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Islam at the monastery: on infinity as subtractive truth L'islam au monastère : de l'infini comme vérité soustractive

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Based on ethnographic research at Rūm Orthodox Christian monasteries in Lebanon, the article studies scenes of Islam at the monastery as they intersect with anxious public debates on, and anthropological theorizations of, sectarianism and ‘Muslim–Christian’ relations in the Mashriq.
Aaron F. Eldridge
wiley   +1 more source

Entwined economies of violence: understanding borderland conflict and resource politics in northern Kenya. [PDF]

Disasters
Rogei DS.
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‘Why didn't you bring us a pumpkin?’ Relational recognition of caste, class, and tribe in rural Andhra Pradesh, India « Pourquoi ne nous as‐tu pas apporté de citrouille ? » Reconnaissance relationnelle de la caste, de la classe et de la tribu dans les zones rurales de l'Andhra Pradesh (Inde)

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article analyses the ways characteristics associated with the ‘Schedule Tribe’ (‘ST’) category in India shape situated acts of relating to others with either deference or assumed superiority. Ethnography shows how within an indigenous Adivasi community the traits that determine identification within the group generate feelings of entitlement and ...
Thomas Herzmark
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Systematic review and meta-analysis for the occurrence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Tularemia, and Rift Valley fever in pastoralist systems in Africa. [PDF]

Front Vet Sci
Nyaguthii DM, Hassel J, Nthiwa D, von Fricken ME, Carlin EP, Fava F, Ofula V, Martins D, Redding D, Koehler JW, Muturi M, Fèvre EM, Kimeli P, Onono JO.   +13 more
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When sharing becomes shameful: atmospheres of class formation in Namibia Quand le partage devient honteux : ambiances de formation de classes en Namibie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Anthropologists have long shown that asking for food in times of need is morally valued in rural Namibia. Yet among the Damara pastoralists with whom I work, people now increasingly describe feeling shame (taob) when they ask for food. In this article, I trace this shift to the affective dynamics of social class formation.
Michael Schnegg
wiley   +1 more source

Sociocultural and structural influences on infant and young child feeding in pastoralist communities of Afar, Ethiopia: a qualitative phenomenological study. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Ali AS, Belachew T, Shaka MF, Yimer AS, Abate KH.   +4 more
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Cutting freedom down to size Liberté calibrée

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Freedom, as a concept and a value, presents limited prospects for anthropological comparison. The study of enslavement, much neglected in attempts to develop an anthropology of freedom, shows that freedom has been imagined by the enslaved as the opposite of their condition only under particular circumstances.
Harri Englund
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Ancient genomes reveal the genetic history of domestic goats on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau approximately 3 600 years ago. [PDF]

Zool Res
Bai TY, Qiu YH, He HF, Wang H, Tao L, Qiu LM, Zhu KY, Xu Y, Wang R, Zheng JJ, Yang XM, Shen Q, Ma H, Zhao J, Shu PX, Wang CC.   +15 more
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Cuttings, Combings, Fettlings and Flock: Gender and Australian Wool ‘Waste’, 1900–1950

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As Australia's wool industry produced vast amounts of fine fleece from the nineteenth century, the wool processing and clothes manufacturing industries generated waste – products like cuttings, combings, fettlings and flock. Salvaged and then sold to waste merchants, these and other materials had a second life.
Lorinda Cramer
wiley   +1 more source

Unscrambling the history of African indicine cattle genomes. [PDF]

iScience
Bitew MK, Woldekiros HS, Persichilli C, Di Civita M, Ben Jemaa S, Mastrangelo S, Mwacharo JM, Hanotte O, Pilla F, Senczuk G.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source