Suchergebnisse

I started editing the Cambridge Journal of Anthropology at the end of 2017. It seemed like a good opportunity to learn a lot. So I accepted the invitation, with the proviso that I would do it for about three years. But you know how it is when you get attached to something….When I started the job, I defined my role as taking the journal further out of Cambridge. I also wanted the journal to assess all work without regard to an author's politics, reputation, or professional connections. I think we have stuck to these principles. Now, after about five years, I have decided to hand the editing of the journal over to my colleague Liana Chua. Liana is an amazing anthropologist with the type of care and academic enthusiasm that makes a good editor. It's her job to figure out the next stage for the journal.

This special issue of the Cambridge Journal of Anthropology entitled 'Always Something Extra': Ethnographies of Grace is guest edited by Michael Edwards and Méadhbh McIvor.

Psychologue dans une association de soutien aux familles, l'auteur décrit comment les professionnels de cette structure se sont adaptés à la période du confinement pour continuer à assurer leurs fonctions. Intervenant selon l'analyse systémique et globale, avec des thérapies brèves, elle nous présente une vignette clinique concernant l'accompagnement d'une mère à l'occasion de la naissance de son enfant pendant le confinement.

The 33 countries that constitute Latin America and the Caribbean and the 11 countries of the former Soviet Union (not counting the Russian Federation and the three Baltic nations) conform 44 states which are, with a few exceptions, on the periphery of global geopolitical aff airs, with limited international infl uence or at the mercy of confl icts that have disrupted their internal balance and international image in the past decade. While the topic of how peripheral nations and regions interact with each other has been analyzed in academia, in-depth studies about relations between these specifi c regions are very limited and scarce. This paper seeks to fi ll in that gap by providing recent examples on issues like trade and high-profi le diplomatic visits between Latin American and Caribbean governments with their post-Soviet counterparts. Moreover, I will discuss the issue of the location (or lack thereof) of embassies, a topic not discussed in the consulted literature, as an example of how governments from peripheral states and limited budgets decide where to open an embassy. It is proposed here that the 44 states that make up Latin America, the Caribbean, and the post-Soviet world will remain cordial and friendly strangers for the foreseeable future. A lack of grand-strategy vision, with a few exceptions, is a major hindrance to stronger relations between these states. The most plausible scenario is bloc-to-bloc trade agreements; however, the COVID-19 pandemic and more pressing issues that these countries face mean that treaties with geographically distant states that are not trading partners or potential sources of fi nancial aid are not regarded as priorities.

This special issue of the Cambridge Journal of Anthropology entitled 'Beyond Revolution: Reshaping Nationhood through Senses and Affects' is guest edited by Myriam Lamrani.