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Medicinal use of insects in the county of Pedra Branca, Santa Terezinha, Bahia, Brazil [PDF]
Biotemas, 2005 This paper deals with the use of insects as medicinal resources by inhabitants of the county of Pedra Branca, which is located in the interior of Bahia State, northeastern Brazil.
Josué Marques Pacheco +1 more
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Antípoda: Revista de Antropología y Arqueología, 2017 Latin America covers one of the regions with the greatest biodiversity in the world, where, for millennia and up to the present time, human societies have developed a complex and close biological and cultural relationship with animals.
Elizabeth Ramos Roca, Eduardo Corona
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Kimmy and Jules: Animal welfare, pets, and the violence of care
Anthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 1, June 2026.Abstract When I started a research project on stray cat care in the United Arab Emirates and moved here with my three cats soon after, I did not expect my experiences to create a moral conflict around animal welfare practices and being a pet parent. Here, I explore—through my experiences of participating in TNR (Trap, Neuter, and Return) and adopting ...
Neha Vora
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Divine intimacy, frustration and the madness of the city: Changing transhuman kinship in China
Ethos, Volume 54, Issue 2, June 2026.This essay shows the affective resonances of the collision of gods, humans, and rapidly shifting landscapes in a newly urbanized part of Suzhou, China. The first section discusses how ties to spirits are not just metaphors or projections of human kinship, but literal parts of a kinship system that invoke responsibilities of care, based on links of both
Keping Wu, Robert P. Weller
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Anthropologist, heal thyself: Toward an anthropology of healing through relational interbeing
Feminist Anthropology, Volume 7, Issue 1, May 2026.Abstract I call for an anthropology that confronts its own woundedness. Anthropologists often bear witness to suffering but rarely examine how our own grief, trauma, and institutional distress shape the affective tone of our work. Drawing on fieldwork with Runa (Quechua) women affected by forced sterilization in Peru and guided by my collaborator and ...
Lucía Isabel Stavig
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Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2010 Biodiversity is threatened by many human activities, and the creation of new Conservation Units (CUs) attempts to reduce this threat. However, this alone has not achieved the expected results.
Thaise Sousa da Silva +1 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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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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Relação de uso dos recursos naturais pelas comunidades do entorno de um fragmento florestal urbano no Parque Estadual Dois Irmãos, Recife – Pernambuco. Relation of use of natural resources by surrounding communities of an urban forest fragment in Dois Irmãos State Park, Recife – Pernambuco. [PDF]
Revista do Instituto Florestal, 2012 O trabalho visa determinar as relações entre comunidades e vegetação do Parque Estadual Dois Irmãos, Recife – Pernambuco. Através de 50 entrevistas, foram investigados aspectos da percepção ambiental dos moradores das comunidades do entorno da floresta ...
Diogenes José Gusmão COUTINHO
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How to Fish With Respect: A Transformation of Human‐Fish Relations in Riverside Amazonia
American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 63-72, March 2026.ABSTRACT Riverside inhabitants of the Middle Xingu River Basin, in the Brazilian Amazonia, frequently say that it is important to respect animals and the forest spirits who protect them. In recent decades, however, the development of an iced fish industry in the region has changed what respect means and how it is expressed when it comes to fishing ...
Vinicius de Aguiar Furuie
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