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Fractured selves, contested lands: Marlpa identity and the politics of native title
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.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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Narrative reconstruction of the self: Living funerals as rituals of trauma and transformation
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract Living funerals mark a radical reconfiguration of contemporary engagements with mortality, transforming death from an imposed ending into an actively authored narrative. This study examines the practice in Hong Kong's hybrid sociocultural landscape, where traditional Chinese death rituals collide with neoliberal selfhood and globalised ...
Yuen‐Ki Tang
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Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract This manuscript documents a systematic ethnomycological analysis of ethnographic archives. Focusing on texts describing human–fungi interactions, I conduct a global, cross‐cultural review of mushroom use, covering 193 societies worldwide. The study reveals diverse mushroom‐related cultural practices, emphasizing the significance of fungi ...
Roope O. Kaaronen
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National Relics: Secular Sacrality, Museums, and Heritage‐Making in Nineteenth‐Century Chile
Museum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 2, Fall 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines how objects and bodily remains are transformed and ritualized into national relics through collecting and exhibiting practices in museums. Focusing on nineteenth‐century Chile, it draws on archival sources, material culture theory, and the anthropology of religion to argue that objects associated with Chile's nation‐state
Hugo Rueda Ramírez
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Hunting and Hauora: Pig Hunters and Poaka in Aotearoa New Zealand
New Zealand Geographer, Volume 82, Issue 2, August 2026.ABSTRACT Though invasive, wild pigs (poaka) were fundamental to the survival of both Māori and Pākehā during colonisation, and they remain an essential source of kai (sustenance) today. Utilising a Whanganui case study, 24 participants, semi‐structured interviews, and thematic analysis guided by Kaupapa Māori principles, describe hunters' interests in ...
Claire Kuuii Adeline Dowsett +2 more
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A Question of Identity: Young Māori Connections to Marae—Do They Matter?
Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, Volume 21, Issue 2, June 2026.Cultural connection, identity and belonging are increasingly shaped by urbanisation, mobility and the conditions of digitally integrated and often mediated life. Maintaining place‐based Indigenous relationships and responsibilities is important especially given the social, cultural or geographic distance between Indigenous people and their ancestral ...
Merata Kawharu +3 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 456-473, June 2026.While death remains a popular topic for anthropology, relatively few ethnographic accounts consider the modern bureaucratic processes accompanying it. One such process is public health autopsy, which scholars have largely taken for granted. Existing analysis has regarded it as a form of ‘cultural brokering’ and autopsy reluctance in communities is seen,
David M.R. Orr
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, Volume 133, Issue 7, Page 1465-1474, June 2026.ABSTRACT Objective This study examined nuanced preferences and unmet needs for bereavement care of mothers who experienced stillbirth or neonatal death. Design Cross‐sectional survey. Setting The Philippines. Sample A total of 169 bereaved mothers aged 18 years or older who had experienced stillbirth or neonatal death on or after 30 January 2020 in the
Ana Nelia Jumamil +18 more
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Religio‐Governmental Infrastructures: Islam, Infrastructure, and Populist Mobilization in Turkey
American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 2, Page 272-283, June 2026.ABSTRACT Turkish mosques are staffed by state‐appointed imams and callers to prayer whose practices are regulated through a complex bureaucratic network operating on an internet‐based data‐management and communication infrastructure. A centralized mosque loudspeaker network enables the broadcast of calls to prayer and other Islamic recitations across ...
Hikmet Kocamaner
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Anthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 1, June 2026.Abstract Managing Death in Exile is a theatrical performance that draws on ethnographic research with long‐term asylum‐seekers from sub‐Saharan Africa in Hong Kong since 2012. The performance told the story of Denise (pseudonym), who had to manage the illness, funeral, cremation, and repatriation of ashes of her good friend, Rosie (pseudonym). Dying in
Sealing Cheng
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