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Traditionally involving the rubbing of ink into deep cuts for reasons such as spirituality or right-of-passage, ‘tattoo’ is derived from the Tahitian word ta-tu, or ‘to strike’. Widely attributed to Australasian, Micronesian and Papuan communities, ancient hand-poked tattooing has been recorded across the world (Deter-Wolf, 2013), from the Romans and Vikings of Europe to the Aztecs and Native tribes of the Americas, representing status and often indicating life achievements.

Across anthropology, the work of philosopher and historian Michel Foucault has been hugely influential in understanding how different systems of power emerge and interact throughout history (Lynch, 2013). Identifying sovereign power, disciplinary power and biopower as ways that dominant powers cause a citizen to yield to the will of the state (Foucault, 1982), Foucault also highlighted how the production of ‘docile bodies’ that positively self-regulate to engage with and repr

The Developmental Psychology 101 series addresses the theories and periods of development from the stages of conception to adolescence.

This article explores how children and youth enact (geo)political agency across the world in contested and complicated ways.

With this article, the series Philosophy of Mind 101 ends. In the article, conceptual cognition is told.

When considering the differences between humans and other species, there are several fields where a distinction is macroscopically observable. There are some things that only humans seem to be able to do: create and use artefacts and technologies, sequence the genome, project and fly aeroplanes. No other species is able to manipulate matters and objects to the same degree: chimpanzees, which are among the closest relatives to humans, for example, have the ability to, in a ve

"Western" romantic love is not solely based on affection. It is entangled in neoliberal subject-making and economic exchange processes.

The Developmental Psychology 101 series addresses the theories and periods of development from the stages of conception to adolescence.

Exploring the history and future of kinship through an anthropological perspective.

Exploring the intersection of genetic testing with narratives of family and kinship in a postmodern framework.

This article explores the relationship between aging and personhood, particularly among immigrant seniors in North America.

The vast majority of meaning is mostly transmitted through nonverbal channels. These nonverbal channels and cues have a profound impact.