This issue opens with an in-depth analysis by Antti Lindfors of the ways that satire is intertwined with moral understanding, bringing recent discussions from the anthropology of ethics as well as emotions to the stand-up comedian’s stage in Finland and elsewhere.
Ethical issues are also at stake in Britta Lundgrens’s examination of how Swedish health-care providers involved in the threat of an epidemic as well as adverse side-effects of vaccinations face double-bind situations and deal with their own doubts.
Niels Jul Nielsen and Janus Jul Olsen explain how the neoliberal transformations in Denmark’s social welfare system have resulted from the loss of a perception of the working class as a potential threat to societal stability and peace.
Anastasiya Astapova’s article, which provides the inspiration for the cover art adorning the issue, looks at the folklore of Potemkinism in Belarus, local attitudes and narratives around the ‘façade’ performance.
Finally, Jernej Mlekuž explores the symbolic complexity and material significance of the burek in Slovenia, one of the country’s most popular—yet also most disrespected—foods.
About the journal
Ethnologia Europaea is a lively and interdisciplinary, peer‐reviewed journal with a focus on European cultures and societies. It carries material of great interest not only to European ethnologists and anthropologists, but also for sociologists, social historians and scholars involved in cultural studies.
An impression of the areas covered by the journal is reflected in some of the thematic topics of the issues recently published:
Silence in Cultural Practices (2016) Muslim Intimacies (2016) Rage, Anger and other Don’ts (2015) European Ethnology Revisited (2014) Foodways Redux (2013) Imagined Families in Mobile Worlds (2012) Irregular Ethnographies (2011)
Ethnologia Europaea was founded and first published in 1967, with two issues now published annually. Since its beginning it has acquired a central position in the international and interdisciplinary cooperation between scholars inside and outside Europe. The journal is ranked A according to the European Science Foundation journal evaluation (European Reference Index for the Humanities initial list) and as a top-level (level 2) journal in the Norwegian model used in Norway and Denmark. The journal adheres to ERIH PLUS criteria.
Ethnologia Europaea is edited by associate professor Marie Sandberg of the Ethnology section at the University of Copenhagen and professor Monqiue Scheer of the Eberhard Karls Universität in Tübingen.
Editorial board (2017 – 2020)
The journal’s editorial board consists of a range of highly profiled experts within the field:
Prof. Beate Binder (Germany), Prof. Brita Brenna (Norway), Prof. Lotten Gustavsson Reinius (Sweden), Prof. Per-Markku Ristilammi (Sweden), Prof. Dr. Bernhard Tschofen (Swiss), Prof. Valdimar Tr. Hafstein (Iceland), Dr. Peter Jan Margry (The Netherlands), Dr. Renata Jambrešić Kirin (Croatia), Prof. Dr. Klaus Schriewer (Spain), Prof. Máiréad Nic Craith (UK), Prof. Dr. Laura Stark (Finland), Prof. Dr. Johanna Rolshoven (Austria), Prof. Jean-Luis Tornatore (France), Dr. Renata Hryciuk (Poland), Associate Prof. Carina Ren (Denmark), Prof. Kyrre Kverndokk (Norway), Dr. Dani Schrire (Israel), Dr. Laurent Fournier (France)
Guidelines for submission
Ethnologia Europaea welcomes submissions from European ethnology and all related fields, including social/cultural anthropology, human geography, sociology, cultural history, and cultural studies. If you are uncertain whether your article fits, we encourage you to send the editors a short abstract or outline by e-mail.
Manuscript submissions should be sent toMarie Sandberg, Associate professor University of Copenhagen Faculty of Humanities SAXO Institute, Ethnology Karen Blixens Vej 4 2300 København S, Denmark sandberg@hum.ku.dk
Prof. Dr. Monique Scheer Ludwig-Uhland-Institut für Empirische Kulturwissenschaft Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Burgsteige 11 (Schloss) 72070 Tübingen, Germany monique.scheer@uni-tuebingen.de