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Applying Anthropology to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this article, we review how anthropologies from various subdisciplines, from social to evolutionary anthropology, are contributing to our understanding of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). We focus on four key questions: What are the origins of FGM/C? What functions and meanings are linked to FGM/C?
Hannelore Van Bavel, Mhairi A. Gibson
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and contributing factors of household food insecurity among women in Akinyele Local Government, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. [PDF]

Pan Afr Med J
Kayode OO, Alabi QK.
europepmc   +1 more source

How to Be Hopeful About Climate Change

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Why do people in climate‐vulnerable regions of Kenya and Namibia express more hope for the future than many in Germany, despite facing greater environmental threats? Drawing on ethnographic research and the philosophy of Gabriel Marcel, we make two arguments.
Julian Sommerschuh, Michael Schnegg
wiley   +1 more source

Trading Zones Between Thick and Thin: Anthropological Description as Scaffold or Mosaic

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Referring to the work of historian of science Peter Galison, I argue that anthropology requires thin description as an essential counterpart for thick description. Thin accounts provide the scaffolding within which thick descriptions sit. Galison uses the idea of a “trading zone” connecting different communities who, despite their differences (
David Zeitlyn
wiley   +1 more source

Attitudes toward genomic health care among Christian dones in the United States. [PDF]

Psycholog Relig Spiritual
Van Tongeren DR, Solomon ED, Baldwin K, DuBois JM.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Outsmarting sanctions

American Ethnologist, EarlyView.
Abstract In 2012 the UN Security Council and the European Union bolstered US economic sanctions on Iran, disembedding the country's economy from financial markets. Since then, the sanctions have radically devalued Iran's currency, leading Iranians to seek a viable standard of value elsewhere. They have done so through ghachagh (fugitive) configurations
Emrah Yıldız
wiley   +1 more source

Parental acceptance of human papillomavirus vaccine for female adolescents in Abia State, southeastern Nigeria: a pre-implementation study. [PDF]

Pan Afr Med J
Amuzie CI, Bassi AP, Fishman E, Mekonnen D, Rogers-Bloch Q, Cappelier K, LaMontagne S, Kalu KU, Izuka M, Sunday ST.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Academic Competencies in Academic Global Surgery: A Scoping Review

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Global Surgery addresses inequalities in surgical care. As the field grows, academic programs have developed to train professionals needed to tackle systemic challenges. However, little synthesis exists about the competencies taught.
Yvan Zolo, Wakisa Mulwafu, Dalle Ulrich David, Salome Maswime   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sexual and gender minority stigma and motivating beliefs among the general public in Rwanda. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Muhire G, Karanja AC, Habimana O, Turatsinze E, Kansiime D, Twahirwa LG, Favina A, Mukashyaka R, Niyotwagira E, Kagaba A, Kageha Igonya E, Otukpa E, Stojanovski K.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Assessing Mobility Among Inferred Elites Interred in Crypts 1–3 on Kom H at Tungul (Old Dongola), Sudan

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the capital of Makuria, Tungul was a major sociopolitical center within medieval Nubia, being the seat of a bishopric and a monastic community. During the excavation of the Kom H monastery, three burial crypts (Crypts 1–3) were uncovered.
Robert J. Stark, Artur Obłuski, Robert Mahler   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source