“A remedy that suits me”: Classification of people and individualization in homeopathic prescribing

In contrast with a conventional medical consultation, a “classical” homeopathic case taking usually ends up with the prescription of a remedy and not with a biomedical diagnostic, reflecting a specific homeopathic concep...

Enacting trust: contract, law and informal economic relationships in a Spanish border enclave in Morocco

Small and removed from the Spanish mainland, the Enclave of Ceuta has always depended on flows of goods and labour out of the Moroccan hinterland, with individuals from different ethnic and religious groups forming infor...

Nationalism versus patriotism, or the floating border? National identification and ethnic exclusion in post-communist Bulgaria

The paper deals with different aspects of national identification and their relations to ethnic exclusion in post-communist Bulgaria. The emphasis is placed on theoretical approaches that refer to nationalism as a social...

Matthew Engelke (ed.), 2009, The Objects of Evidence. Anthropological approaches to the production of knowledge

Gender perspectives in self-assessment of quality of life of the elderly in South-Western Nigeria. Are there variations in quality of life among ageing men and women?

This study examined gender variations in self reported quality of life among randomly selected elderly populations in selected Yoruba communities in three local government areas of Osun State Nigeria. Data was generated...