Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
On August 2, 2026, Michael Eugene Harkin passed away in Laramie, Wyoming. Born in Muncie, Indiana, on August 16, 1958, Harkin received a BA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he majored in international studies and English. He then pursued a graduate degree in anthropology at the University of Chicago, receiving his […]
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This article examines how land relations are reconfigured in Klerlweehtu District (KNU-administered territory) in Bago Region, Myanmar, where Karen communities face episodic ruptures amid armed conflicts between the State Administration Council (SAC) a…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. This article examines oath-taking in Sierra Leone as a diagnostic ritual through which an African state’s postcolonial legitimacy is revealed and contested. Drawing on multisite qualitative research involving 102 indivi…
This short essay investigates why private search and rescue (SAR) crew members who bear witness to state violence against refugees in the Mediterranean Sea experience feelings of deep anger and outrage, what Dubreuil has called “moral anger”…
Kolesterool on keha jaoks vajalik, kuid liiga kõrge tase võib olla ohtlik. Siin on mõned ekspertide soovitused, kuidas hoida kolesterooli kontrolli all. Tervislik toitumine Toitumine mõjutab otseselt kolesterooli taset. Järgi järgmisi soovitusi: Söö rohkem kiudaineid: Kiudained aitavad vähendada halva kolesterooli taset. Söö teravilju, puuvilju ja köögivilju. Väldi transrasvu: Need rasvad tõstavad halva kolesterooli taset. Loe […]
The post Ekspertide Kuidas hoida kolesterool kontrolli all soovitused first appeared on Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics.
Loe, kuidas Google Review QR-koodi kasutamine letis või arvel annab Eesti ettevõtetele ja kultuuritegijatele võimaluse kogukonda tugevdada ning rahvapärandit nähtavamaks muuta – praktilised juhised ja soovitused.
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El objetivo general de este texto es brindar un acercamiento a la dinámica de venta de productos naturales comestibles de origen prehispánico en un mercado semanal de la ciudad de Xalapa, Veracruz, México. El trabajo de campo fue realizado de marzo a j…
This article analyzes Argentina’s Law 26.639 on Minimum Standards for the Protection of Glaciers and the Periglacial Environment as a landmark case of pioneering environmental legislation and a result of socio-ecological mobilization. Through a politic…
Much of the knowledge anchoring political ecology continues to privilege Euro-American or Western epistemes. This article explores the opportunities and challenges of using local or indigenized scholarship to enrich political ecology in the Philippines…
Dr. Wayne Warry, distinguished medical anthropologist and pioneer in Indigenous and rural health research, passed away on August 4, 2026, leaving behind an enduring legacy of community-engaged scholarship, health-equity advocacy, and dedicated mentorship across Canada and the United States. Dr. Warry earned his BA (1975) and MA (1976) from McMaster University before completing his doctoral […]
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Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. This research investigates the execution of the digitalisation aspect of Ghana’s National Public Sector Reform Strategy (NPSRS) (2018–2023) across three local government entities: Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Tech…
Political ontology research has highlighted how the dominance of the Euro-modern ontology over other ontologies renders other-than-scientific knowledges as subordinate or untrue. Despite the commitment to base conservation efforts on Indigenous and loc…
This article examines Latin America’s critical contributions to global political ecology through concepts such as extractivism, ecological debt, ecologically unequal exchange, epistemic equity, body-territory, and political ontology. Drawing on decades…
Este artículo analiza la revista Pampa (1950–1955), órgano institucional de la Compañía Salitrera Anglo-Lautaro en la oficina Pedro de Valdivia, en el norte de Chile. A partir de un análisis documental de enfoque deductivo-inductivo, aplicado a un corp…
El artículo analiza la genealogía teórica del concepto antropológico de cultura, identificando dos grandes patrones epistemológicos que han estructurado su desarrollo histórico: la tradición ilustrada y la tradición romántica. A partir de una reconstru…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. How can infrastructure structure interstate co-operation when regional authority is contested? This article examines the African Atlantic Gas Pipeline (AAGP), a proposed gas corridor from Nigeria to Morocco. Drawing on …
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. Media plays a crucial role in constitutionalism and democracy. Research on the linkages between these concepts is critical, especially in the postcolonial African context, where presidential term limits and the subversi…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. Contemporary common-pool resource (CPR) theories recommend self-governance as an effective management approach. This article investigates the implications of rapid urbanisation on CPR self-governance, using Lake Hawassa…
When I, as a new graduate student, first walked into Renato’s office in Fall 1983, I could not help noticing that it was full of cardboard boxes with file folders and books. I did not know it at the time, but the boxes were a manifestation of Renato’s rebirth as he engaged academics after a […]
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Hitesh was twenty years old when he received a thick envelope at his door in a western Indian city. It was not like the official kinds from the bank but looked like a long letter from an old friend. He checked the address, the postcode, the house number. All his. But something was unfamiliar on […]
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Editor’s Note: This piece is the third in SAFN’s 2026 Anthropology News series on Temporality in Food Anthropology. If you haven’t already, check out the previous installments by Janita Van Dyk, and by Janet Chrzan. Orders-In Nico and I have been standing awkwardly in the kitchen for what feels like an eternity. This is the first time I’m joining […]
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I am a PhD student who studies language, culture, and processes of youth marginalization and belonging in London schools. In this article, I reflect on how ethnographic methods have shaped my engagement with grassroots education networks, drawing on two summers of preliminary linguistic ethnographic fieldwork in East London from 2024-2026. Before turning to research, I […]
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Dam-associated violence has shaped villagers’ lives since the launch of Thailand’s Pak Mun Dam project 35 years ago. This slow violence—manifesting through ecological degradation, livelihood loss, and cultural disruption—has prompted equally enduring f…
My “news” is at least two-hundred-years old. However, as current news can only mean something in relation to context and history, we can use my old news to place the recent attack on Anthropology in the “Vanderbilt Report” within a longer historical arc. Looking squarely at the early formation of anthropology one must admit that […]
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