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Introduction to special section 1 : Anthropology and character [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This introductory essay seeks to reintroduce character to anthropological inquiry. Although it has long been out of favour due to its historical associations with accounts that attempt to describe national or ethnic character, we argue that a return of ...
Reed, Adam, Bialecki, Jon
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Development of Business Anthropology in Slovenia and Abroad. Problems and Perspectives

open access: yesTraditiones, 2015
Prispevek predstavi razvoj poslovne antropologije od tridesetih let prejšnjega stoletja do danes. Avtorja najprej podvomita o položaju te vede v znanosti in poslovnem svetu ter izpostavita glavne dogodke, ki so jo zaznamovali in soustvarili.
Alenka Bezjak Mlakar, Dan Podjed
doaj   +1 more source

The liberal treatment of difference : an untimely meditation on culture and civilization [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
John Stuart Mill’s liberal vision included a notion of “civil advancement” whereby the free expression of a diversity of opinion would result not only in an initial collision of difference but also in an eventual consolidation as truth.
Rapport, Nigel Julian
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Design Anthropological Futures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Design Anthropological Futures explores futures and future-making from a design anthropological perspective. Here futures are not understood as striking visions created and implemented by scientists or designers, but rather as collaborative explorations of situated possibilities, formations and actions at the intersection of design and everyday life ...
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Challenging the North-South Divide in Decolonizing Design

open access: yesDiseña
This article critiques the prevailing North-South divide within the discourse on decolonizing design, recognizing its historical significance while exposing its limitations in advancing decolonial agendas. The uncritical adoption of this dichotomy often
Ehsan Baha, Abhigyan Singh
doaj   +3 more sources

Design Anthropology: theory and practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Design is a key site of cultural production and change in contemporary society. Anthropologists have been involved in design projects for several decades but only recently a new field of inquiry has emerged which aims to integrate the strengths of design
Otto, Ton   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Energy Anthropology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
TRISTAN LOLOUM, SIMONE ABRAM, and NATHALIE ORTAR, eds. 2021. Ethnographies of Power: A Political Anthropology of Energy. EASA Series 42. New York, N.Y: Berghahn Books, pp.
Groupp, Emilia
core  

Implications of human activities for (re)emerging infectious diseases, including COVID-19

open access: yesJournal of Physiological Anthropology, 2020
Since 1980, the world has been threatened by different waves of emerging disease epidemics. In the twenty-first century, these diseases have become an increasing global concern because of their health and economic impacts in both developed and resource ...
Nundu Sabiti Sabin   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Palaeoproteomic Deconvolution of Physical and Genetic Collagen Mixtures

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
ClassiCOL_v2 uses a novel “peptide patching” framework that treats any collagen sample as a patchwork of peptide sequences derived from phylogenetically related species. This allows the algorithm to simultaneously resolve two previously intractable problems: multi‐species samples and/or database deficiencies.
Ian Engels   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

UBE3A Dosage Imbalance as a Molecular Framework Linking Angelman Syndrome and Dup15q‐Associated Autism Phenotypes

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT UBE3A is a dosage‐sensitive HECT E3 ubiquitin ligase whose neuronal expression is shaped by genomic imprinting at the 15q11.2‐q13 locus. Opposite directions of UBE3A dosage imbalance contribute to distinct neurodevelopmental phenotypes: loss of maternal UBE3A underlies Angelman syndrome, whereas maternally derived 15q11.2‐q13 copy‐number gains,
Ruslan Kurmashev
wiley   +1 more source

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