Caste criminalisation in South India and permanent migration to Fiji, 1903–1927
Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Does the official criminalisation of a group lead to permanent out‐migration? In the early 20th century, British officials in south India designated multiple castes as inherently criminal under the Criminal Tribes Act (CTA). The CTA required police registration and could force entire groups into special settlements.
Alexander Persaud
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Exploring the development and prevention of the childhood obesity epidemic in Barbados using the socio-ecological framework: a qualitative study. [PDF]
BMJ Public HealthDumé G, Syed A, De Souza LR.
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Calenda, 2001 Laboratoire de Démographie historique École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales Sous la présidence de Françoise Gaspard (CADIS-EHESS) Colloque organisé par Sandrine Bertaux (EHESS/ Institut Universitaire Européen), Matthieu Loitron ...
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The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
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Book Club at a medical school in the Sertão Region of Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil. [PDF]
J Med Libr AssocSampaio AL +4 more
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The economic foundations of powersharing: Evidence from Africa
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract How—and with whom—do rulers share power? Existing research focuses on the strategic logic of powersharing. In this paper, we analyze its economic foundations. Powersharing is modeled as a subnational fiscal contract, in which rulers allocate political representation based on constituencies’ revenue potential. Empirically, we combine historical
Yannick I. Pengl, Philip Roessler
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Mental illness, forced labour, and colonial biopower in Kabba Province of Northern Nigeria, 1900-1947. [PDF]
Med HistItodo UF.
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Toward a Politics of (In)Fertility: Reproductive Debility in Africa
American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sub‐Saharan Africa has some of the highest estimated rates of infertility or involuntary childlessness in the world, leading epidemiologists to refer to parts of the region as the “infertility belt.” The medicalization of infertility and the situating of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) as the treatment for infertility have siphoned ...
Tessa Moll
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Epistemicide and colonial knowledge: a contrapuntal reading of Nair historiography in South India. [PDF]
Front SociolAnandhu S, Anupama Nayar CV, Aneesh AS.
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The Anthropocene and the End of Nuclear Disaster: Normalizing the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article places the concept of disaster in critical dialogue with that of the Anthropocene, which introduces new imaginaries that negatively affect the governance of crises like nuclear accidents. I argue that tropes surrounding the Anthropocene can depict certain events as apocalyptic calamities while also portraying other events as mere “
Maxime Polleri
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