Study of the future is an important new field in anthropology. Building on a philosophical
tradition running from Aristotle through Heidegger to Schatzki, this book presents the …

Societal transformations have recently stimulated political debates and policies on the
integration of migrants and minorities in most Western European countries. While …

In diesem gleichsam einführenden wie programmatischen Beitrag wird die These verfolgt,
dass sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten in der Integrations-und Migrationsforschung eine …

This article inquires into how rejected asylum seekers and returning migrants feel and make
sense of their (im) mobility. Focusing on the emic concept of taqdeer (destiny), it explores …

This article investigates the linkage between 'luck'as an element of Islamic destiny and
'questing'or hustling as a peripatetic and open-ended livelihood mode among Gambian …

When collecting migrants' life stories, researchers often report on the role of chance
encounters in influencing the way migration trajectories have taken shape or how migrants …

This preface develops an argument for a comparative anthropology that takes the concept of
destiny as a fertile laboratory for anthropological thought. The articles in this collection show …

Based on post-development theory as developed by Nederveen Pieterse (2000) and
Escobar (2007), among others, this chapter explores how and why Pentecostal ideologies …

The article deals with the social significance of confessions among Kinshasa's born-again
Christians. 1 Together with conversion narratives and former witches' testimonies …

Many young itaukei (indigenous) Fijian men train daily in the hope of becoming professional
rugby athletes, despite the difficulty of this unpaid work and the uncertainty of the overseas …