Signe Howell worked at the Department of Social Anthropology at the #UniversityOfOslo since 1987 until her death in January 2025. Her fascination with the range of human difference and the description of people’s lives were showing in all her researches and academic works. (1/3)

When talking of Thomas Hylland Eriksen (1962 – 2024), his generosity, curiosity and ongoing passion to present available knowledge to non-academic audience is a central part of the discussion. Eriksen was a renowned social #anthropologist and a public inetellectual from Norway. (1/3)

In Skåne, the southernmost province of Sweden, some
farmers are choosing to farm by moonlight and hence
form a resistance against industrial upscale farming.
They choose to preserve a certain form of rural life. (1/3)

In this article, Helena Laukkoski presents a case study of the collaboration between a public museum and a private, profit-driven institution. She argues that the partnership between the Finnish Music Museum Fame and the National Museum of Finland was beneficial for both institutions.

In our latest issue, Anna Storm and Florence Fröhlig present an #ethnography of guided tours of #nuclear power plants. They demonstrate how the strictly regulated ritual of the tour conceals a second meta-ritual that manipulates visitors into accepting the narrative of nuclear power plant safety.

In issue 55:1, Tiina Suopajärvi engages with Richard Hall’s thesis of #HopelessUniversity. While recognising how neoliberal academia instrumentalises hope, she highlights the pandemic Zoom meetings among Finnish scholars as spaces where collegiality nurtures genuine hope for transformative change.

In June 2025, the editorial board of Ethnologia Europaea participated in the 17th SIEF Congress in Aberdeen. While the congress focused on the theme of 'UN-writing', EE organized a publications reception and an editors' coordination meeting, and participated in the 'How to Get Published' workshop.

Read the first issue of our 55th volume for free.
This open-access issue, which has a slight focus on Northern Europe, features ethnographic research on a variety of subjects, including neoliberal narratives in academia as well as collaboration between private and public museums.

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Our latest issue (54:2) features a review by Jonathan Purkis of Patrick Laviolette's book Hitchhiking (2020). Purkis expresses great sympathy for Laviolette's approach to exploring this form of slow travel from a variety of angles, and in particular the link between hitchhiking and ethnography.

In our latest issue (54:2), Mira Menzfeld's ethnographic snapshot explores the ambivalent reception of Andrew Tate's public conversion to Salafism among Salafis. The snapshot is driven by the question of how much Salafi values overlap with the manosphere and misogynistic values that Tate represents.

Agnieszka Pasieka shows in our last issue (54:2) how recent far-right movements from different European countries are characterised not only by similar profiles, but also by actual alignments driven by mutual education and the ideal of "comradeship" and "European brotherhood".

In our last issue (54:2), Francisco Martínez and Patrick Laviolette discuss the ambivalent social and power dynamics of hitchhiking. They propose the neologism 'hitchhiking' as a tool for exploring these social dynamics, which is particularly interesting for ethnographic research.

In our latest issue (54:2), Heidi Henriika Mäkelä uses the concept of re-heritagisation to examine traditional Finnish sexual poetry and its significance for contemporary folk music. She argues that women's roles in this "Kalevalaic" tradition have recently been used mainly for feminist topics.

The introductory article in our latest issue (54:2) explores the concept of uncertainty, which plays an important role in social science. Strathern approaches the topic through the concepts of relationships, interaction and communication, which are often similar in their open-ended nature.

Read the second issue of our 54th volume.

This open access issue features ethnographic work from across Europe on topics ranging from Finnish oral poetry to hitchhiking, Salafism and far-right movements. They are presented in articles, ethnographic snapshots and review essays.

Ethnologia Europaea is looking for Ethnographic Snapshots for our forthcoming issues.
Don't hesitate to hand in your Ethnographic Snapshot via our submission site OJS, where you will be guided through the process.
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Ethnologia Europaea is always looking for interesting manuscripts for articles to be published in our future issues. You can find the link to our submission system 'OJS' on our website, where you will also find our style guide and further information on the various formats and standards.

Last year, Professor Christopher Yates Tilley sadly passed away at the age of 68. In our last issue, he was once again remembered for his unique contribution by Michael Rowlands, Esther Solomon, Eleana Yalouri and Patrick Laviolette accompanied him at various stages of his long academic career.