Law and policy: anthropological perspectives

What have on-farm pig slaughter in Catalonia, the internal borders of the Schengen area, informal resistance in Colombia and village court magistrates in Papua New Guinea in common? More than one thinks!

I would have said very little, if it wasn’t for having participated in a fascinating panel on law and policy in occasion of the 2024 Annual Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists kick-off online day.

My paper: Policy and law, temporality and space: “studying through” Schengen, Panel On/doing power: policy, law and the difference it makes, convened by Hummel A. and Oancă A, Annual Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropology (EASA).