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Ontological polyglossia: the art of communicating in opacity* Polyglossie ontologique : l'art de communiquer dans l'opacité

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 293-312, March 2026.
What do communicating with a baby, with an animal, and with an ancestor have in common? In all three cases, people engage in opaque communication that is far from the standard psycholinguistic model of transparent interaction based on shared intentionality.
Charles Stépanoff
wiley   +1 more source

Les failles affectives

open access: yesSwiss Journal of Sociocultural Anthropology, 2018
Through a six-month ethnographic fieldwork into a Canadian District Court (Québec), this article reveals the ambivalent nature in Bail hearing. The aim is to understand how the moral evaluations of the relations between the accused and their «bail ...
Fabrice Fernandez, Stéphanie Gariépy
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesJournal 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

La mission des Dominicains au Brésil : objet transdisciplinaire

open access: yesL'Ordinaire des Amériques, 2010
L’étude historique d’une mission dominicaine au Brésil (1881-1952) permet de mettre en évidence la pertinence d’une approche transdisciplinaire de la mission.
Claire Pic
doaj   +1 more source

For an inviting anthropology Pour une anthropologie accueillante

open access: yesJournal 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   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

open access: yesJournal 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   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Poésie et ethnographie Henri Michaux et Michel Leiris

open access: yesPoligramas, 2017
En étudiant l’influence des méthodes et des découvertes ethnographiques sur la poétique d’Henri Michaux et Michel Leiris, cet article cherche à montrer l’intérêt commun partagé par poètes et ethnographes de « traduire un monde » différent au « nôtre ...
Mathieu Perrot
doaj   +1 more source

Processus socio-territoriaux urbains à l’œuvre dans les trajectoires des femmes enceintes ayant accouché prématurement

open access: yesRevue Francophone sur la Santé et les Territoires, 2018
Epidemiological Context : Huge disparities, related to health outcomes, prognoses, and care given by health professionals, exist not only between high- and low-income countries, but also among ...
Clélia Gasquet-Blanchard   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ethnography/ethics

open access: yesSocial Science & Medicine, 2007
This paper situates discussion of the ethics of ethnographic research against the background of a theoretical and methodological debate about the relationship between ethics and method, and about the relationships between research methods and their objects.
openaire   +2 more sources

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