Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Leiden University

Did you know that the WDO also organizes activities related to anthropology? In May they hosted a language symposium, one of discussions was about what role language plays in ethnographic research🗣🧑‍🏫 Check out their instagram 👀

From now on we will share a fun fact about antropology every friday! Did you know that more than 50% of the students from CADS has an international background?

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Going om exchange next semester?🤗 Annemay went to Kelona in Canada. Swipe to learn about her experiences🇨🇦

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In this post, Marthe explains how the Cultural Anthropology program at Leiden University is structured🌏 Swipe to check it out! If you have any questions, please ask them in the comments⬇️

Still unsure if anthropology in Leiden is right for you?🤔 Marthe from the 3rd year explains why she chose anthropology. Curious? Swipe to see her answers!👀

The Fieldwork NL course is coming to an end💪 The fieldwork has been completed, the report has been written and the presentations are in a few weeks. Last year's students have some tips for you on how to give an excellent Fieldwork NL presentation🤗

Check out Wilke's journey after CADS! After completing her bachelor's in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, she specialised in Visual Anthropology for her master's🎥. Now, her full focus is on her own company 🤩 Fun fact; she's creating alumni videos for the CADS YouTube account – definitely worth a watch!

Soon, our third-year students will start their thesis💪 It can be a tough process so we asked our former third-year students for some advice.

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Good luck with writing your thesis!✍️

Find out which courses are our students' favourites. We asked which first year courses were the most popular🤩. Swipe to find out! Leave your favourite first year course in the comments!⬇️

This year the CADS curriculum offers a new course: Regional Dialogues. Previously, second year students chose a region to specialise in🌎, but this year that has changed. Dr Boy, Dr Waltz and Dr Gupta are teaching the course and together they present a dynamic approach from different perspectives👀. Want to know more about this course? Check out the website!

Wondering how Yuvan, a second year student at Cultural Antropology and Development Sociology Leiden, experiences his studies? Check it out and swipe!!

Maaike graduated from CADS last year. Wondering how she experienced her studies and what she will do next? Swipe to find out!

Whats makes CADS in Leiden unique for you?

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New publication!
Patterns of Panow: Dimensions of Mobility among the Pantaron Manobo

In this book chapter, Andrea Malaya M. Ragragio and Myfel D. Paluga unpack the indigenous category "panow" of Pantaron Manobo communities. Panow pertains to various notions of geographical or spatial mobility, meaning "to leave," "to travel," "to flee," "to expand," or simply, "to go somewhere."

Patterns of Panow: Dimensions of Mobility among the Pantaron Manobo In this book chapter, Andrea Malaya M. Ragragio and Myfel D. Paluga unpack the indigenous category

Assistant Professor John Boy and Assistant Professor Sander Holsgens have written a new Leiden Anthropology Blog about Af AI-powered plagiarism detection tools in universities.

In their blog post titled ‘When all positives are false: the emergence of an academic whodunnit’, they discuss how or if academic integrity is at stake in the age of AI. Boy and Holsgens call into question whether these tools are a reflection of an education system that is fixated on metrics rather than self-development and why there has not been more consultation with instructors regarding the adoption of the technology. They suggest a new pedagogy in the era of generative AI is needed, beyond a focus on grades and credentials.

When all positives are false: the emergence of an academic whodunnit Many educators accept the idea that we need to systematically assess the performance of our students. Easily accessible writing tools complicate the practice of assessment: how do we gauge whether an assignment is original work? In the age of AI, academic integrity is at stake – or so we’re told...

Leiden University has signed a strategic partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), a bank committed to regional development. LU is the first European university to which the ADB has made a structural commitment

Leiden University will contribute its interdisciplinary expertise to work with the bank on various topics such as urbanisation, circular economy, water, biodiversity, and tax reform – thus adding its expertise to the significant investments the ADB is making for climate and poverty alleviation.

Professor of Anthropology of Digital Diversity Bart Barendregt: ‘The collaboration with the ADB, and through them with the ADB member states, is a fantastic opportunity to solve some of the most pressing issues of our time. Big challenges call for big collaboration. No discipline alone has the answers, but together, and with the ADB’s country experts and the solution-focused approach they advocate, we will come a long way.’

Project 0100 Universiteit Leiden / Leiden University Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences of Leiden University

Leiden University signs strategic partnership with Asian Development Bank Leiden University is going to partner with the Asian Development Bank, a bank committed to regional development. President of the Executive Board Annetje Ottow signed a memorandum of understanding on this unique partnership in Manila on 27 April.

Today's young people live in a time of great, sometimes contradictory upheavals. Generation Z is more vulnerable yet empowered, inspired yet limited, and self-aware yet melancholic.
Generation Z: what kind of cohort is that?

In this NRC article, sociologist John Boy, together with Martijn Lampert and Lonneke van den Berg, discusses the three biggest paradoxes of Gen Z: limitless freedom but experiencing enormous stress, being culturally independent but economically dependent and being highly idealistic but also constantly distracted.

Read the full article (in Dutch).

Hoe onderscheidt Gen Z zich van de voorgaande generaties? Kwetsbaarder én mondiger, zelfbewuster én zwaarmoediger Identiteit: Jongeren van nu leven in een tijd met grote, soms tegenstrijdige omwentelingen. Generatie Z is kwetsbaarder én mondiger, bevlogener én beperkter, zelfbewuster én zwaarmoediger.

Looking for answers to the pressing questions around the use of AI in society?

The Islamic world may have some insights to offer, according to Bart Barendregt, Professor of Anthropology of Digital Diversity. In his inaugural lecture on April 14th, Barendregt will discuss his research into the relationship between AI and Islam, examining the ways in which AI is being developed and used in Southeast Asia.

With a focus on three sectors - AI education, edutainment, and self-discipline - Barendregt is investigating the attitudes of developers and users towards AI, and what they hope for its role in the future. In addition to this research, Barendregt holds the UNESCO chair for Anthropology of Digital Diversity, through which he aims to bring together startups, Muslim communities, and anthropologists to discuss the development of AI.

While there are concerns around the rise of AI, Barendregt is optimistic, believing in human resilience and the ability of different cultures to find their own unique ways of integrating new technology.

How should we use AI? The Islamic world may have an answer The secular West is struggling with the rise of AI, but so too is Muslim Southeast Asia. What can we learn from each other?

Playing bingo and walking with senior citizens for research into social cohesion

Joining community seniors in fun activities like bingo, Dutch shuffleboard, and walks is regular for Marieke van der Heijden. She is a Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology master's student who's researching the De Kooi neighbourhood for the Learning with the City project. It's a unique opportunity for students to work on social concerns as part of their programme. Marieke is enthusiastic about this project. "It's relevant to the neighbourhood, and my research won't just sit on a shelf gathering dust!"

Met senioren sjoelen en wandelen voor onderzoek Student Marieke van der Heijden wandelt wekelijks met senioren bij het project Leren met de Stad. Zij doet onderzoek naar sociale cohesie in de wijk De Kooi.

Speckmann Awards 2023 for Q***r Joy in Motion report and Imogen Cooney

The Fieldwork NL report prize goes to the “Q***r Joy in Motion” report, by bachelor students Dorota Olšavská, Marthe Baalbergen, Rielly Puchalski, and Rosa Graffé. Master student Imogen Cooney receives the Speckmann Award for her thesis ‘Decolonizing Faculty’.

Speckmann Awards 2023 for Q***r Joy in Motion report and Imogen Cooney The Fieldwork NL report prize goes to the “Q***r Joy in Motion” report, by bachelor students Dorota Olšavská, Marthe Baalbergen, Rielly Puchalski, and Rosa Graffé. Master student Imogen Cooney receives the Speckmann Award for her thesis ‘Decolonizing Faculty’.

Hoogleraar Anthropology of Sustainability and Livelihood Marja Spierenburg spreekt in de NRC over het neoliberale systeem en de noodzaak dat te veranderen om de energiecrisis in Zuid-Afrika op te lossen. „Dat markten niet discrimineren is niet waar.”

In het interview in de NRC legt Marja Spierenburg uit waarom het neoliberale systeem moet veranderen, de ANC, discriminatie en de energiecrisis.

Lees het hele interview online in de NRC:

‘ANC krijgt nu het verwijt van corruptie, maar de hele apartheid hing destijds van corruptie aan elkaar’ Marja Spierenburg | Antropoloog: Om de energiecrisis in Zuid-Afrika écht op te lossen, moet het neoliberale systeem op de schop, zegt antropoloog Marja Spierenburg. „Dat markten niet discrimineren is niet waar.”

Conferentie analyseert kloof tussen overheid en burger

‘De burger wantrouwt de overheid’, hoor je vaak. Maar: wie is die ‘burger’ precies? En wat werkt er nu wel en niet in het contact tussen burgers en overheidsinstanties? Deze vragen komen op 30 maart aan bod tijdens de Engelstalige conferentie ‘Crafting Resilience’. Iedereen is welkom.

Crafting Resilience Kick-Off Conferentie De Crafting Resilience Kick Off Conferentie op 30 maart 2023 wil gesprekken aanwakkeren over nieuwe relaties tussen staat en burger in het sociale domei

Graduating for your Master's doesn't only mean receiving your diploma, you also get to put your signature at 'the sweat room' (het zweetkamertje).

Last week three of our Master's students Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology received their diplomas at the Academy Building and signed the wall. Congratulations!

The Sweat Room is one of the most cherished spots at Leiden University. In the 18th century, the room was given the purpose suggested by its present-day name: it became a waiting room for students awaiting their exam results. Thousands of new graduates have written or signed their name

During the Open Day we asked prospective students 'What is Anthropology'. Among the answers: Culture, Diversity, People, Interaction, Behaviour, Ethnography, Behaviour. All correct. Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University studies the everyday practices of individuals and groups around the world in relation to the complex global challenges of diversity, sustainability, and digitalisation.

Did you miss the Open Day? No worries! You can join the Experience Day on the 4th of April to get a glimpse of how it is to study Cultural Anthropology. You can also do the online experience or watch the video presentation on our website.

HOORAY!

Last Monday, we celebrated in the academy building that six students graduated from our Bachelor's programme in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology. Congratulations!!!

Welcome everyone to a few fun facts about Leiden! Comment which ones you knew already and if you know any others, please share for the next post!!

1. LEIDEN HAS A SPECIAL CHEESE, WITH PIECES OF CUMIN

2. LEIDEN AS A CITY IS TWINNED WITH 6 DIFFERENT CITIES IN THE WORLD: INCLUDING OXFORD, BUFFALO CITY & NAGASAKI

3. SINCE 2006, THERE IS AN ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN LEIDEN

4. LEIDEN HELD A LAB THAT WAS TITLED 'THE COLDEST PLACE ON EARTH' UNTIL THE 1950'S

Meet Dr Mark Westmoreland! His centring on multimodal and collaborative research has led him to teach Media Worlds as part of the bachelor program. This is a really interesting course to discover different ways of thinking, through journaling exercises about different senses, making recordings and exploring new ways of presenting data. Dr Westmoreland also supervises Fieldwork.
Do you have any questions for him? Let us know in the comments!

New Leiden Anthropology Blog!

Stop stereotyping ‘girls with a migration background’

Culture, ethnicity, and religion are frequently framed as contradictory to sport participation in sport policy research and media reports. According to Jasmijn Rana and Kathrine van den Bogert, we can only combat unequal sport participation if we take sexism and racism in recreational sports and exercise seriously.

https://www.leidenanthropologyblog.nl/articles/stop-stereotyping-girls-with-a-migration-background

Universiteit Leiden / Leiden University LeidenGlobal Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences of Leiden University

Stop stereotyping ‘girls with a migration background’ In sport policy research and media reports, culture, ethnicity and religion are constantly framed as contradictory to sport participation. Jasmijn Rana and Kathrine van den Bogert argue that only when we take sexism and racism in recreational sports and exercise seriously, we can counter unequal spo...