Making Worlds that Make Sense

Anthropology, World Modelling, and the Vernacular Construction of Reality and Belonging

As people create knowledge and understanding, they create more than just ‘the facts.' What people take as real or true or common sense grows from the social worlds they model: how they connect to each other and perceive belonging...

Responsibility and Language Practices in Place

Responsibility and Language Practices in Place investigates 'responsibility' in and through language practices as inspired by the roots of the (English) word itself: the ability to respond, or mount a response to a situation at hand...

Dwelling in Political Landscapes

Contemporary Anthropological Perspectives

Dwelling in Political Landscapes contributes to the anthropology of landscape and the field of political ecology. Environments change at speeds never before experienced. Massive species loss is just one transformation affecting life forms and their interactions,...

On foreign ground

moving between countries and categories

The essays in this collection explore classical anthropological questions in modern sites, from Ghana to Karelia, from India to Italy, from Kuala Lumpur to St. Petersburg. They examine change and continuity through the lens of memory and sense of place,...

Divine Rulers in a Secular State

In present-day Africa chiefs interact fluently with modern states, international organizations, and business corporations, and traditional chieftaincy is perceived essentially as a secular institution...

Beyond the horizon

essays on myth, history, travel and society

Artikkelikokoelman lähtökohtana on ajatus kulttuurista pragmaattisten kontekstien ja kokemuksen tasojen välisiä suhteita jäsentävänä maailmankuvana. Artikkelit tarkastelevat etnografisten esimerkkien valossa, mikä määrittää kunkin yhteiskunnan horisonttia...

Beyond the Horizon

Essays on Myth, History, Travel and Society

Society is never just a localized aggregate of people but exists by virtue of its members' narrative and conceptual awareness of other times and places. In Jukka Siikala's work this idea evolves into a broad ethnographic and theoretical interest in worlds...