Call for papers
Dear Colleagues!The CAES editorial team looks forward to receiving your papers for CAES Vol. 12, No. 2, which is going to be published in late May or early June 2026. The deadline for submission of papers is May 11, 2026.
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CAES Vol. 12, № 1
Editor’s foreword Articles Comparing Late Jōmon Ainu terms for body parts with their Proto-Sino-Tibetan and Proto-Tibeto-Burman correspondences Alexander Akulov, Tresi Nonno Late Jōmon Ainu (LJA) terms for body parts have clearly seen Proto-Sino-Tibetan (PST) and Proto-Tibeto-Burman (PTB) correspondences. “Breast”: LJA *to ~ PST *[ʒ́h]aw. ”Eye”: LJA *sik ~ PTB *dzyuŋ / *tsyuŋ. “Face”: LJA *nan […]
From Religion to Kinship: The Politics of Giving in Somali Diaspora Aid Networks
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. This article examines Somali diaspora humanitarianism by comparing mosque and kinship-based associations in Eastleigh, Nairobi. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Eastleigh and Mogadishu – including fifty-seven interv…
Towards a more-than-human waterscape: The affective role of otters on the Kinmen Islands
On Taiwan’s outlying Kinmen Islands, otters have become vibrant inhabitants of the islands’ waterscape. As a critically endangered species found only in Kinmen within Taiwan’s territories, otters have emerged as an affective actor in shaping policies a…
Resistance as ‘Escapist Practice’
Youth facing the juvenile justice system encounter, in Switzerland as in other European countries, a continuum of surveillance and constraints that stretches from the control of their bodies and environment to the regulation of their speech …
The production of unequal energyscapes: Contested colonial spaces for tar sands development in Canada
This article develops the concept of energyscapes to examine the production, governance, and transformation of socio-material spaces for tar sands extraction, distribution, and consumption in Canada. We argue that energyscapes is a helpful concept to u…
Thailand’s Sport Broadcasting Landscape: Policy, Progress, and Prospects
Over the past several decades, Thailand has undergone significant transformations in sport media policy, driven by shifts in national governance. The transition from conventional sport broadcasting to digital sport media has introduced several key chal…
Gelasenheit in Goiás: A Mennonite political ecology
In 1968 a group of nine U.S.-born Holdeman Mennonites purchased Cerrado land and later became some of the first farmers to produce high yields of corn and soybeans in Southwestern Goiás, Brazil. This article analyzes how Mennonite religion affects the …
Book Review: Electoral Commissions and Democratization in Africa: Everyday Production of Democratic Legitimacy by Kerr, Nicholas
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print.
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…