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The hunger artist and academic migration: On political depression and relational poverty
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract This autoethnography presents fragments of an invisible life, an ordinary body navigating the terrain of ‘academic migration’ (2009–2025), from rejection as a PhD applicant to recognition as a high‐achieving graduate. Provoked by my recent pursuit of Fulbright Postdoctoral Award in the United States, I draw on Kafka's figure of the hunger ...
Dave Yan
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Introduction. Towards multidisciplinary trajectories for the study of ancient textiles and fibres
The investigation of textiles, a central element of ancient cultures, has recently gained momentum in Europe (mainly in the twenty-first century) mani- fested by a multidisciplinary approach.
Vanessa Forte +3 more
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEXTILES: THE NUMBERS GAME
, 2000 Archaeological textiles are generally so rare that each one can be dealt with as the precious individual it is. But when ancient rags are emerging from the ground by the basketful, how do you deal with them? When, at day\u27s end, you are confronted with
Adams, Nettie
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Teaching New Religious Movements Historically: Distance, Empathy, and Cults in the Classroom
Teaching Theology &Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Resistance to understanding the beliefs of modern New Religious Movements (NRMs) is well‐known to those who teach in the area. This paper builds on Eugene Gallagher's repurposing of “methodological belief” for college classes on NRMs by suggesting that scholars and teachers in the field of religious studies engage methods and content drawn ...
Douglas FitzHenry Jones
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13. Spinning Gold and Casting Textiles
, 2021 Introduction One of the recent developments in scholarship on Mycenaean Greece is an increasingly strong interest in textile technology and clothing cultures.
Nosch, Marie-Louise
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EXARC Journal, 2014 This paper takes the form of a critical analysis of archaeological experiments using spinning tools. The archaeological experiments regarding whorl weight and wool spinning of the Tools and Textiles – Texts and Contexts project, through the Danish ...
Tracy P. Hudson
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Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract This manuscript documents a systematic ethnomycological analysis of ethnographic archives. Focusing on texts describing human–fungi interactions, I conduct a global, cross‐cultural review of mushroom use, covering 193 societies worldwide. The study reveals diverse mushroom‐related cultural practices, emphasizing the significance of fungi ...
Roope O. Kaaronen
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National Relics: Secular Sacrality, Museums, and Heritage‐Making in Nineteenth‐Century Chile
Museum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 2, Fall 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines how objects and bodily remains are transformed and ritualized into national relics through collecting and exhibiting practices in museums. Focusing on nineteenth‐century Chile, it draws on archival sources, material culture theory, and the anthropology of religion to argue that objects associated with Chile's nation‐state
Hugo Rueda Ramírez
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Textiles from Zawaydah (Naqada, Upper Egypt)
, 2019 The article presents the results of textile and fibre analysis of four textile fragments recovered during archaeological excavations at the site of Zawaydah, Naqada, in Upper Egypt.
Mathieu Boudin +2 more
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Identification of cellulosic fibres by FTIR spectroscopy: Thread and single fibre analysis by attenuated total reflectance [PDF]
, 2003 The ability to accurately identify fibres is of importance to conservators, allowing the most appropriate methods of treatment to be employed.
Garside, Paul, Wyeth, Paul
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