Hannah Cassar holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Anthropology from the University of Malta, and is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Humanitarianism, Conflict, and Development at the University of Bath.
She is a Research and Policy Officer with the Malta Further and Higher Education Authority, and also a council member of the Malta Anthropological Society, where she focuses on promoting research and awareness about anthropology, facilitating discussions and events that engage the public in anthropological topics and foster a greater appreciation for the discipline.
Articles By Hannah Cassar
The Importance of Considering Intersectionality When Studying Power Dynamics
A Disaster is the Impact of a Natural Hazard Upon Vulnerable People
The Strategic Framing of Conflict Narratives
The Disasters Which Follow Seismic Events Are Not Natural, But Are Produced by a Human Action
The Impact of Marx’s Theory of Alienation as it applies in the Contemporary Context
Edward Said, Orientalism and Aladdin
The ‘poetics of personhood’ in Mediterranean societies. Jill Dubisch
‘The Nation State often draws its Legitimation on Symbolic Kinship and Sacrifice.’ Verdery
The Use of the Culture/Nature and Private/Public models to Understand Gender Relations
Anthropological Discussion on Human Migration and Globalization
“Cultural values are a web of linked concepts, fixed in time and space.” Geertz
The ‘poetics of personhood’ in Mediterranean societies. Jill Dubisch
For people to have good repute, to have honour and shame, they must be loyal and honest (Pitt-Rivers,1997). That being said, this proposed moral code of behaviour does not apply to all and sundry in the same way, to the point where honour and shame are “no longer synonymous” (Pitt-Rivers, 1997, pp.20).
Tradition and Modernity
The Mediterranean is often characterised by the label ‘traditional’ which is why it is an ideal location from which this concept can be examined.
‘‘God hates nakedness, because he is purity itself; the Devil loves it, because he is impure’’ (Ableman 1982)
In a post-colonial, western setting, public nakedness has been associated with dirt, insanity, immorality and as a state of deviance (Masquelier, 2005).
‘The Nation State often draws its Legitimation on Symbolic Kinship and Sacrifice.’ Verdery
States use political heroes and glorify their sacrifices because it reinforces ethnic and national identity.
The Use of the Culture/Nature and Private/Public models to Understand Gender Relations
In a world where the concept of gender and its associated roles have transformed into topics of contention, does it make sense to employ structural models to explain such a complex reality?
Anthropological Discussion on Human Migration and Globalization
Anthropology is increasingly promoting the notion migration should be focused on the journey undertaken by people for thousands of years.
“Cultural values are a web of linked concepts, fixed in time and space.” Geertz
Since humans are alive, it follows that culture is alive and thus, going through an never-ending process of adaptation.
