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Narrating Entanglement Without Dehumanisation in Contemporary Eco‐Fiction

open access: yesFuture Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This essay presents a comparative analysis of two contemporary works of eco‐fiction, Richard Powers's The Overstory (2018) and Eleanor Catton's Birnam Wood (2023). Both novels use multiperspective narration in the service of entanglement narratives, forms of storytelling that emphasise the interconnection of human and nonhuman life.
Diana Rose Newby
wiley   +1 more source

Of Titans and Terraria: Exploring and Conceptualising Philanthropic Foundations Through the Lens of Metaphors

open access: yesJournal of Philanthropy, Volume 31, Issue 2, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Addressing ongoing calls for a more robust understanding of philanthropic foundations, this paper uses metaphor analysis to map and analyse analogical metaphors on foundations—metaphors that make a direct comparison between philanthropic foundations and another domain—put forward in academic and non‐academic discourse.
Tobias Jung
wiley   +1 more source

Origins and Evolution of Imagination, From Australopithecus to Modern‐Day Deep Learning

open access: yesWIREs Cognitive Science, Volume 17, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
From Australopithecus to deep learning, this update traces how imaginative generativity, vivid mental imagery, and recombines memory into novel scenarios that evolved as a survival engine shaping consciousness, culture, and even today's AI. ABSTRACT Where does imagination come from?
Kiranpreet K. Sidhu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Appropriation, Indigenous knowledge, and generative AI

open access: yesAmerican Ethnologist, Volume 53, Issue 2, Page 125-127, May 2026.
Abstract This commentary examines the relationship between First Nations’ knowledge, AI, and cultural appropriation from the perspective of an Indigenous scholar and journal editor. The author highlights the potential conflicts between who controls AI and First Nations sovereignty.
Charles Menzies (hagwil hayetsk)
wiley   +1 more source

AI as guru or conjurer?

open access: yesAmerican Ethnologist, Volume 53, Issue 2, Page 136-141, May 2026.
Abstract This commentary examines how artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes scholarly authorship through Fredrik Barth's figures of the guru and the conjurer. The guru instructs within moral and scholarly frameworks, while the conjurer mystifies through spectacle.
Jaap Timmer, Anna‐Karina Hermkens
wiley   +1 more source

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