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Brokerage, bridewealth and benefits on a resource frontier in Papua New Guinea

The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract In this paper, we examine tensions over intermarriage and resource sharing between two groups on a Papua New Guinean resource frontier. These tensions are mediated by a ‘brokerage fix’ led by Febi clan heads responding to financial demands from their Pangia neighbours and sometime affines.
John Cox, Monica Minnegal
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When brokers fail, brokers proliferate! Generational change and the failure of development in remote Papua New Guinea

The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent efforts to secure development by Febi and Kubo people in Papua New Guinea's Western Province reveal a patterned history of failing brokers, incomplete projects and wasted money. Within this longer trajectory, three overlapping waves of brokerage can be discerned, each emerging in response to the limitations of its predecessors.
Monica Minnegal, John Cox
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of Exclusive Breastfeeding for the First 6 Months Among Children Under Five in Internally Displaced Persons Camps in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo; a Cross‐Sectional Study

Public Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 3, September 2026.
Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's IDPs camps in Goma have very few mothers who are exclusively breastfeeding their children, which is less than half of what is considered the standard by both national and international guidelines. ABSTRACT Introduction Giving only breast milk in the first 6 months lowers the chances of childhood diseases and death.
Alimasi Kashafali, Abel Aizeque, Zubayer Shams, Kanza Farhan, Amidu Alhassan, Bilal Ahmad, Innocent Mufungizi, Frank Offei Odonkor, Elie Kihanduka, Christian Tague, Calvin R. Wei, Francois Rhugendabanga, Rodrigue Fikiri Bavurhe, Hugues Cakirwa, Fabien Balagizi, Aymar Akilimali, Freddy Zihindula, Michée Sanza Kanda, Amos Kipkorir Langat, Medical Research Circle (MedReC) Collaborators   +19 more
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Disaster risk reduction and Evangelical Christianity: a case for pluriversality in practice. [PDF]

Disasters
Watson SD.
europepmc   +1 more source

Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence Among Reproductive Age Group Women in Mozambique

Public Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 3, September 2026.
Intimate partner violence affects 24.8% of women in Mozambique. Key risk factors include partner alcohol use, intergenerational violence and women's employment, whereas higher education, wealth and older age are protective. Findings highlight the need for integrated interventions targeting alcohol use, family violence and gender norms.
Russell Kabir, Haniya Zehra Syed, Ashek Elahi Noor, Angi Mohamed, Ali Davod Parsa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of a hybrid online/in-person implementation of the complete health improvement program on biomarkers, biometrics, and drug utilization in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a pilot randomized-controlled trial. [PDF]

Pilot Feasibility Stud
Morland T, McNally R, VanEnkevort E, Wilk T, Persing J, Schulze A, Blessing K, Packer S, Kirchner HL.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The choice to submit: freedom, gender, and the figure of God in Pentecostal Nigeria Le choix de se soumettre : liberté, genre et figure divine chez les Pentecôtistes du Nigeria

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 852-868, September 2026.
Why do some women choose to submit to their husbands in marriage? In anthropology, the paradox of ‘chosen submission’ has famously been explored by Saba Mahmood. Her work amongst Egyptian women donning the veil in the Islamic da'wa movement spotlights the notion of ‘piety’ to explore how devotion to God can act as a powerful motivator of human ...
Naomi Richman
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Underground Baristas: ecology of mycorrhizal fungi in Cerrado coffee cultivation. [PDF]

Sci Rep
de Souza RF, Dutra E Silva S, Teixeira MF, Silva Neto CME, Sousa CM, de Moura JB.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The birth of an earth being: ‘Rights of nature’ in Brazilian Amazonia and elsewhere Naissance d'un être de la terre : « droits de la nature » en Amazonie brésilienne et ailleurs

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 833-851, September 2026.
In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
wiley   +1 more source

Animal translations: AI and the intelligibility of non‐human worlds Traduire l'animal : l'IA et l'intelligibilité des mondes non humains

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 1003-1021, September 2026.
Amid the general sense of worry that large language models will soon drown out human voices, some researchers are optimistic that machine learning will allow humans to listen to and understand animal voices to an unprecedented extent. As part of a broader project aimed at interspecies communication, a loosely connected set of animal behaviourists, AI ...
Courtney Handman
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