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Tag Archives: Identity+Identité
Identité(s), pensée(s) & inscriptions murales (Grenoble, France)
+ + Sarah + + Grenoble, France. “Dans nos pensées” – “In our thoughts” Ces pensées incluent : au niveau local le code postal d’un quartier grenoblois “38120”, au niveau global les mots “Maroc” et “Tunisie”, au niveau individuel les … Continue reading
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The Pro-Ana Movement: Sanctuary & Subculture
Warning: I am about to make rather controversial use of anthropology to better contextualise Pro-Ana – otherwise short for ‘Promote-Anorexia’ – the movement that safeguards anorexia as a lifestyle. [And no, before questions arise, I do not suffer an eating disorder, nor am I pro-Ana – rather pro-listening].
Pro-Ana’s social and psychological online support for anorexia sufferers is clearly well-meant. But it still appears somewhat contradictory in light of the plethora of lifestyle tips on how to become dangerously thin which it also encourages online. Hence the general argument against Pro-Ana websites is that: not only do they provide a space for harmful collective narratives that otherwise prolong the condition in pre-existing sufferers, but that they also encourage its development in non-sufferers. According to contemporary western biomedicine, anorexia must strictly not be viewed as a lifestyle, but as a seriously deadly disorder that is infamously difficult to treat, with the highest mortality rates of any psychiatric illness. But which comes first – the biological aetiology of the disease, or the cultural norms also influencing its onset? Has anorexia always been perceived as a dangerous, medicalised psychopathology in ages past? And can it ever be viewed culturally rather than medically i.e. as a lifestyle providing alternative cultural narratives for coping with social pressure as well as illness in modern times? Continue reading
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London ritual : Carnival kids
+ + Camilla Schickova + + Carnival kids – Notting Hill Carnival, London, England.
London ritual : Notting Hill Carnival
+ + Camilla Schickova + + London students lucky enough to have Notting Hill Carnival on their doorstep.
From Prague to the USA : Identity & Car Pride
+ + Sarah + + Prague, Czech Republic. Maybe that’s how you say ‘God Bless America’ in Czech. Prague, République Tchèque. Voilà comment on dit « que Dieu bénisse l’Amérique » en tchèque.
Squatt in Berlin
+ + Julie Simonney + + Squatt, Berlin, Germany.
Photos : Skateboard – les dix ans de FTBX
+ + Nicolas Malinowsky + + A la fin des années 80, une poignée de skateurs de Beauvais crée le Fanzine FTBX (Fuck the Blaireaux) d’une part pour rigoler, mais aussi pour promouvoir leur “scène” au delà des frontières de la … Continue reading
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Photos: L'ennemi dans le sanctuaire (religion)
+ + Margot Simonney + + Eglise (?), quartier du Marais, Paris, France. « Il faut ces admirables déserts que sont les villes mondiales pour que l’expérience du quotidien commence à nous atteindre. Le quotidien n’est pas au chaud dans … Continue reading
Photos: "What music do you listen to ?" The music fans of James Mollison
+ + Sarah + + The very first few questions you ask upon first meeting people are interesting on more than one level. Such questions are indicative of a cultural understanding of etiquette and more generally of social relations, both … Continue reading
Sarajevo : Religious identity on a car plate
by Camilla Schickova Sarajevo, Bosnia & Hercegovina. “I am Muslim” , asserting identity in post-war Sarajevo. « Je suis musulman » ; une affirmation identitaire dans un magasin de plaques de voitures à Sarajevo.
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