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And then there was us Et puis nous sommes apparus

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In 1987, the academic conference ‘Origins and Dispersals of Modern Humans: Behavioural and Biological Perspectives’ was held in Cambridge, UK. Subsequently referred to as the ‘Human Revolution’ conference, this meeting brought together the most prominent academics working in the field of human origins, including archaeologists and palaeoanthropologists,
Emma E. Bird, Julia Galway‐Witham, Chris Stringer   +2 more
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Playback – A Genealogy of 1980s British Videogames

, 2016
Through interviews with developers, gamers, and journalists examining the phenomena of bedroom coding, arcade gaming, and format wars, mapped onto enquiry into the seminal genres of the time including driving, shooting, and maze chase, Playback: A ...
Wade, Alex
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Borgaren Olof Nenséns i Sundsvall barn i äktenskapet med Christina Gäfverholm

Släkthistoriska Studier
Som en led i ett pågående arbete med att identifiera föräldrarna till kopparslagaren Carl Olof Nensén i Trondheim, som enligt uppgifter i norska arkiv var född i Sundsvall omkring 1760, redovisas här en utredning av fiskaren och borgaren i Sundsvall ...
Daniel Eriksson, Harald Korneliussen
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Islam at the monastery: on infinity as subtractive truth L'islam au monastère : de l'infini comme vérité soustractive

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Based on ethnographic research at Rūm Orthodox Christian monasteries in Lebanon, the article studies scenes of Islam at the monastery as they intersect with anxious public debates on, and anthropological theorizations of, sectarianism and ‘Muslim–Christian’ relations in the Mashriq.
Aaron F. Eldridge
wiley   +1 more source

A Genealogy of the Grand Komnenoi of Trebizond [PDF]

, 2016
The empire of Trebizond, founded by a grandson of emperor Andronikos I Komnenos in the chaos following the sack of Constantinople in 1204 and the last Byzantine state to fall to the Ottoman Turks (in 1461), occupied a unique position in the later middle ...
Williams, Kelsey Jackson
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När och varför ändrade Löta säteri i Björnlunda socken namn till Jakobsberg?

Släkthistoriska Studier
Olika teorier har framförts i litteraturen kring när och varför Löta säteri i Björnlunda socken, Daga härad, kom att byta namn till Jakobsberg. En teori är att det uppkallades efter säterigrundarens avlidne make, Jakob Skytte (död 1653), en annan att ...
Michael Lundholm
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A Genealogy of Open

In the Library with the Lead Pipe, 2023
by Betsy Yoon Abstract/In Brief The term open has become a familiar part of library and education practice and discourse, with open source software being a common referent. However, the conditions surrounding the emergence of the open source movement are
Betsy Yoon
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‘Why didn't you bring us a pumpkin?’ Relational recognition of caste, class, and tribe in rural Andhra Pradesh, India « Pourquoi ne nous as‐tu pas apporté de citrouille ? » Reconnaissance relationnelle de la caste, de la classe et de la tribu dans les zones rurales de l'Andhra Pradesh (Inde)

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article analyses the ways characteristics associated with the ‘Schedule Tribe’ (‘ST’) category in India shape situated acts of relating to others with either deference or assumed superiority. Ethnography shows how within an indigenous Adivasi community the traits that determine identification within the group generate feelings of entitlement and ...
Thomas Herzmark
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Ur snåren kring Snärle i Bäckseda

Släkthistoriska Studier
Att det funnits ofrälse personer som kallat sig Trolle på det småländska höglandet är känt sedan länge. I arbetet med att försöka kartlägga dem ska i den följande studien fem bröder belysas vilka omtalas i Västra härads dombok 1734. Samtliga var avlidna,
Göran Sparrlöf
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Cutting freedom down to size Liberté calibrée

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Freedom, as a concept and a value, presents limited prospects for anthropological comparison. The study of enslavement, much neglected in attempts to develop an anthropology of freedom, shows that freedom has been imagined by the enslaved as the opposite of their condition only under particular circumstances.
Harri Englund
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