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A War of Words: Framing the Austrian Civil War through the Language of the Combatants

History, Volume 111, Issue 397, Page 577-594, September 2026.
Abstract The Austrian civil war was a four‐day conflict in 1934 between the largest left‐wing paramilitary, the Schutzbund, and government forces aligned with the largest right‐wing paramilitary group, the Heimwehr. The Schutzbund was quickly and brutally suppressed through the use of overwhelming force, armoured vehicles and even artillery deployment ...
Jenna Byers
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CSR officers as heterodox brokers in Kanaky New Caledonia: Travelling models and spatialising effects

The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Volume 37, Issue 2, Page 250-266, August 2026.
Abstract Nickel extraction and processing have profoundly shaped Kanaky New Caledonia's social, political and colonial/decolonial trajectory over the past 150 years. This activity has transformed material and mental landscapes while generating intermediary officers whose roles evolved over time.
Séverine Bouard, Valentine Boudjema, Pierre‐Yves Le Meur   +2 more
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Discursive Power, Civilian Agency, Wartime Duress, and Resilience: Letters to the Authorities in the Blockade of Leningrad

The Russian Review, Volume 85, Issue 3, Page 307-324, July 2026.
Abstract How did World War II affect the nature and resilience of Soviet institutions and authority, especially in the extreme case of the Blockade of Leningrad? During the Blockade, Leningraders acted with great agency by engaging in the shadow trade of food and shadow talk for information and community in order to survive.
Jeffrey K. Hass, Nikita A. Lomagin
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Can You See Us Now? Negotiating Indigenous Citizenship at a Road Blockade in Argentinean Chaco

Area, Volume 58, Issue 2, June 2026.
Short Abstract This paper explores the spatial dimension of Indigenous citizenship by examining how it is experienced, negotiated and enacted during a road blockade in the Argentinean Chaco. Stressing the political dimension of infrastructure, the paper highlights the blockade as a critical site and moment for observing the framing and reframing of ...
Alberto Preci
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Count P.A. Shuvalov and the Reorganization of the Corps of Gendarmes during the Era of the Great Reforms

Исторический вестник
This article examines the historical origins of the establishment of the Corps of Gendarmes in the Russian Empire and the organizational structure it acquired under the two Statutes on the Corps adopted in 1827 and 1836.
Alexander V. Peregudov
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Репрессии австрийских властей против москвофилов Буковины в годы Первой мировой войны [PDF]

Codrul Cosminului, 2014
The paper analyzes the repressive measures taken by Austro-Hungarian administra-tion against the russophile current in Bukovina during 1914-1918. The author points out that retaliations of authorities were directed not only against moscowphiles, but also
Виталий Гайсенюк
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Incomodidades e intervenciones antropológicas en escenarios de reformas democratizadoras de Fuerzas de Seguridad y Armadas, en Argentina. [PDF]

Vibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology
Resumen Este artículo da cuenta de cómo la investigación de objetos socio históricamente incómodos, como en Argentina aquellas que atendieran al punto de vista de policías, gendarmes y militares, se tornó un modo de intervención antropológica en procesos
Sabina A. Frederic
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Exiled From Their Own Lands: Indigenist Policies, Oil, and Colonial Plunder in 20th Century Venezuela

The 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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Viewpoints of Russian Gendarmerie Staff Officers on the Structure of Local Management Apparatus in Siberia during Pre-Reform Period

RUDN Journal of Russian History
The author examines the view of gendarmerie officers on the apparatus of officials in Siberia in the 30s - 50s of the XIX century. Through the course of their study, the author formed a list of officials in order to determine about whom gendarmes ...
Petr P. Rumyantsev
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Protecting Forests From “Foreigners”? Environmental Activists and Ethno‐Environmentalism in Côte d'Ivoire

Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 3, May 2026.
ABSTRACT How do land claims articulated around belonging and the environment (re)shape claims to legitimacy? This article examines social mobilizations led by activists involved in environmental organizations, who define themselves as “autochthone”, and who take part in the contested co‐production of political forests in Côte d'Ivoire.
Ndèye Sokhna Dieng
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