Transnational parenting and the well‐being of Angolan migrant parents in Europe

Studies on the transnational family highlight the emotional difficulties of migrant parents separated from their children through international migration. This article consists of a large‐scale quantitative investigation into the insights of transnational family literature by examining the well‐being of transnational parents compared with that of parents who live with their children in the destination country. Furthermore, through a survey of Angolan migrant parents in both the Netherlands and Portugal, we compare the contexts of two receiving country. Our study shows transnational parents are worse off than their non‐transnational counterparts in terms of four measures of well‐being – health, life satisfaction, happiness, and emotional well‐being. Although studies on migrant well‐being tend to focus exclusively on the characteristics of the receiving countries, our findings suggest that, to understand migrant parents' well‐being, a transnational perspective should also consider the existence of children in the migrant sending country. Finally, comparing the same population in two countries revealed that the receiving country effects the way in which transnational parenting is associated with migrant well‐being.     

George Hunt and the invention of Kwakiutl culture

Get article décrit la carrière de George Hunt, collaborateur de Franz Boas et assistant de recherche de plusieurs autres ethnographes de la Côte Nord-Ouest. On y examine, sa méthodologie, ses rapports avec ses informateurs et avec Boas et, dans la mesure ou cela peut ressortir des sources documentaires, son attitude envers son travail. On discute aussi certains aspects spécifiques de sa vie privée, afin d'essayer de comprendre comment il a pu développer des talents d'ethnographe aussi remarquables. En conclusion, l'article présente une analyse de la contribution de Hunt à la définition anthropologique de sa culture, analyse qui met en lumiere le rôle important qu'il a joué dans 'l'invention' des Kwakiutl en tant qu'entité ethnographique.
This paper outlines the career of George Hunt, collaborator of Franz Boas and research assistant to several other Northwest Coast ethnographers. His methodology, his relationship with informants and Boas, and his attitudes toward his work are all considered, as far as possible working from documentary sources. The particular dimensions of his personal biography are discussed in an attempt to suggest how he developed such a remarkable expertise as an ethnographer. In conclusion, an analysis of Hunt's contribution to the anthropological view of this culture will be offered, one which centres on his important role in the 'invention' of the Kwakiutl as an ethnographic entity.