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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue S1, Page 49-66, March 2026.In the central highlands of Odisha, India, Kutia Kondh families navigate a precarious reality shaped by productive autonomy, decentralized authority, and material and relational uncertainty. Abundance and destitution are finely balanced in a world where humans, animals, ancestors, and spirits are co‐present and co‐dependent but also opaque and ...
Sam Wilby
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“Structures of Irony: Curiosity and Fetishism in Late Imperial London” [PDF]
, 2011 This essay argues that curiosity can work as irony's shadow dialectic in modernist responses to imperialism and metropolitan culture, and suggests that curiosity deserves further exploration as a modernist device.
George Phillips
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue S1, Page 104-120, March 2026.This essay examines the spectres haunting ideas of egalitarianism among Tashelhiyt‐speaking communities in the Moroccan High Atlas: first, the tyrant, an obvious frontal threat to ideas of equality; and then the vastly more complex figure of the thief (amkhar).
Matthew Carey
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How to Fish With Respect: A Transformation of Human‐Fish Relations in Riverside Amazonia
American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 63-72, March 2026.ABSTRACT Riverside inhabitants of the Middle Xingu River Basin, in the Brazilian Amazonia, frequently say that it is important to respect animals and the forest spirits who protect them. In recent decades, however, the development of an iced fish industry in the region has changed what respect means and how it is expressed when it comes to fishing ...
Vinicius de Aguiar Furuie
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Comendo (com) piranhas : aproximações indômitas da domesticação [PDF]
, 2016 Este artigo parte de uma inquietação etnográfica sobre a comensalidade e o convívio entre dois predadores nos lagos amazônicos – piranhas e pescadores.
Sautchuk, Carlos Emanuel
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American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 220-223, March 2026.ABSTRACT Anthropological methods and theory have historically marginalized hometown research while they have privileged the study of the “Other.” This essay discusses the prevalent challenges and misconceptions surrounding research conducted in one's hometown, while advancing its legitimacy as an anthropological field site.
Dada Docot
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Paganism and the world forum of religions [PDF]
, 2016 Using the sociological tool known as the ideal-type, there is a distinction to be made for ancient, indigenous and contemporary paganisms vis-à-vis the more established world such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc.
York, Michael
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Trading Zones Between Thick and Thin: Anthropological Description as Scaffold or Mosaic
American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 159-170, March 2026.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
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O REALISMO ANIMISTA EM AS ANDORINHAS, DE PAULINA CHIZIANE E EM HISTÓRIAS DE LEVES ENGANOS E PARECENÇAS, DE CONCEIÇÃO EVARISTO [PDF]
, 2019 This paper aims to point out the similarities found in the writings of authors Paulina Chiziane and Conceição Evaristo, regarding the use of animist realism in their works.
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Anthropology of Consciousness, Volume 37, Issue 1, Spring 2026.ABSTRACT Combining different theoretical frameworks can lead to new insights into the role of material things in shaping human experience in the Paleolithic period. This paper first presents a historical review of three theoretical approaches in archaeology, anthropology, and the philosophy of mind: Material culture and materiality studies, the ...
Bar Efrati
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