Category Archives: Anthropology

Local, Hyperlocal, Nutag

Posted on June 19, 2026 by JDierkes

By Julian Dierkes Maria-Katharina Lang of the Austrian Academy of Sciences recently presented in the lecture series of the Central Asia Seminar at Humboldt University. With the title of “Parallel Excavations: Digging into Enchanted Landscapes in Mongolia” she discussed the … Continue reading →

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Book Review S Ruhlmann “Inviting Happiness: Food Sharing in Post-Communist Mongolia”

Posted on October 18, 2019 by JDierkes

By Jade Marie Richards Sandrine Ruhlmann. 2019. Inviting Happiness: Food Sharing in Post-Communist Mongolia. Leiden: Brill, 2019. 288pp. ISBN 978-90-04-41063-3 So much recent work in the anthropology of Mongolia focuses on broad scale politico-economic transformation, urbanisation or the divisive mining … Continue reading →

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