Results 181 to 190 of about 15,695,027 (265)
Syndroming: When difference becomes diagnosis
Abstract In this article, I examine ‘syndroming’: the expansion and institutionalisation of diagnostic framings of school difficulty in contemporary education systems. Drawing on accounts of classification and critiques of medicalisation and mental health discourse, I argue that current policy arrangements in England—particularly those associated with ...
Gary Thomas
wiley +1 more source
Gender dynamics affecting women's uptake of maternal health service in agrarian and pastoral settings in Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study. [PDF]
Semahegn A +23 more
europepmc +1 more source
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
Voices From the Field: Community-Engaged Qualitative Study on Veterinary Service Delivery Gaps in Aari Zone, Southern Ethiopia. [PDF]
Mulugeta Y +3 more
europepmc +1 more source
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
wiley +1 more source
The Challenges of the Camel Welfare in Western Countries. [PDF]
Faye B, Menchetti L.
europepmc +1 more source
For over a century, anthropologists have documented the many institutions that exist to respond to witchcraft and the uncanny that it names: oracles that attempt to produce certainty by naming the witch; moots in which grievances are aired; trials in magistrates’ courts that attempt to satisfy the community while preserving the life of the accused ...
Chloe Nahum‐Claudel
wiley +1 more source
Antimicrobial Use in Dromedary Camels: Off-Label Practices, Welfare Implications, and Antimicrobial Resistance Within a One Health Framework-A Narrative Review. [PDF]
Shaukat A +3 more
europepmc +1 more source
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

