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An anthropology of Muslims in Europe - A modest attempt by Martijn

Author: martijn

Branding Uniqueness, Happiness & the Exotic: Ethnic Rituals Anthropologie 0

anthropology / Multiculti Issues

Branding Uniqueness, Happiness & the Exotic: Ethnic Rituals Anthropologie

You are not about to read an introduction into the anthropology of ethnic rituals. And no this is also not about the scientific discipline of anthropology as a brand, although it is related to ‘diversity is our business’ or better: ‘fashionable diversity as a business’. This post is about ethnic interior design and ethnic clothing, Rituals body care and Anthropologie clothes, accessories and home-stuff. Moreover, it is about companies using the terms ethnic, ritual and anthropology as a way to sell the exotic in a particular way.

European Sexual Nationalisms: The Culturalization of Citizenship and the Sexual Politics of Belonging and Exclusion 1

Citizenship Carnival / Headline / Islam in the Netherlands / islamophobia

European Sexual Nationalisms: The Culturalization of Citizenship and the Sexual Politics of Belonging and Exclusion

In this contribution Paul Mepschen and Jan-Willem Duyvendak argue that representations of gay emancipation are mobilized to shape narratives in which Muslims are framed as non-modern subjects, which best be understood in relation to the ‘culturalization of citizenship’ and the rise of Islamophobia in Europe.

Geweldspraak: PVV, Wilders, De Graaff en flirten met geweld 3

islamophobia / Multiculti Issues

Geweldspraak: PVV, Wilders, De Graaff en flirten met geweld

PVV senator De Graaff baart opzien met zijn tweet over AK47 bij biddende moslims. Incident of structureel geweld door de PVV? Wilders’ retoriek en ook dat van De Graaff staat boordevol met taalgeweld en geweldspraak. Wat dat betreft staat de PVV en met haar Wilders en De Graaff voor structureel geweld tegen moslims. Het wordt hoog tijd dat we dat eens serieuzer nemen.

'Fuck You Nederland' – De politiek van onverschilligheid 5

Deep in the woods... / Multiculti Issues / Some personal considerations

'Fuck You Nederland' – De politiek van onverschilligheid

Uitsluiting vindt in dit land niet alleen plaats door discriminerende maatregelen van de overheid of door werkgevers, maar ook via onverschilligheid en kilte naar mensen die schijnbaar ons ‘mededogen’ niet verdienen en er alleen zijn als ‘matter out of place’. Er zijn mensen die vinden dat migranten ‘dankbaar’ moeten zijn. Nou ‘Fuck you, Nederland’ zou ik zeggen.

Citizenship Carnival: What is Integration? 1

anthropology / Citizenship Carnival / Guest authors / Headline / Multiculti Issues

Citizenship Carnival: What is Integration?

In this blog Nadia Fadil problematizes the concern of researchers with integration – to take it as a point of departure in order to understand the different connotations it invokes and imaginaries it touches upon. For more than simply figuring as a neutral analytical category, the term integration is also a highly contested and controversial concept – one that has been challenged and disputed.

The Jihad Struggle: #MyJihad Campaign 1

Activism / anthropology / Notes from the Field / Public Islam

The Jihad Struggle: #MyJihad Campaign

MyJihad is an American campaign sponsored by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) trying to reclaim the word Jihad from radical (anti-) Muslims. It is response against Pamela Geller’s hate-campaign but also receives criticism from Muslim groups. How would be analyse such a spectacle when going beyond the binary of religion – secular?