Potency by Name? ‘Medicine Buddha Plant’ and Other Herbs in the Japanese \u3ci\u3eScroll of Equine Medicine\u3c/i\u3e (\u3ci\u3eBa’i sōshi emaki\u3c/i\u3e, 1267) [PDF]
, 2019 Buddhist ritual healing and medical therapies included care for domestic animals, such as the horse. In pre-modern Japan, equine medicine (ba’i 馬医) was not restricted to the treatment of military horses; it was also practiced in a religious context.
Triplett, Katja
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Racialized Labor Intermediation: Managing the “Threat” of Kurdish Workers on Turkish Farms
American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 2, Page 381-392, June 2026.ABSTRACT Farm labor intermediaries in Turkey have been at the heart of maintaining a precarious and low‐wage migrant labor force for capitalist agriculture since the 19th century. This labor force has been predominantly comprised of Kurds, a people racialized as “savage,” “racially impure,” and “traitors of the Turkish nation” since the beginning of ...
Deniz Duruiz
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Avanços nas pesquisas etnobotânicas no Brasil Advances in ethnobotany research in Brazil
Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2009 A Etnobotânica moderna é produto de mudanças históricas ocorridas dentro e fora da academia. O trabalho buscou traçar a trajetória dessa disciplina e suas tendências no Brasil. Para tal foi realizado um levantamento dos trabalhos, no período de 1968-2007,
Flávia Camargo de Oliveira +3 more
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Metabolite profiling characterises chemotypes of Musa diploids and triploids at juvenile and preflowering growth stages [PDF]
, 2019 Open Access Journal; Published online: 15 March 2019Bananas (Musa spp.) are consumed worldwide as dessert and cooking types. Edible banana varieties are for the most part seedless and sterile and therefore vegetatively propagated.
Amah, D. +9 more
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Language machines: Toward a linguistic anthropology of large language models
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.Abstract Large language models (LLMs) challenge long‐standing assumptions in linguistics and linguistic anthropology by generating human‐like language without relying on rule‐based structures. This introduction to the special issue Language Machines calls for renewed engagement with LLMs as socially embedded language technologies.
Siri Lamoureaux +2 more
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Sumbangan Ilmu Etnobotani Dalam Memfasilitasi Hubungan Manusia Dengan Tumbuhan Dan Lingkungannya [PDF]
, 2011 Ethnobotany Contributes to The Understanding Human Relationship with Plant and TheirEnvironment. The scope of ethnobotanical research has been developed to a broader scopefrom the originated word of ethnobotany was coined..
Walujo, E. B. (Eko)
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Human tests for machine models: What lies “Beyond the Imitation Game”?
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.Abstract Benchmarking large language models (LLMs) is a key practice for evaluating their capabilities and risks. This paper considers the development of “BIG Bench,” a crowdsourced benchmark designed to test LLMs “Beyond the Imitation Game.” Drawing on linguistic anthropological and ethnographic analysis of the project's GitHub repository, we examine ...
Noya Kohavi, Anna Weichselbraun
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Farmers' social identity and crop genetic diversity. The G x E x S model [PDF]
, 2012 A better knowledge of factors organizing crop genetic diversity in situ increases the efficiency of diversity analyses and conservation strategies, and requires collaboration between social and biological disciplines.
Coppens D'Eeckenbrugge, Géo +1 more
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Let there be light : light interception method update for oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) canopies [PDF]
, 2018 Light interception (photosynthetically active radiation, PAR) experiments in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) plantations are scarce and often performed decennia ago, in Southeast Asia and without a clear methodology.
Bonneau, Xavier +4 more
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Quantitative Ethnobotany or Quantification in Ethnobotany?
Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 2009 www.ethnobotanyjournal.org/vol7/i1547-3465-07-001.pdf Ethnobotany Research & Applications 7:001-003 (2009) Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Departamento de Biologia, Area de Botânica. Laboratorio de Etnobotânica Aplicada (www.etnobotanicaaplicada.com.br). Dom Manoel de Medeiros s/n.
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