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Designing “Korean” Kimchi: Speculative Configuration of Distance and Commodity Value in the Chinese Kimchi Industry

Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the Chinese kimchi industry, manufacturers employ product names, photographs, and logistical strategies to promote their kimchi's “Koreanness.” So, what makes their kimchi “Korean,” and how does its Koreanness formulate kimchi's commodity value?
Heangjin Park
wiley   +1 more source

The Rebel Body: The Subversive Meanings of Illness. [PDF]

Cult Med Psychiatry
Scheper-Hughes N, Vorhölter J, Führer AG.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Symbols of Climate Action: Audit Labor and the Production of Carbon Credits

Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) are promoted as tools for financing climate mitigation, yet their effectiveness and credibility remain contested. This article examines how carbon credits are produced and destabilized as symbols of climate action, emphasizing the forms of ecological and audit labor that sustain their legitimacy.
Diego Silva Garzón
wiley   +1 more source

Atypical tool and object use in wild immature chimpanzees reveals developmental pathways to innovation. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Bădescu I, McKerracher LJ, Sellen DW, Watts DP, Riede F.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Unnatural Causes: Cryptocurrencies, Carbon Credits, and the rise of Neoliberalism from Below

Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Klima is a carbon‐backed cryptocurrency running as a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). In 2021, it had accumulated 9 million metric tons of digital carbon credits and reached a market value of more than US$1 billion. In 2023, its treasury stored twice as many carbon credits, but its spot price was a tiny fraction compared to 2021 ...
Riccardo De Cristano, Alexander Paulsson
wiley   +1 more source

The Eclipse of Conviction: Conscience, Moral Authority, and Disagreement in the Church. [PDF]

Linacre Q
Oh JJ.
europepmc   +1 more source

Fast learning and sustained exploration: The role of timely performance feedback

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary How should organizations manage learning dynamics? Strategy theories suggest “more‐is‐better”—fast, frictionless sharing enhances performance—while organizational learning theory warns that “less‐is‐more,” as fast learning causes premature convergence.
Jerker Denrell, Michael Christensen, Thorbjørn Knudsen, Chengwei Liu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of the Farm to Keiki Program: An Anthropological Evaluation. [PDF]

Hawaii J Health Soc Welf
Migdol S, Henry L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Seeing Heritage Management through Systems Science

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Heritage is influenced by a range of multifaceted factors, such as global issues, power dynamics, entangled legal frameworks and multilayered needs. The interplay of these elements creates a challenging environment for heritage managers, who must navigate a web of stakeholders with diverse interests and values. This paper suggests that systems
Omid Shakerian, George E. Mobus, Britta Rudolff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Malaysian Food Barometer 2 dataset: bridging socio-anthropology and nutrition through extended 24-h recall. [PDF]

Front Nutr
Mognard E, Laporte C, Tibère L, Karim NA, Alem Y, Amali KH, Chekima K, Khusun H, Februhartanty J, Drewnowski A, Dupuy A, Rochedy A, Naidoo K, Kong J, Devi Rajendran S, Jekria N, Sanubari TPE, Yuen JL, Ari Ragavan N, Ismail MN, Poulain JP.   +20 more
europepmc   +1 more source