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Ethnonymics as a Historical and Philological Discipline: General and Specific Solutions, Chance and Pattern

Вопросы ономастики
This article addresses key methodological issues in the study of ethnonymy, focusing on new hypotheses on the origins of Finno-Ugric ethnonyms. The singular nature of ethnonyms, and the apparent lack of opportunity for statistical validation of ...
Vladimir Vladimirovich Napolskikh
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“Liankialis” and “Litwiak”. An outline of anthroponymy based on tombstone inscription in Southern Vilnius Region and Lublin Province

Vilnius University Open Series, 2021
This article shows an outline of anthroponymy which I excerpted from the tombstone inscription from two parish cemeteries approximately 700 km apart from one another. The first one is located next to Porudomin (lit.
Irena Kulik
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Theories and implications for centering Indigenous and queer embodiment within sociotechnical systems

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 397-412, February 2025.
Abstract This paper explores the role of Indigenous and queer embodiment in understanding the current limitations of sociotechnical systems as they relate to cultural heritage institutions. Through the utilization of a critical case study the paper highlights the ways in which the ideologies of colonialism and cisnormativity render Indigenous and queer
Travis L. Wagner, Diana Marsh, Lydia Curliss   +2 more
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Passportization in Tuva and Transformation of Clan/Tribal Names

Oriental Studies
Introduction. The passportization arrangements resulted in that Tuvans acquired surnames and patronymics: the ethnic naming tradition was thus replaced by a Soviet naming formula.
Elena V. Aiyzhy, Victoria V. Dongak
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Qu’est-ce qu’un “ ethnonyme ” ?

Les Cahiers ALHIM, 2004
Fin 1984, a l’epoque ou, apprenti ethnologue, je m’appretais a effectuer mon premier sejour sur le terrain, il ne faisait aucun doute que je me rendais chez des gens qui s’appelaient “ les Matis ”. Tant pour la communaute scientifique que pour les autorites gouvernementales, telle etait la designation officielle de ce groupe d’alors cent neuf ...
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Learning to walk in the forest

Ethos, Volume 52, Issue 3, Page 401-420, September 2024.
Abstract This paper examines how BaYaka children from the Congo Basin learn to “walk in the forest” (botamboli na ndima). Specifically, after placing forest walking within historical and ethnographic context, we consider how this practice contributes to BaYaka motor, cognitive, and social development, and thus, to the acquisition of culture.
Sheina Lew‐Levy, Adam H. Boyette
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Who in the world are the Heruli?1

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 284-305, August 2024.
The history of the Heruli represents a historical conundrum. Because of the poor state of the sources, caution is required when analysing this subject. However, the peculiarity of the case encourages us to rethink the way we conceive of and describe migrations in Late Antiquity.
Salvatore Liccardo
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What do repatriation and reclamation sound like? Two examples from the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 243-264, August 2024.
Abstract When the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was passed in 1990, it marked an important shift in relations between tribal communities and non‐tribal museums in the United States. By listening to how different speakers at the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office talk about repatriation and reclamation, we can see that ...
Hannah McElgunn
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Names of Boats Derived from Toponyms and Ethnonyms in the Russian Dialects of the Arkhangelsk Region [PDF]

Вопросы ономастики, 2016
The article deals with the names of different kinds of boats attested in Arkhangelsk region, more precisely, it focuses on the names derived from toponyms and ethnonyms.
Ekaterina P. Loport
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“Go Back To Where You Came From!”: Moral Economy of Land and the Politics of Belonging in Coastal Tanzania☆

Rural Sociology, Volume 89, Issue 2, Page 195-213, June 2024.
Abstract This article examines how the threat of eviction by a transnational land deal in coastal Tanzania shaped competing narratives with which longtime residents and migrants defended and legitimated the moral economy of land: a widely shared customary norm that land belonged to those who cleared, occupied, and used it continuously for their daily ...
Youjin B. Chung
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