se na Suécia (1994) e tirou o curso superior de Teologia Bíblica na Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, em Londrina no Brasil (2018). Entre 2019 e 2020, publicou

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Reviews

Alberto Corsín Jiménez y Adolfo Estalella, Free Culture and the City: Hackers, Commoners, and Neighbors in Madrid, 1997-2017

Francisco Martínez

Este libro tiene tres dimensiones analíticas: primero, es una etnografía del movimiento de cultura libre en Madrid. Segundo, es un estudio histórico sobre la traducción de lo digital a lo urbano, favoreciendo una nueva manera de posicionarse en

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25 April: 50 Years - Thoughts and Reflections

Observing land transformation in Portugal

Fabienne Wateau

25.06.2024

50 years on, what has happened to the land? In addition to the profound political and social changes that the 25th of April brought to Portugal, there were also important changes in the social and land relations in Portugal's rural landscapes. The agrarian reform that followed 25 April sought, through various occupation and collectivisation initiatives, to deconstruct a system that was eminently landowning and exploitative in terms of rural labour. 50 years on from these processes, what kind of "land" do we find in Portugal? What social, economic and labour relations persist or, on the contrary, have disappeared? What continuities and changes have been observed in the uses of and identifications with land? How has land ownership been configured and reconfigured? In this initiative by the Environment, Sustainability and Ethnography (DASE) research group, we invited several anthropologists specialising in the issue of land in Portugal to reflect on different moments in the history of land and its people in Portugal in the post-25 April period.

50 anos depois, o que aconteceu à terra? Para além das profundas transformações políticas e sociais que o 25 de Abril trouxe para Portugal, verificaram-se igualmente alterações importantes nas relações sócio-fundiárias nas paisagens rurais de Portugal. A reforma agrária que se seguiu ao 25 de Abril procurou, através de várias iniciativas de ocupação e coletivização, desconstruir um sistema eminentemente latifundiário e explorador no que diz respeito ao trabalho rural. 50 anos depois destes processos, que tipo de “terra” é que encontramos em Portugal? Que relações sociais, económicas e laborais persistem ou, pelo contrário, desapareceram? Que continuidades e mudanças se observaram nos usos e identificações com a terra? De que forma é que a propriedade da terra se foi configurando e reconfigurando? Nesta iniciativa do grupo de investigação Desafios Ambientais, Sustentabilidade e Etnografia (DASE), convidamos vários antropólogos especializados na questão da terra em Portugal a refletir sobre diferentes momentos na história da terra e as suas gentes em Portugal no pós-25 de Abril.

50 años después, ¿qué ha sido de la tierra? Además de los profundos cambios políticos y sociales que el 25 de abril trajo a Portugal, también se produjeron importantes cambios en las relaciones sociales y agrarias en los paisajes rurales portugueses. La reforma agraria que siguió al 25 de abril pretendió, a través de diversas iniciativas de ocupación y colectivización, deconstruir un sistema eminentemente terrateniente y explotador de la mano de obra rural. 50 años después de estos procesos, ¿qué tipo de "tierra" encontramos en Portugal? ¿Qué relaciones sociales, económicas y laborales persisten o, por el contrario, han desaparecido? ¿Qué continuidades y cambios se han observado en los usos e identificaciones con la tierra? ¿Cómo se ha configurado y reconfigurado la propiedad de la tierra? En esta iniciativa del grupo de investigación Desafíos Ambientales, Sostenibilidad y Etnografía (DASE), invitamos a varios antropólogos especializados en la cuestión de la tierra en Portugal a reflexionar sobre diferentes momentos de la historia de la tierra y sus gentes en Portugal en el período posterior al 25 de abril.
50 ans après, qu'est-il advenu de la terre ? Outre les profonds changements politiques et sociaux que le 25 avril a entraînés au Portugal, les relations sociales et foncières dans les paysages ruraux portugais ont également connu d'importants changements. La réforme agraire qui a suivi le 25 avril a cherché, par le biais de diverses initiatives d'occupation et de collectivisation, à déconstruire un système éminemment foncier et d'exploitation de la main-d'œuvre rurale. 50 ans après ces processus, quelle est la nature de la "terre" au Portugal ? Quelles sont les relations sociales, économiques et professionnelles qui persistent ou, au contraire, qui ont disparu ? Quelles sont les continuités et les changements observés dans l'utilisation et l'identification de la terre ? Comment la propriété foncière a-t-elle été configurée et reconfigurée ? Dans le cadre de cette initiative du groupe de recherche Défis environnementaux, durabilité et ethnographie (DASE), nous avons invité plusieurs anthropologues spécialisés dans la question de la terre au Portugal à réfléchir à différents moments de l'histoire de la terre et de ses habitants au Portugal dans la période de l'après-25 avril.
50 years on, what has happened to the land? In addition to the profound political and social changes that the 25th of April brought to Portugal, there were also important changes in the social and land relations in Portugal's rural landscapes. The agrarian reform that followed 25 April sought, through various occupation and collectivisation initiatives, to deconstruct a system that was eminently landowning and exploitative in terms of rural labour. 50 years after these processes, what kind of "land" do we find in Portugal? What social, economic and labour relations persist or, on the contrary, have disappeared? What continuities and changes have been observed in the uses of and identifications with land? How has land ownership been configured and reconfigured? In this initiative by the Environmental Challenges, Sustainability and Ethnography (DASE) research group, we invited several anthropologists specialising in the issue of land in Portugal to reflect on different moments in the history of land and its people in Portugal in the post-25 April period.

Anthropologist Fabienne Wateau (Laboratoire d'ethnologie et de sociologie comparative - LESC), is a long-time researcher in Portugal on topics such as water management, irrigation, dams, conflict, borders, cognition, politics, environment and sustainability, common goods and pollution. She has travelled the country doing ethnography in rural contexts such as Melgaço, Estarreja and Alqueva, for example. His is therefore a unique look at the relationship between people and the land through the great social, economic and political transformations that have taken place in this country. In this text, we revisit, through F. Wateau's notes, two iconic places in the trajectory of the land and its people from 25 April to the present day: Melgaço and Alqueva.

This text is based on extracts originally published in the article "Landscapes, paradigms, futures: What challenges for the territorial question?", published in the journal Análise Social 249, lviii (4th), 2023, 722-737. The photographs are by Fabienne Wateau. Link to the full article (pdf download). The photographs are by the author.

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