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Activating dark earths: somatosoils and the carbonic loops of Amazonian ecologies

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 854-874, September 2022., 2022
Abstract Inspired by the fertility and climate change‐mitigation properties of the so‐called Amazonian Dark Earths (ADEs), soil science has devised a technoscientific replica, a soil amendment known as biochar, intended to improve agricultural sustainability and carbon storage in the biosphere. Drawing on fieldwork with Afroindigenous horticulturalists,
Aníbal G. Arregui
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End-of-life experiences and expectations of Africans in Australia: cultural implications for palliative and hospice care [PDF]

, 2014
Author version made available in accordance with the publisher's policy.The ageing and frail migrants who are at the end of life are an increasing share of migrants living in Australia.
Hiruy, K, Mwanri, Lillian
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Nelson Mandela and the Power of Ubuntu

Religions, 2012
Nelson Mandela dedicated his life to fighting for the freedom of his South African kin of all colors against the institution of apartheid. He spent twenty-seven years fighting from within prison, only gaining his freedom when his fellow South Africans ...
Claire E. Oppenheim
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An Afro-Communal Ethic for Good Governance

Acta Universitatis Danubius: Administratio, 2021
The underdevelopment of most African states and the attendant poverty and general social disorder that characterize her polity, is a product of failure of leadership.
Uwaezuoke Precious Obioha
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IMPLICATIONS OF AFRO-COMMUNITARIAN ETHICS FOR SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR IN THE INFORMAL SECTOR::A CASE OF AKAN SOLE TRADERS IN CAPE COAST, GHANA. [PDF]

, 2023
In the same way that small businesses were left out of the drive towards corporate social responsibility (CSR), they seem to have been excluded from the business human rights (BHR) agenda as well.
Asher, Bernie
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The ethics at the intersection of artificial intelligence and transhumanism: a personhood-based approach

Data & Policy
In this article, I will consider the moral issues that might arise from the possibility of creating more complex and sophisticated autonomous intelligent machines or simply artificial intelligence (AI) that would have the human capacity for moral ...
Amara Esther Chimakonam
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CORPORATE FUTURES, ENERGY TRANSITION, AND NATURAL PROSTHETICS IN COLOMBIA'S CESAR MINING CORRIDOR

Cultural Anthropology, Volume 41, Issue 1, Page 134-162, February 2026.
ABSTRACT This essay examines the socioecological transformations of mining and post‐mining landscapes in the mining corridor of the Cesar Department, northern Colombia. When an open pit mine is about to close or has recently closed, companies promote post‐mining strategies framed as ecosystem restoration and social compensation.
JUAN PABLO VERA LUGO
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What in the world is global health? A conceptual analysis

Developing World Bioethics, Volume 25, Issue 4, Page 268-279, December 2025.
Abstract This article suggests that the concept of global health – and to an extent the field that it designates ‐ is problematic in various ways. Within public health, the concept of the ‘public’ has been widely investigated. However, “global health” has been introduced in academic, policy, and public discussion with comparably lower level of ...
Alberto Giubilini
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MY NEIGHBOR THE GRINGO: Commercialized Intimacies and Newcomer Hospitality in a Rio de Janeiro Favela

Cultural Anthropology, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 726-752, November 2025.
ABSTRACT During the past two decades, foreigners have acquired housing stock in many of Rio de Janeiro's oldest and most iconic favelas, or self‐built neighborhoods, and invested in capital improvements, with an eye toward turning private residences into lodging accommodations.
ALESSANDRO M. ANGELINI, GARETH A. JONES
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Mbiti on Community in African Political Thought: Reconciling the "I" and the "We" [PDF]

, 2023
In this article, I draw attention to the value of community in John Mbiti’s philosophy using his famous axiom by reconciling the tension between the individual and community his philosophy envisages. To do this, I offer a
Adeate, Tosin
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