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Relations interethniques et débat public en Corse : Les exemples ajaccien et bastiais [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Depuis quelques années, des affrontements opposant des jeunes dont les principaux modes de différenciation reposent sur l’ethnicité se produisent régulièrement en Corse. Leur apparition épisodique dans les débats publics français nourrit l’idée d’un lien
Peretti-Ndiaye, Marie
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Anthropology of the Hometown

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 220-223, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Anthropological methods and theory have historically marginalized hometown research while they have privileged the study of the “Other.” This essay discusses the prevalent challenges and misconceptions surrounding research conducted in one's hometown, while advancing its legitimacy as an anthropological field site.
Dada Docot
wiley   +1 more source

Some Characteristics of Interethnic Contacts of Women in a Post-War Divided City – Kosovo Case

open access: yes, 2018
This paper is a result of perennial theoretical and methodological studies and empirical research of the impact of social changes on the daily life of women in a post-conflict social environment.
Milovanović, Ivana
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Applying Anthropology to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 195-205, March 2026.
ABSTRACT In this article, we review how anthropologies from various subdisciplines, from social to evolutionary anthropology, are contributing to our understanding of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). We focus on four key questions: What are the origins of FGM/C? What functions and meanings are linked to FGM/C?
Hannelore Van Bavel, Mhairi A. Gibson
wiley   +1 more source

Education and Acculturation on Malaita: An Ethnography of Intraethnic and Interethnic Affinities [PDF]

open access: yes, 1988
One of the central issues in educational anthropology is the changing nature of intraethnic and interethnic conflict and relationships. Conventional modernization theory suggests that the acculturation process will tend to diminish traditional ...
Page, James S.
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“Everything Is Just Done Away With Now”: Contentious Practices of Scalar Brokerage Motivated by Narratives of Welfare Nostalgia in Postcolonial Rotterdam

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 108-119, March 2026.
ABSTRACT According to anthropological theories of brokerage, brokers build bridges, close gaps, make connections, and construct shared norms. In this article, I argue that such structural‐functionalist approaches to brokerage do not prove adequate in addressing unsettled and unsettling scale‐making practices of refugee‐led support initiatives in ...
Lieke van der Veer
wiley   +1 more source

The Inter-Ethnic Relations in Russia: the Local Dimension

open access: yesСоциологическая наука и социальная практика, 2014
The author analyses the reasons behind the ethnic conflicts in some Russian towns and municipalities. Special attention is paid to the change of vectors of the interethnic relations in contemporary Russia.
Roman V. Petuhov
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How to Be Hopeful About Climate Change

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 148-158, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Why do people in climate‐vulnerable regions of Kenya and Namibia express more hope for the future than many in Germany, despite facing greater environmental threats? Drawing on ethnographic research and the philosophy of Gabriel Marcel, we make two arguments.
Julian Sommerschuh, Michael Schnegg
wiley   +1 more source

Trading Zones Between Thick and Thin: Anthropological Description as Scaffold or Mosaic

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 159-170, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Referring to the work of historian of science Peter Galison, I argue that anthropology requires thin description as an essential counterpart for thick description. Thin accounts provide the scaffolding within which thick descriptions sit. Galison uses the idea of a “trading zone” connecting different communities who, despite their differences (
David Zeitlyn
wiley   +1 more source

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