Join anthropologist Roanne van Voorst and her guests during fieldwork in Inuit villages in Greenland, poor riverbank-settlements in Indonesia, or the buzzling city of Amsterdam. While she shares the wisest lessons that she learned in the field - often from unexpected teachers -, you will hear the sounds that surround her: chirping snow, a street musician playing the guitar, singing birds, or a noisy traffic road.
During fieldwork, anthropologists try to understand the perspective of the people who live within a specific group, or subculture in society. Want to learn more about Roannes' fieldwork, see her notes, photos or drawings from the field?
Then subscibe to her monthly letters at www. When Rahil was invited by her Iranian interlocutors to a religious gathering for women, she dressed to the occasion - or so she thought.
But then she learned something important. A beautiful episode about high heels, gossip, and our prejudices. Rahil Roodsaz is an assistant professor at the anthropology department of the University of Amsterdam.
She studies gender and sexuality, particularly focusing on feminist, queer, and decolonial viewpoints. In , she was awarded an NWO-Vidi grant for the project Rhythms of Love, which aims to explore how people in midlife age maintain long-term romantic relationships during life transitions. It seeks to understand the complexities of enduring love in the face of societal challenges like work stress, parenting, and societal pressures. In this episode of The Emic, Roanne shares her experiences as a young anthropologist conducting fieldwork in Greenland, where she lived among Inuit hunters and fishers while studying the impacts of climate change.
