Anthropological Journal of European Cultures

Aims & Scope

Published since 1990, Anthropological Journal of European Cultures (AJEC) engages with current debates and innovative research agendas addressing the social and cultural transformations of contemporary European societies.

The journal serves as an important forum for ethnographic research in and on Europe, which in this context is not defined narrowly as a geopolitical entity but rather as a meaningful cultural construction in people's lives, which both legitimates political power and calls forth practices of resistance and subversion.

By presenting both new field studies and theoretical reflections on the history and politics of studying culture in Europe anthropologically, AJEC encompasses different academic traditions of engaging with its subject, from social and cultural anthropology to European ethnology and empirische Kulturwissenschaften.

In addition to the thematic focus of each issue, which has characterised the journal from its inception, AJEC now also carries individual articles on other topics addressing aspects of social and cultural transformations in contemporary Europe from an ethnographically grounded anthropological perspective.

All such contributions are peer reviewed.

Each issue also includes book reviews and reports on major current research programmes.

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Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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APC Details

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• '0 Feet Away'

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Dominique Pierre

• Discarded Europe

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Elana

• Intangible Cultural Heritages

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Máiréad Nic

• Language Revitalisation Models in Minority Language Contexts

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Bernadette

• Expressive Resources

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Regina

• Interpretative Repertoire of Victimhood

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Marta

• Reproductive Governance in the New Europe

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Joanna

• Introduction

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Michael

• Theory from the Peripheries

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Ognjen

• Belonging through Languagecultural Practices in the Periphery

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Leonie, Vincent