Today we bring next chapter in our ‘Meet the collector’-series. Our intern Iana Lukina has interviewed associate professor at Department for Anthropology, Aarhus University, about his fieldwork and the collections he made for the Ethnographic Department at Moesgaard Museum. All photographs are by Martijn van […]
All posts tagged: nomads
A shoe update
In the beginning of September, the above shoe was the main character of quite a mystery. The shoe had been found by anthropologist Mette Bovin in the desert where she was conducting fieldwork among the nomadic Wodaabe people. The string at the back of the […]
Field-what kind of work?
The next two weeks, we have invited some of the anthropology students who have created the special exhibition ‘In Motion: A different take on nomads’ to write a blog about their exhibition. This week, Pernille Bertram-Larsen writes about fieldwork and about her group’s exhibition ‘Nomads […]
A portable life: Bedouin cradle
Imagine not having a permanent home. Or, try to imagine being at home wherever you are. It can be quite a hard exercise for many of us, who live in our houses and apartments, surrounded by our stuff, travelling the same paths to work, to […]
When museums get it wrong: Mongolian deel
Looking through the wide catalog of ethnographic museum artefacts, you find that Moesgaard Museum has a lot under the category “Kaftan”. “Kaftan” is an Arabic word for a long robe, often worn as a coat or overdress. Looking at the garment in the picture above, […]
ربابة (Rebab Bedouin String Instrument) – Kuwait
Imagine playing a tune on this single stringed instrument! The Bedouins of Kuwait, Iraq and Egypt actually manage to compose quite complex musical performances from this simple instrument and its characteristic Middle Eastern sound, even though its tone range is limited to only a […]
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