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Serendipitous ritualization: dynamics of lay connectivity in Chinese Buddhist temples and beyond Ritualisation fortuite : dynamique de la connectivité des laïques dans les temples bouddhistes chinois et au‐delà

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 390-411, June 2026.
This article contributes to rethinking the dichotomy between informal sociality and ritual formality by examining the occasional ritual encounters surrounding spirit‐tablet inscription in Chinese Buddhist temples. Rather than viewing rituals as enactments of established orders, it presents ritual engagement as a contingent process of relational ...
Yang Shen
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Afterword: Reading Eighteenth‐Century Rape Culture in the Trump Era

open access: yesJournal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 49, Issue 2, Page 225-232, June 2026.
Abstract This afterword frames eighteenth‐century rape culture and scholarship through our current political moment and reflects on the concerns raised by the essays in this special issue. Twenty‐first‐century interest in the cultural histories of sexual violence has been galvanized by motivational presentism, an increasingly explicit sense that ‘what ...
Rebecca Anne Barr
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How to Imagine Educational AI: The Filling of a Pail or the Lighting of a Fire?

open access: yesEducational Theory, Volume 76, Issue 3, Page 316-338, June 2026.
Abstract Recent advances in artificial intelligence (e.g., machine learning, generative AI) have led to increased interest in its application in educational settings. AI companies hope to revolutionize teaching and learning by tailoring material to the individual needs of students, automating parts of teachers' jobs, or analyzing educational data to ...
Michał Wieczorek, Alberto Romele
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Late Authoritarianism: Change and Continuity in South Korea's Far‐Right Politics

open access: yesThe Geographical Journal, Volume 192, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This commentary examines South Korea's recent martial law crisis as an untimely or ‘late’ instance of authoritarian politics. To do so, we note the utility of Hart's (2020) ‘global conjunctural frame’ for situating this event within the broader, global context of right‐wing reaction. We highlight how this approach can help examine not only the
Jinsoo Lee, Jamie Doucette
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‘It's Like a Horror Movie That You Walk Through’: Experiencing Horror Through Immersive Recreation

open access: yesThe Journal of American Culture, Volume 49, Issue 2, Page 121-130, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Horror stories have provided enjoyable forms of leisure for centuries. Over the past five decades, however, these experiences have evolved into increasingly immersive forms of popular culture. What once involved constructing the narrative world internally through reading has expanded into sensory engagement through visual and auditory media ...
Susan Weidmann
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Exiled From Their Own Lands: Indigenist Policies, Oil, and Colonial Plunder in 20th Century Venezuela

open access: yesThe Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 31, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines the historical displacement of Indigenous peoples in Venezuela, focusing on the links between indigenist policies and the exploitation of natural resources, particularly oil, throughout the 20th century. Using a combined historical and ethnographic approach, it demonstrates how the formation of the Venezuelan nation‐state
Gabriel Tardelli
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