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Fractured selves, contested lands: Marlpa identity and the politics of native title

The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Volume 37, Issue 1, Page 160-173, April 2026.
Abstract This article examines the constitution of marlpa identity in the Pilbara, emphasising the interplay between Aboriginal ontologies, kinship systems and the institutional frameworks of native title. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and oral histories, it argues that marlpa belonging is constituted through cognatic descent, consubstantial ...
Nayeli Torres‐Montenegro
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No egalitarianism in the Wa hills: relative commensuration in kinship, sacrifice, and war Nul égalitarisme dans les hautes terres Wa : commensuration relative dans la parenté, le sacrifice et la guerre

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue S1, Page 85-103, March 2026.
The autonomy of the United Wa State Army of Myanmar today is said to be based on the egalitarianism of Wa communities in the past. The analysis of commensuration in kinship, sacrifice, and war challenges these portrayals of autonomy and egalitarianism.
Hans Steinmüller
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Hail to the thief: spectral egalitarianism in the Moroccan High Atlas Songez au voleur ! les spectres de l’égalitarisme dans le Haut‐Atlas marocain

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue S1, Page 104-120, March 2026.
This essay examines the spectres haunting ideas of egalitarianism among Tashelhiyt‐speaking communities in the Moroccan High Atlas: first, the tyrant, an obvious frontal threat to ideas of equality; and then the vastly more complex figure of the thief (amkhar).
Matthew Carey
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Where do nomads bury their dead? Necro‐ostracism, statelessness, and the pastoral/ peripatetic divide in Afghanistan

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 789-807, September 2025.
This article proposes that stigmas connected to social categories of exclusion prevalent during life extend into dealings with the dead, here referred to as ‘necro‐ostracism’, in the context of death and burial of Muslim nomadic populations in urban Afghanistan. Based on qualitative fieldwork carried out in Kabul, Herat, and Mazar‐e Sharif, it explores
Annika Schmeding
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Approximation of Exonyms in the Croatian Language [PDF]

, 2017
Tackling the huge subject of the adaptation of exonyms, this article narrows it down to Croatian as the recipient language and illustrates some of the problems encountered in such adaptation, as well as some possible and some existing solutions ...
Kovačić, Marko, Marko Kovačić
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Open Questions on Writing and the Use of Croatian Exonyms on Maps

Kartografija i Geoinformacije, 2019
Croatian exonyms are Croatian adapted names of foreign geographical features that differ from their original names (endonyms). The writing, use, and treatment of exonyms are not always unambiguous, unique, systematic, and consistent.
Ivana Crljenko
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Jejak Historis Eksonim Prancis di Pesisir Utara Papua dan Pulau-pulau di Sekitarnya

Majalah Geografi Indonesia
Abstrak. Prancis turut berkontribusi terhadap terbentuknya lanskap toponim (nama rupabumi) di pesisir utara Papua dan pulau-pulau di sekitarnya melalui aktivitas penjelajahan yang dilaksanakan pada abad ke-18 dan ke-19.
Albina Apriadsa, Bowo Susilo, Sudaryatno Sudaryatno   +2 more
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Mythogeographies of anthropological knowledge: writing over the lines and footsteps of history in Southwest China

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 808-829, September 2025.
In this article, I delve into the field diary of Ma Changshou – a major Chinese ethnohistorian and social anthropologist active between the 1930s and 1960s – to show how his journeys through Liangshan, a mountainous land in Southwest China inhabited by the Nuosu‐Yi, led to a new kind of anthropological knowledge.
Jan Karlach
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Toponymy in Focus. Review of the book: Barandeev, A. V. (Ed.). (2018). Voprosy geografii. Sb. 146. Aktualnye problemy toponimiki [Problems of Geography. 146. Topical Issues in Toponomastics]. Moscow: Codex. 312 p. [PDF]

Вопросы ономастики, 2019
The review observes a new collection of studies devoted to the problems of Russian toponymy. Released under the authority of the Russian Geographical Society that keeps a constant focus on toponymy on the pages of its journal “Problems of Geography ...
Konstantin A. Gein
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LINC01305 and LAD1 Co‐Regulate CTTN and N‐WASP Phosphorylation, Mediating Cytoskeletal Reorganization to Promote ESCC Metastasis

Molecular Carcinogenesis, Volume 64, Issue 4, Page 756-768, April 2025.
ABSTRACT Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is prone to metastasis and is a leading cause of mortality. The cytoskeleton is closely related to cell morphology and movement; however, little research has been conducted on ESCC metastasis. In this study, we found that the anchoring filament protein ladinin 1 (LAD1) specifically binds to LINC01305 ...
Hang Yang, Rong Xiong, Ruolan Zhang, Shan Sun, Yingjie Pan, Quanneng Zhao, Jun Bie, Yi Luo, Guiqin Song, Kang Liu   +9 more
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