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Hair as sensory skin: sensitive bodies, ritual shaving, and the maintenance of bodily boundaries in Hindu Suriname De la pilosité comme peau sensorielle : corps sensibles, rasage rituel et maintien des limites du corps chez les hindous du Surinam

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 269-292, March 2026.
Hair is an integral part of the skin's interface and has sensory capacity. It actively contributes to processes of bodily materialization and facilitates transactional exchange with other social actors and environments, particularly regarding energies and vibrations that can be perceived as subtle matter.
Sinah Theres Kloß
wiley   +1 more source

Material Analysis of Early Medieval Woven Bands from Gródek upon the Bug River and Pień, Poland. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Cybulska M, Lech K, Hajdas I, Sielski J, Wołoszyn M, Poliński D.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

For an inviting anthropology Pour une anthropologie accueillante

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 7-26, March 2026.
Anthropologists have recently become inspired, captivated even, by the practices of the arts, design, and architecture in efforts to renew anthropology's modes of engagement and understandings of its relevance, particularly affecting how we approach ethnographic fieldwork.
Tomás Criado, Francisco Martínez, Eeva Berglund   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

"Natural" fibers in lakes: A 150-year sedimentary perspective on persistence. [PDF]

iScience
Stanton T, Law A, Somers C, Worne S, Sheridan KJ, Kechi-Okafor C, Wheat A, Wood A, Bateman A, Richardson N, Baynes E, Ryves DB, Gaca P, Cundy A, McKay D.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Towards the archaeology of Roman textiles in Serbia – Production of textile in Viminacium [PDF]

Textile use and production have been insufficiently researched areas in Roman archaeology for a very long time. Although significant advances in exploring this topic have been made in recent years, the knowledge gap in certain geographical areas still exists.
Marjanović, Milica, Danković, Ilija
openaire  

Nightmare egalitarianism: Commensuration, autonomy, and imagination Le cauchemar de l’égalitarisme : commensuration, autonomie et imagination

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue S1, Page 7-27, March 2026.
Egalitarianism is often idealized, but many anthropologists have noted its potential for nightmare scenarios involving envy, mistrust, and violence. This introduction outlines a framework for understanding the negative emotions and violence associated with the forces of commensuration that are necessary to make people equal.
Natalia Buitron, Florian Mühlfried, Hans Steinmüller   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revealing sassanid dyeing practices through synchrotron FTIR. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Dehkordi MH, Kamel G, Rozatian ASH, Madani FS, Noohi S, Refaat A, Nokandeh J, Emami M.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Tactile tensions: uncertainty, mutuality, and therianthropic nightmares in Highland Odisha Tact et tensions : incertitude, mutualité et cauchemars thérianthropiques dans les hautes terres de l'Odisha

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
wiley   +1 more source

Society beyond morality: mimesis, sovereignty, and being not‐human in the Nyau associations of Malawi La société par‐delà la moralité : mimèse, souveraineté et existence non humaine dans les sociétés Nyau du Malawi

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue S1, Page 67-84, March 2026.
Nyau masked dancers embodying a variety of people, animals, and objects appear at many public events in Chewa areas of Malawi. Understood to be the physical manifestation of ancestral spirits, these entities are classified as ‘not human’ and transgress ordinary morality, mocking and threatening audiences.
Sam Farrell
wiley   +1 more source

Clothomics: a practical guide to understand the opportunities and challenges of omics-based methods in archaeological cloth research. [PDF]

NPJ Herit Sci
Viñas-Caron LC, Brandt LØ.
europepmc   +1 more source