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Read more at: Latest issue of the Cambridge Journal of Anthropology is published

Latest issue of the Cambridge Journal of Anthropology is published

The latest open access issue of The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology has just been published! This special issue is entitled “ The Hall of Mirrors: Spying, Surveillance and Ethnographic Method.” Please visit the Berghahn website for more information about the journal. This issue is a part of the Berghahn Open Anthro which...

Read more at: New research: Why is effective action being taken on some drivers of suicide and not others?
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New research: Why is effective action being taken on some drivers of suicide and not others?

New analysis led by the University of Edinburgh, with colleagues from Cambridge and Bristol, draws attention to significant discrepancies in the ways in which products associated with the risk of fatal self harm are regulated.

Read more at: Engaging communities on the front line of conservation

Engaging communities on the front line of conservation

Dr Liana Chua (2021) argues that field staff deserve to be taken seriously as experts in community engagement in ‘ Field Reflections ’ – a new collection of accounts from 17 staff from NGOs who work on the ground in Indonesian Borneo to support conservation and development programmes in partnership with local and...

Read more at: World-wide recognition for teaching excellence at Cambridge
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World-wide recognition for teaching excellence at Cambridge

The Department of Social Anthropology is consistently recognised as one of the top social anthropology departments in the world. Our department has a track record of teaching and research excellence and is consistently placed among the world’s leading institutions for the study of Anthropology; we retained a top three...

Read more at: Xolu Dakar bi (The Heart of Dakar): A collaborative exhibition
Xolu Dakar bi (The Heart of Dakar) exhibition at Cambridge Artspace during the 2025 Cambridge Festival

Xolu Dakar bi (The Heart of Dakar): A collaborative exhibition

As Senegal’s capital transforms at pace, Xolu Dakar bi (The Heart of Dakar) explores everyday life and uncertainty in a centrally located informal settlement of Dakar undergoing resettlement. Developed and curated by Dr Anna Wood in collaboration with Dakar-based photographers Djibril Dramé and Katia Golovko, the exhibition was shown at Cambridge Artspace during the 2025 Cambridge Festival.

Read more at: The More We Know
Forwarding Power by Caroline Bazambanza

The More We Know

Anthropologist Caroline Bazambanza examines how Black women make sense of racial inequality in maternity care – and why their knowledge is too often ignored.

Read more at: The latest open access issue of The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology has just been published
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The latest open access issue of The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology has just been published

The latest open access issue of The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology has just been published! This special issue is entitled "Making Place with Plants: Intimacy, Mobility and Displacement." Please visit the Berghahn website for more information about the journal. This issue is a part of the Berghahn Open Anthro which you...

Read more at: Cambridge Alumni Magazine article with Dr Natalia Buitron

Cambridge Alumni Magazine article with Dr Natalia Buitron

What happens when an autonomous Indigenous people are forced into cooperatives and state formation? The Amazonian Shuar didn't just adapt – they reinvented the system from within. Dr Natalia Buitron reveals their creative approach to power that could reshape how we think about change. The article "Dream State" can be...

Read more at: Professor Keith Hart 1943-2025. In memoriam
Professor Keith Hart at the Audrey Richards Annual Lecture in African Studies, May 2014, Cambridge

Professor Keith Hart 1943-2025. In memoriam

Keith Hart, who died 6 November 2025 in his Paris home, was a brilliant, complicated and inspiring academic and public intellectual with a longstanding connection to Cambridge Anthropology – as student, teacher and colleague.

Read more at: New Publication - Towards an Anthropology of Psychology

New Publication - Towards an Anthropology of Psychology

Towards an Anthropology of Psychology: Ethnographic Studies of Psychological Healthcare Editors: Mikkel Kenni Bruun and Rebecca Hutten Anthropology and psychology share a long history of rivalry, collaboration, and mutual disregard. This volume reconsiders psychology as a field of anthropological enquiry. In doing so, it...

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