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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Abstract Towards the end of their Introduction, the editors of this special issue suggest that a principal challenge in ethnographic description is ‘how to measure the measures of others’. It is their own measure of persons, say, or of transactions, on which anthropologists frequently draw in adjudicating social phenomena, not least when characterizing
Marilyn Strathern
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An Appraisal of Green Militarization to Protect Rhinoceroses in Kruger National Park
African Studies Quarterly, 2018 Trafficking of rhinoceros (rhino) horn threatens the persistence of two species living in Kruger National Park. Anti-poaching initiatives form part of an integrated approach adopted by South Africa.
Johan Jooste, Sam Ferreira
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The Inevitability of Militarization of Outer Space [PDF]
, 2019 At the end of the second decade of the 21st century, we witness a progressive increase of strategic importance of artificial satellites and other orbital systems, which is a consequence of the ever-accelerating development of space technologies that ...
Bernat, Paweł
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.The Shuar of Ecuadorian Amazonia once pursued eminence through warfare and vision quests. While vision quests have been retained, today – settled in villages – they seek eminence through economic success and political leadership. This article examines an apparent paradox: whilst envy suspicions pervade public life, they legitimize rather than level ...
Natalia Buitron, Grégory Deshoullière
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The impact of gamification processes on the militarization of the younger generation [PDF]
Известия Саратовского университета. Новая серия: Серия Философия. Психология. ПедагогикаIntroduction. The issue of the impact of gamification on socio-psychological processes against the background of intensive digitalization of society’s life over the past few years has aroused increased interest in various academic fields, including
Vorozheykin, Sergey Andreevich
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.The autonomy of the United Wa State Army of Myanmar today is said to be based on the egalitarianism of Wa communities in the past. The analysis of commensuration in kinship, sacrifice, and war challenges these portrayals of autonomy and egalitarianism.
Hans Steinmüller
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Gender &History, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the first large‐scale attempts to recruit women as soldiers and officers in 1990s Sweden, focusing on the techniques and promises employed by the Swedish Armed Forces (SAF). Building on a wide range of documents and audiovisual sources, we demonstrate how the SAF utilised various marketing techniques, including ...
Sanna Strand, Fia Cottrell‐Sundevall
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RUDN Journal of Political Science, 2012 The article considers the impact of militarization on the process of becoming subjects of international politics in post-Soviet space. The background and reasons of the impact of the military factor on international relations since the end of the cold ...
D L Tsybakov
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Violência urbana e privatização do policiamento no Brasil: uma mistura invisível
Caderno CRHEste artigo argumenta que grande parte da violência policial no mundo, em especial no Brasil, tem se tornado invisível, a despeito do caráter público dos homicídios policiais. As ideologias sobre raça e criminalidade ocultam mortes de pobres e negros sob
Martha Knisely Huggins
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Talking points: Texas and Africa [PDF]
, 2018 Comparison on multiple fronts between Texas and South ...
Seidman, Ann, Seidman, Robert B.
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