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Queer configurations: The female divine, regional identity, and Queer‐religious belonging in South India

Feminist Anthropology, Volume 7, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
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V. F. Gening and Russian archaeological sites in the Vyatka river region

Поволжская археология, 2014
The article is devoted to V. F. Gening’s contribution to the study of Russian archaeological sites of the Vyatka region. In 1949, he examined the Iskor fortified settlement site – one of the first ancient Russian settlements of the region. Starting 1954,
Makarov Leonid D.
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Combining social, ecological and economic approaches in knowledge co‐production enables the identification of sustainable farming options

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 5, Page 1261-1279, May 2026.
Abstract Farming systems face an increasing sustainability challenge requiring integrated solutions to minimize the trade‐offs between the social, ecological and economic dimensions of sustainability. Yet, most research remains siloed, limiting interdisciplinary understanding of farming systems as coupled social‐ecological systems (SESs) and precluding
Neema R. Kinabo, Dominic A. Martin, Koggani D. Koggani, Berta Martín‐López, Milena Gross, Christian Schleyer, Verena Hackmann, Andreas Thiel, Katrin Böhning‐Gaese, Peter Manning   +9 more
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Landscape, stand and tree characteristics influence the distribution of lightning damage in Central African forests

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 1385-1398, May 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract The impact of lightning in tropical forests remains uncertain. Specifically, the factors that influence the spatial distribution of lightning damage within forests remain unknown.
Bianca Zoletto, Masha T. van der Sande, Peter van der Sleen, Evan M. Gora, Daniel Mitchard, Aventino Nkwasibwe, Marijn Bauters, Aida Cuni‐Sanchez, Martin J. P. Sullivan, Dennis Babaasa, Meirion Hills, Paul van der Donk, Nestor K. Luambua, Wannes Hubau, Douglas Sheil   +14 more
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ALIENATING “DEAD CAPITAL,” EATING MORAL PRINCIPLE: Patriarchal Obligation, Land Sale, and Desires of Abandon on Kenya's Urban Frontier

Cultural Anthropology, Volume 41, Issue 2, Page 347-375, May 2026.
ABSTRACT North of Nairobi, the city's sprawl enters a landscape of impoverished smallholders, causing land prices to skyrocket. Kenya's economic commentators urge these part‐time proletarians to sell their land—deemed unproductive “dead capital”—as an antidote for rural poverty.
PETER LOCKWOOD
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Exploration of the Phytochemical and Antidiabetic Properties of Teucrium polium: A Natural Asset for Type 2 Diabetes Management

ChemistryOpen, Volume 15, Issue 4, April 2026.
Teucrium polium shows antidiabetic activity with its phytochemical composition and biological activities. The essential oil is rich in carvacrol, thymol, γ‐terpinene, and o‐cymene, while the aqueous and hydroethanolic extracts are characterized by poliumoside, verbascoside, isorhamnetin‐3‐O‐rutinoside, and apigenin‐7‐rutinoside. Antioxidant activity is
Hajar El Ouadni, Aziz Drioiche, Fadoua El Makhoukhi, Omkulthom Al kamaly, Hannou Zerkani, Smail Amalich, Imane Tagnaout, Mohamed Radi, Yahya Cherrah, Touriya Zair, Katim Alaoui   +10 more
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Devouring the Invaders: The Racial‐Ecological Politics of the Chinese Crayfish Trade in Kenya

American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 183-194, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines entanglements of ecology, race, and foodways at Lake Naivasha in Kenya. Nonnative Louisiana red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), first introduced to Kenya in the 1960s, were once viewed as invasive but are now sought after as a delicacy among Kenya's Chinese community.
Amanda Kaminsky
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Cheap Nickel: Materiality and Socio‐Technical Reorganization on Indonesia's Energy Transition Mineral Frontier

Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Guided by government strategy, Indonesia has rapidly become the world's largest producer of nickel, a key mineral used in electric vehicle batteries. But this growth is not due to savvy industrial policy alone. I argue that Indonesia has revolutionized its production, and thereby expanded the commodity frontier, through a new metabolism of ...
Matthew Libassi
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In Memoriam: My Teacher (75th Birthday Anniversary of R.S. Gabyashev)

Поволжская археология, 2016
This is an obituary notice on Rustem S. Gabyashev, a prominent archaeologist who made a substantial contribution to the studies of Stone Age and early Metal cultures in the Volga-Kama region.
Shipilov Anton V.
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Medieval Pottery Ware with an Admixture of Crushed Shell from Nizhny Novgorod Volga Region

Поволжская археология, 2019
The paper features the results of a comparative technical, technological and morphological study of two groups of medieval pottery ceramics from Kurmysh-4 settlement - with a gruss or sand admixture, and an addition of crushed shell.
Gribov Nikolay N.
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