Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
It is my honour, as a German scholar and historian of Pacific-German connections, to send the collection of insights, thoughts and hopes edited by Safua Akeli Amaama and Philipp Schorch onwards and to wish it well. For a conclusion would mark the essay…
The last few years have seen increasing calls for German institutions to change their approach to collections from colonial contexts. Concomitantly, pressure has been put on museums to digitize and open up collections to new audiences, which has been f…
The Samoan world opens with the notion of nu‘u tofi, in which every person is assigned a place or position that resonates with culture, polity, citizenship and governance. Tofi (or tofiga) places Samoans according to their ancestral connections within …
This article examines the remarkable permanence of fa‘asāmoa, Sāmoan custom, throughout the upheavals of history. The strength of this permanence lies in a particular configuration of what brings the community together at meetings when an important dec…
In the essay ‘Our sea of islands’, Epeli Hau‘ofa (1994:151–3) influentially argued for ‘what may be called “world enlargement” carried out by tens of thousands of ordinary Pacific Islanders right across the ocean.’ Hau‘ofa further stressed that ‘there …
1. Võrdle erinevaid pakkujaid ja tingimusi Kõige tõhusam viis leida soodne kiirlaen on võrrelda erinevaid laenuandjaid. Kasuta usaldusväärseid võrdlusportaale, mis pakuvad ajakohast teavet ja aitavad sul leida sobivaima pakkumise. Näiteks: https://kiirlaen.ee/https://laen.eu/kiirlaen/ 2. Pööra tähelepanu KKM-ile Krediidi kulukuse määr (KKM) annab selge ülevaate laenu tegelikust maksumusest, arvestades kõiki tasusid ja intresse. Mida madalam on KKM, seda […]
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Editor’s foreword Articles Comparing Ainu kinship terms with their Sino-Tibetan counterparts (Part I) Alexander Akulov, Tresi Nonno Abstract Ainu kinship terms “father”, “mother”, “elder brother”, “elder sister”, “younger brother”, and “younger sister” have clearly seen Sino-Tibetan counterparts. Late Jōmon Ainu (LJA) *miti “father” ~ Khoibu mit “father”; LJA *ʔona “father” ~ Galo `honam “nurture”. LJA *ʔunu […]
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Armed conflict between the Communist Party of Thailand (CPT) and the military of Thailand in northern Thai-land began in mid-1967. By the end of the 1960s, there were a number of CPT stronghold bases in the remote uplands of Northern Thailand. Large nu…
La inseguretat alimentària (InSAN) passa quan hi ha manca en l’accés a aliments suficients, innocus i nutritius amb la finalitat de cobrir les necessitats energètiques diàries, ha estat objecte de múltiples aproximacions, en què s’han identificat difer…
En el context de la política prefigurativa, una pregunta clau és: Com podem viure en solidaritat i donar-nos suport mútuament de manera interdependent sense crear dependència? Certes accions anarquistes proporcionen un model per a un tipus de societat …
Aquest article analitza la qüestió alimentària a Tandil durant el 2024, en un context d’ajust fiscal, desmantellament de polítiques públiques i crisi socioeconòmica agreujada per la inflació, que va suposar una major precarització de la vida. Mitjançan…
La contaminació per plàstics i altres residus a la costa de Barcelona reflecteix una interacció complexa entre processos humans i no humans, connectant dinàmiques socials, econòmiques i ecològiques a diferents escales. Aquest fenomen ha transformat la …
This article grapples with two pressing problems endemic to capitalist agriculture: the exploitation of nonhuman animals and the enclosure of the agricultural commons. How might a post-growth food transition support animal liberation and restore access…
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A l’Argentina, els agricultors familiars i els pobles originaris constitueixen sectors històricament vulnerables i invisibilitzats. En aquest treball s’analitzen estratègies emmarcades en contextos de desigualtats territorials-alimentàries i incomplime…
Les vins de qualité se sont construits en France autour de la notion de « terroir ». La définition de celle-ci est cependant très controversée. Geneviève Teil oppose, dans ses travaux, la dichotomie entre un terroir qui serait défini par les sci…
L’utilisation croissante en cuisine de nouveaux robots multifonctions connectés génère des sentiments polarisés, qui vont de l’enthousiasme démonstratif au rejet radical. Ces affects interrogent les imaginaires et enjeux associés au « cuisiner-m…
In the initial COVID-19 pandemic, much speculation was made about what, exactly, Chinese appetites involved, and whether Chinese had a penchant for sourcing and consuming wild caught meat. Accusations abounded, principally (but not exclusively) …
Cet article s’intéresse aux relations entre un coach et son groupe de body-builders examinées à la suite d’une enquête ethnographique de longue durée dans une salle de musculation du Sud de la France. Les aspects alimentaires des régimes qui son…
The article introduces the concept of racialized land tenure to illuminate how colonial land governance systems in Brazil continue to shape dispossession and ecological degradation in post-colonial contexts. Drawing from historical and ethnographic res…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. This paper investigates the phenomenon of presidential constitutional engineering (PCE) in Sub-Saharan Africa between 1990 and 2020. It introduces a novel conceptual framework and classification system that captures the…
Under the intertwined environmental crises of capitalist urbanization, we argue that policies on housing and disaster are merging in order to (further) conceal widespread socio-ecological degradation and disaster risk creation. Following two extensive …
We are pleased to announce the latest publication of the International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, Vol. 21, No. 2.
All articles in this latest issue can be accessed via this link.
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