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Another look at ‘Khoikhoi’ and related ethnonyms

Acta Academica, 2011
The nomadic pastoralists formerly called “Hottentots” are today known as the Khoikhoi, a term also encountered as Khoekhoe, often abbreviated as Khoe.
Peter E. Raper
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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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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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The Shibans: A Failed Ethnonym [PDF]

Golden Horde Review, 2019
Objective: To study the historical circumstances of the emergence in the 15th century Dašt-i Kipchak of a politonym, Shibans, and to define the circumstances which have prevented its successful transformation into an ethnonym. Research materials: This article is based on the works of Central Asian, Persian and European authors of the 15th–17th ...
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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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Rusʹ—Rossiia, and russkie—rossiiane, and russkii—rossiiskii in the Catalogue of the Kievan Metropolitans by St. Demetrius of Rostov

Slovene, 2014
This article deals with the usage and combinability of words from the synonymic rows Rusʹ/Rossiia/Russiia, russkii/rossiiskii/rosskii, and russkie/rossiiane/rossy, on the basis of the Catalogue of the Kievan Metropolitans, from the early 18th c.—a little-
Alexander I. Grishchenko
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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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Linguistic and cultural potential of vocabulary with an ethnic component in teaching Russian to foreign students

Russian Language Studies
The relevance of this study is related to the linguistic-cultural potential of vocabulary with an ethnic meaning, having complex systemic characteristics and implicit culturally marked content, that should be included in teaching Russian to foreign ...
Galina M. Vasileva, Ruichen Dai
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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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The Ukrainian Language in Argentina and Paraguay as an Identity Marker

Slovene, 2018
This paper discusses the function of the Ukrainian language in Argentina and Paraguay. Although there are studies that focus on describing the historical and ethnographic features of the Ukrainian diaspora in this region, there are no studies devoted to ...
Gleb P. Pilipenko
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