Changes in kinship relations are part of the broad social change in all African societies. This
article highlights trends and characteristics of changing kinship relations in West Africa. Its …

Das vorliegende Buch liefert eine ethnologisch-ethnographische Perspektive auf
Gesundheitskompetenzforschung. Dieses Projekt verdankt sich zum einen einer günstigen …

Refugees rarely flee in isolation. Instead, their everyday lives and mobilities are
fundamentally shaped by the broader set of social relations in which they are embedded …

Menschen verändern sich selbst und ihre Sicht auf die Gesellschaft durch die Erfahrungen,
die sie in ihrem Leben machen. Dies trifft wohl in ganz besonderem Maße für die …

This chapter examines current processes of family formation in agro-pastoral Fulɓe 'kinship
enterprises' in Northern Benin based on empirical data from six field research stays in …

Drawing on sociological and anthropological studies, the aim of this article is to reconstruct
how obstetric technologies contribute to a moral conception of pregnancy and motherhood …

In this pioneering ethnographic study of identity and integration, author Philipp Schröder
explores urban change in Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek from the vantage point of the male …

Welche Rolle spielen digitale Medien im transnationalen sozialen Alltag? Für
Senegales_innen in Berlin und Dakar erfüllen sie eine besondere Funktion: Mobiltelefone …

Among various Naga communities of Northeast India, megalithic building and feasting
activities played an integral role in the different and intertwined dimensions of social and …

In Ghana, members of the middle class have recently started establishing family
associations and foundations to support upward social mobility and to help secure middle …