Going Native: Reviewer 2
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Frontier and territorialization: Reconfiguring land relations at the dynamic edge of power in Southeast Myanmar
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…
The Oath, the Upper State, and the Kin-State: Ritual, Legitimacy, and Accountability in Sierra Leone
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…
Moral Anger on the Mediterranean Sea
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”…
Ekspertide Kuidas hoida kolesterool kontrolli all soovitused
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 […]
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Google arvustuste QR-kood: Kuidas toetada kohalikku äri ja kultuuri tänapäeva Eesti ühiskonnas
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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Los mercados móviles o tianguis como espacios de transmisión de una cocina de origen ancestral. Un estudio de caso en Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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…
Argentina’s Glacier Protection Law: Science, law, and state policy in environmental governance
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…
Utang: Reflections on credit and debt, indigenized scholarship, and political ecology in the Philippines
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…
Book Review: Schäfer, S. (2026). Mobilizing Mainstream Islam. The Politics of Orthodoxy in Indonesia in Comparative Perspective.
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In Memoriam: Dr. Wayne Warry (1953–2026)
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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Reforming Local Government Through Digitalisation: The Prospects and Limits of Local Context to Reform Outcomes
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…
Inching towards the pluriverse: On ontological politics and epistemic justice in place-based conservation initiatives
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…
Major Latin America’s contributions to global political ecology and environmental justice
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…
Románticos, ilustrados y la teoría antropológica clásica de la cultura
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…
Familia y comunidad en la revista Pampa (1950–1955): narrativas institucionales en la ex oficina salitrera Pedro de Valdivia, Antofagasta, Chile
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…
Anticipatory Institution-Building Through the African Atlantic Gas Pipeline in West Africa
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 …
Media, Constitutionalism, and Democracy in Zimbabwe: An Analysis of the Political Narratives on Presidential Term Extension
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…
Self-Governance of Common-Pool Resources Under Rapid Urbanisation: The Case of Lake Hawassa, Ethiopia
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…
Our Gregorio Cortez
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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What Is Your Mother’s Name?
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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Temporal Distortions in the Time of Ghost Kitchens
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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Using Ethnography to Listen and Learn from London Grassroots Educational Justice Networks
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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From slow violence to slow resistance: Gendered negotiations of power in the Pak Mun anti-dam struggle, Thailand
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…
Conflicting Nineteenth-Century Paths to North American Indigenous Languages and Voices
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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