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Egalitarians despite themselves: envy and leadership in Ecuadorian Amazonia Égalitaires malgré eux : envie et leadership en Amazonie équatorienne

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue S1, Page 28-48, March 2026.
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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Shameful or shameless? Anxieties about mothers and women's autonomy on the Central African Copperbelt, 1956–1964

Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 289-306, March 2026.
Abstract This article deals with anxiety about and the shaming of modern urban mothers and wives on the mines of the late colonial Central African Copperbelt. Women's various labours and public presence lead to ambivalent depictions, such as the ‘careless mother’, that were part of a broader array of anxieties about women's autonomy on the mines ...
Stephanie Lämmert
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Circulations et quêtes thérapeutiques en santé mentale au Sénégal

Revue Francophone sur la Santé et les Territoires, 2019
In this article we have chosen to focus on the circulations related to therapeutic mental health quests in the countries of the South through the example of Senegal.
Véronique Petit
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La Première Guerre mondiale dans la péninsule Arabique… en quête de ses sources

, 2016
Les historiens dependent des sources pour construire leurs arguments et leurs recits. Le plus souvent, nous commencons par explorer les archives locales et nationales des regions sur lesquelles nous travaillons.
U. Freitag, Philippe Pétriat, M. Strohmeier   +2 more
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The Swiss Pursuit of Environmental Sustainability in Farming La quête d’une agriculture durable en Suisse Das Schweizer Bestreben nach ökologischer Nachhaltigkeit in der Landwirtschaft

EuroChoices, Volume 24, Issue 3, Page 35-40, December 2025.
Summary Switzerland introduced results‐based payment schemes for farmers at an early stage, specifically in the area of biodiversity. When an ecological focus area (e.g. extensive meadow) reaches a certain level of plant species diversity, it receives more monetary reimbursements.
Anina Gilgen, Stefan Mann
wiley   +1 more source

Les nouveaux choix diplomatiques de la RD Congo : l’axe Extrême –Orient et la réaction de l’occident [PDF]

Mouvements et Enjeux Sociaux
La présente étude se propose de démontrer les nouvelles motivations diplomatiques de la RDC face à certaines puissances émergentes de l’Extrême-Orient.
Sylvain TSHIBANGU MUKENG, ANTONIO QUILA GARCIA MIALA   +1 more
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Frontières du monde, attentes du coeur: la quête de l’Eldorado dans quelques romans de migritude africains

Altre Modernità, 2009
Frontières du monde, attentes du coeur: la quête de l'Eldorado dans quelques romans de migritude ...
Marco Nuti
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L’Aventure ambigüe de Cheikh Hamidou Kane : entre quête identitaire et désir d’histoire [PDF]

Ziglôbitha, 2023
Résumé : L’Aventure ambiguë de Cheikh Hamidou Kane est un classique de la littérature africaine. Il présente un double intérêt littéraire et théosophique en tant qu’œuvre qui renouvelle la question identitaire sur un plan culturel mais également sur un ...
Ibrahima DIOUF
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From “audit machines” to tech‐savvy auditors: Auditors' quest for professional security with respect to digital transformation

Contemporary Accounting Research, Volume 42, Issue 4, Page 2714-2745, Winter 2025.
Abstract In recent years, the Big 4 firms have embarked on digital transformation projects that have the potential to throw auditors' daily practice into turmoil. This study looks at the auditors' quest for professional security—namely, their confidence in the fundamental features of their profession.
Pier‐Luc Lajoie, Yves Gendron
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Aloneness and the terms of detachment in West African migration

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 699-716, September 2025.
In this article, I examine practices of social detachment among West African migrants in urban Ghana. Faced with pressures arising from expectations of reciprocity, especially from kin back home, some migrants exert considerable efforts to break, if temporarily, with relations of mutual recognition and support, entering what I term migratory aloneness.
Michael Stasik
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