The Fieldnote

Small places, large issues. Politics, society and culture understood through the notes of anthropologists.

Humans of the Future

Posted By Angela Firmhofer on Nov 18, 2013 in city, environment, featured, future, Germany, RSS, society, technology, The Fieldnote

A fieldnote from Munich, Germany (October 2013)

…one day humankind will be living in huge, well planned, structured and organised cities, where everyone will have his or her needs fulfilled in this life of 24/7-availability…

Gone! When cultures disappear…

Posted By Daniel Kunzelmann on Nov 13, 2013 in featured, history, politics, RSS, society, The Fieldnote

Jimmy Nelson shows vanishing tribes all over the world. His stunning photos are going viral at the moment. Yet another fetish for “the other”?

A glance through the keyhole

Posted By Seraina Mueller on Nov 1, 2013 in featured, RSS, The Fieldnote

A fieldnote from Oslo, Norway (October 2013)

“Is this true love?”

Posted By Miriam Gutekunst on Oct 29, 2013 in featured, migration, Morocco, Northern Africa, politics, RSS, The Fieldnote

A fieldnote from Tangier, Morocco (March 2013)

Can Piella: More than an occupied house

Posted By Angela Firmhofer on Oct 29, 2013 in ecology, environment, featured, politics, RSS, society, Spain, The Fieldnote

A fieldnote from Barcelona, Spain (October 2013)