Book Review: Electoral Commissions and Democratization in Africa: Everyday Production of Democratic Legitimacy by Kerr, Nicholas
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print.
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Local Wisdom Satu Tungku Tiga Batu for Stunting Reduction through Multisector Collaboration
This study analyzes the collaborative practice of Satu Tungku Tiga Batu in stunting prevention in Fakfak Regency, Indonesia, as a local wisdom-based governance model. Using a qualitative phenomenological approach, data were collected through…
Multispecies conservation geographies: Relocating the role of the Andean bear in socio-technical water systems of the Ecuadorian páramo
Multispecies ethnography explores human and non-human relationships, emphasising interconnectedness, cultural, socio-technical and political meanings, and the impact of multispecies interactions on society. Beyond the protection of emblematic species o…
Planetary Political Ecology
A growing body of literature has recently adopted and advanced a newfound planetary perspective to explore its implications for understanding and influencing environmental and developmental politics and planning. It asserts that the focus on globalizat…
Une utilisation de la science par le lobby du sucre en France
L’industrie sucrière française organise un institut de promotion du sucre au début des années 1930, dans le but de contourner la politique régulatrice des exportations de sucre du Plan Chadbourne. Cette industrie s’efforce de développer la conso…
Loved (lions/red squirrels) and unloved others (spotted hyenas/grey squirrels): Spectacles and more-than-human gazes as part of a political ecology of responsibility
Conservation generally benefits from spectacles of protecting ‘loved others’, i.e., those inspiring a human desire for their continued existence, rather than ‘unloved others’, i.e., those disregarded, disliked or targeted for death. We juxtapose conser…
Los Frailejones y el Poder: Participación de las plantas en conflictos por la delimitación de páramos en Colombia
El objetivo de esta investigación es comprender la manera en que las plantas productoras de agua participan en los conflictos socioambientales. De manera particular, se centra en estudiar el papel que juegan los “frailejones” en medio de intensas dispu…
Book Review: Quasi-Armies and State-building in Africa: Towards a Global Understanding of Civil-Military Relations by Bachmann, Olaf
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print.
Energy colonialism: Wind farms in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico
The deployment of 29 wind farms in the indigenous territories of Ikoots and Zapotecs in the Isthmus of Tetuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico is analyzed based on six dimensions: geopolitical; economic and financial inequalities; power, violence, and decision mak…
Care and Politics in Action: The Humanitarian Relief by Somali Businesswomen in Zambia to Puntland
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. This paper examines the humanitarian engagement of Somali diaspora businesswomen in Zambia and it interacts with political and commercial interests. Focusing on a network of businesswomen in Lusaka and their chairwoman,…
Governmental Discrimination Against Religious Minorities in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1990–2023
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. There have been few comprehensive empirical studies on the status of religious minorities in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). While studies on religion and politics in the region include governmental religious support (GRS) an…
Book Review: Decolonising Media and Communication Studies Education in Sub-Saharan Africa by Selina Linda Mudavanhu, Shepherd Mpofu, and Kezia Batisai
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print.
Zimbabwean Army Deserters in South Africa
Scholarship on post-independence Zimbabwean soldiers ascertains that the military functions as perpetrators of political violence against unarmed civilians, with less emphasis on soldiers’ own dissatisfaction and disgruntlement with barrack …
Necropolicy in the Capitalocene: Australia’s political ecology of death
This is the Capitalocene, an age characterised by death derived from capitalism’s endless accumulation, growth, and resource exploitation. In the Capitalocene, policies dedicated to climate change mitigation are intertwined with a capitalist logic, per…
Necropolicy in the Capitalocene: Australia’s political ecology of death
This is the Capitalocene, an age characterised by death derived from capitalism’s endless accumulation, growth, and resource exploitation. In the Capitalocene, policies dedicated to climate change mitigation are intertwined with a capitalist logic, per…
Information and participation in the energy transition: A case study of the frontiers of green hydrogen in Uruguay
Debates about energy transition mostly focus on national policies and socioeconomic and environmental benefits; however, these processes occur in particular communities where energy transition projects have material and symbolic consequences. This arti…
Information and participation in the energy transition: A case study of the frontiers of green hydrogen in Uruguay
Debates about energy transition mostly focus on national policies and socioeconomic and environmental benefits; however, these processes occur in particular communities where energy transition projects have material and symbolic consequences. This arti…
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Corrigendum a «“Els antropòlegs heu de tornar a comptar calories”. Entrevista a Joan Martínez Alier»
Arran dels comentaris que ens va fer arribar la persona entrevistada, vam detectar que a la versió original de l’article divulgatiu «“Els antropòlegs heu de tornar a comptar calories”. Entrevista a Joan Martínez Alier», publicat al número 14 (març de 2…
Can the Master’s House be Decolonized from the Inside? Depends on How We Define “House”
While recent years have seen many attempts to decolonize curricula and pedagogy, Shahjahan et al. (2022) pointed out that existing English-language literature has not sufficiently addressed temporal and affective dimensions of these attempts. Through a…
‘He Was the Most Important’: How General Practitioners Support Syrian Refugees in Navigating Norway as a Receiving Society
Refugees often face psychological strain related to war trauma, uncertain legal status, and unfamiliar societal expectations. Health challenges may further hinder their ability to engage in employment, education, and civic life. This qualita…
Book review of Lubit, Amanda J. 2025. Life as a Migrant Muslim Woman in Sectarian Northern Ireland: An Exploration of Gender, Visibility, Movement, and Placemaking. New York: Berghahn Books, 205 pp.
Nordic Journal of Migration Research
‘I Have Completely Exhausted Myself During This Journey’: Female Citizens’ Experiential Migrantisation in the Face of Their Foreign Spouse’s Deportability
This article examines how a foreign partner’s deportability influences Finnish women. The concept of ‘experiential migrantisation’ offers particular utility for this analysis in that it elucidates the negative impacts of immigration regimes …
Book review of Leutloff-Grandits, Carolin. 2023. Translocal Care across Kosovo’s Borders. Reconfiguring Kinship along Gender and Generational Lines. New York: Berghahn. 276 pp.
Nordic Journal of Migration Research
Between Proximity and Distance: Adult Migrants’ Belonging in Racialised Social Networks
This article examines how adult migrants in Finland experience belonging through the social networks they form within and beyond institutional contexts. Drawing on ethnographic research, including interviews with 29 adult migrant students an…