Europe
Some Characteristics of Ethnic Identity Case Study: Migrants from Serbia and Montenegro to Denmark
By: GORAN RAJOVIĆ – The following text is a contribution to the study of migration, in order to be closer to the main problems of contemporary migration flows from Serbia and Montenegro to Denmark, through the presentation of various data and results obtained in the current studies of the phenomenon of migration. Attention is paid…
Dans un monde romani. Approche en immersion de sociabilités roms roumaines en contexte migratoire
By: SÉBASTIEN DION – Selon l’opinion avancée par une multiplicité d’acteurs institutionnels ou d’ONG présents dans l’accompagnement des Roms en migration en Europe occidentale, ceux-ci ne seraient pas “intégrables” socialement1, souvent parce qu’ils ne sont pas déjà insérés par le logement, la santé ou l’activité professionnelle, et les enfants par la scolarité. Ce défaut d’insertion…
The Tree of Life Design. From Central Asia to Navajoland and Back (With a Mexican Detour) Part 1
By: SANDRA BUSATTA – The Tree of Life design is thought to be originated in Central Asia possibly from shamanic cultures, and can be seen as a favorite pattern in many carpets and rugs produced in a huge area, from Afghanistan to Eastern Europe. From the Middle East, together with other Christian and Moorish designs,…
Anthropometric Study of Nasal Index of the Kosovo Albanian Population
By: GLORIA STAK, FATMIR DRAGIDELLA, METUSH DISHA – Human nose occurs in many shapes and sizes and ethnic influences my results in different appearances of the nose. Nasal index is an ethnic sensitive anthropometric index. It is an important athropometric parameter for classifying the race and sex of the individual whose identity is unknown. This…
Dream-Land. The mythical skinheads’ communitarianism
By: MARCO MENICOCCI – Skinheads are a kind of subculture2 with well-defined aesthetical, iconographical and ideological connotations, which are deliberately shown and clearly flaunted. Those kind of people can be easily recognized on the basis of their behaviour, clothes, music styles and phrasing, expression. These aspects help Skinheads show their identities to the others and…
Il Museo Nazionale di Praga e la costruzione dell’identità ceca
By: SANDRA BUSATTA – Il Museo Nazionale di Praga è importante e interessante non solo per quel che contiene, ma per come è giunto a esistere e a ottenere e a conservare gli oggetti esposti nelle sue vetrine o conservati nei depositi, siano essi esemplari di trilobiti, oranghi impagliati, scheletri di balena, meteoriti, argenti medievali,…
Rituals in Albania. An anthropological review
By: GENTIAN VYSHKA, BARDHYL ÇIPI – The structure of death rituals differs consistently among regions of Albania. The death ritual contains very strong patriarchal features in the Northern part of the country; in southern regions (next to the seashore) and in Albanian communities living elsewhere in the Mediterranean basin, the features are more animistic; the…
Battling to be ‘European’: myth and the finnish race debate
By: EDWARD DUTTON – This article will examine the debate over the racial origins of the Finns in a new way by looking at the dominant perspective in terms of myth. Focussing on Kemiläinen’s (1998, 2000) discussion, as one of the most salient, the article will dissect the structure of her racial myth and look…
Diversidad cultural en Europa
By: FIDEL GINOCCHIO REYES – Gli uomini, come gli animali, vivono in gruppi più o meno organizzati in “società”, condividendo comportamenti che, nel loro insieme, formano una cultura, diversa per ogni società umana. L’antropologia socioculturale si occupa della descrizione e della comparazione delle civiltà o culture, cercando di stabilire le differenze e le somiglianze che…