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Erving Goffman at 100: A Chameleon Seen as a Rorschach Test within a Kaleidoscope

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
The 100th anniversary of Erving Goffman's birth was in 2022. Drawing on his work, the Goffman archives, the secondary literature, and personal experiences with him and those in his university of Chicago cohort, I reflect on some implications of his work and life, and the inseparable issues of understanding society.
Gary T. Marx
wiley   +1 more source

From Decoding to Disrupting: Decolonizing Research Methods

open access: yesNew Directions for Teaching and Learning, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this chapter, the author shares her journey and experiences with decolonization through the development of the Disrupting interview, collaborations with colleagues, and the re‐examination of disciplinary research and teaching practices.
Roberta Lexier
wiley   +1 more source

Travelling the Two‐Way Street: Disrupting Colonial History

open access: yesNew Directions for Teaching and Learning, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using examples from the historical narratives about Kainai (Blackfoot Confederacy) painter Gerald Tailfeathers, this chapter challenges colonial narratives in Canadian history and historiography. Inspired by the author's participation in a Disrupting interview, the chapter explores both the author's personal history with colonial histories and
Kirk Niergarth
wiley   +1 more source

Population genetics of Zamia decumbens (Zamiaceae, Cycadales), an endangered cycad from the Maya Mountains of Belize

open access: yesPlant Species Biology, EarlyView.
We utilized 10 microsatellite loci to examine the genetic diversity, genetic structure, and demographic history of Zamia decumbens Calonje, Meerman, M.P. Griff. & Hoese, an endangered cycad species occurring in small disjunct populations on karst topography within the Maya Mountains of Belize.
Michael Calonje   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

ART DECO PUBLIC GARDEN REHABILITATION

open access: yes
Sculpture, Monuments and Open Space, EarlyView.
Edward Hamm
wiley   +1 more source

The Recent Civil Disobedience Fidelity to Law

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Generations of citizens have successfully used civil disobedience to enact positive lasting change in their societies. In some places, such as the UK and elsewhere, it is considered a ‘tradition’. But recent instances of civil disobedience—especially in relation to UK climate campaigners—have brought forward numerous challenges, some of which ...
Brian Christopher Jones
wiley   +1 more source

What does it mean to ‘live well’? The contentious politics of vivir bien as alternative development

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 436-453, June 2025.
Abstract Vivir bien is widely used by academics, activists, and governments of the Latin American ‘Pink Tide’ to refer to alternatives to conventional economic development based on indigenous worldviews claimed to oppose capitalist modernity. Through ethnography of local politics within a Bolivian Quechua community, this article explores how the term ...
Matthew Doyle
wiley   +1 more source

The border as temporal horizon: a borderlands massacre and the contested futures of federalism in eastern Ethiopia

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 415-435, June 2025.
Abstract In 1995, a coalition of former rebel groups redrew Ethiopia's map, establishing an ethnic‐federal system. By 2017, internal border conflicts signalled federalism's potential unravelling. This article analyses expectations about federalism's future among Somalis in Ethiopia, drawing on anthropologies of time to understand how everyday processes
Daniel K. Thompson
wiley   +1 more source

The sacrificed lives of the caring class: crises of social reproduction, unequal Europe, and modern forms of slavery

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 474-492, June 2025.
Abstract There have been plenty of interpretations regarding the meaning and function of sacrifice within the discipline of anthropology. Going beyond sacrifice as a ritual and exploring a wide range of its manifestations and functions as contemporary cultural practices, discourses, and underlying logics, we reveal its role in the social organization ...
Angelina Kussy, Dolors Comas‐d'Argemir
wiley   +1 more source

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