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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, EarlyView.
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

Irregularly regulated collecting markets: antiquities, fossils, and wildlife. [PDF]

open access: yesCrime Law Soc Change
Mackenzie S   +3 more
europepmc   +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, EarlyView.
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

Women who pay their own brideprice: reimagining provider masculinity through Uganda's thriving wedding industry

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Abstract In Uganda, the ‘traditional’ wedding, wherein a groom brings money and gifts to his father‐in‐law's home, has long been understood as the ultimate demonstration of a man's social maturity. Yet masculine adulthood is becoming increasingly elusive as weddings become more difficult to afford.
Erin V. Moore, Nanna Schneidermann
wiley   +1 more source

Where do nomads bury their dead? Necro‐ostracism, statelessness, and the pastoral/ peripatetic divide in Afghanistan

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article proposes that stigmas connected to social categories of exclusion prevalent during life extend into dealings with the dead, here referred to as ‘necro‐ostracism’, in the context of death and burial of Muslim nomadic populations in urban Afghanistan. Based on qualitative fieldwork carried out in Kabul, Herat, and Mazar‐e Sharif, it explores
Annika Schmeding
wiley   +1 more source

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