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Hair as sensory skin: sensitive bodies, ritual shaving, and the maintenance of bodily boundaries in Hindu Suriname De la pilosité comme peau sensorielle : corps sensibles, rasage rituel et maintien des limites du corps chez les hindous du Surinam

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 269-292, March 2026.
Hair is an integral part of the skin's interface and has sensory capacity. It actively contributes to processes of bodily materialization and facilitates transactional exchange with other social actors and environments, particularly regarding energies and vibrations that can be perceived as subtle matter.
Sinah Theres Kloß
wiley   +1 more source

Spiritual hair: dreadlocks and the bodies multiple in Rastafari [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
In anthropology the body is theorized, manifested and experienced in multiple ways that impact medical practice, social life, biopolitics, and spirituality.
Nathan Glace   +3 more
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(Re)Pairing With Water: Climate Finance and the Prefigurative Positions of an Ocean Counter‐Politics

open access: yesAntipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper takes up recent calls to work ‘for and against climate capitalism’ to foreground the possibility of strategic engagements within capitalist structures that could destabilise its long‐standing exploitative dynamics. In doing so, it locates prefigurative positions of an ocean counter‐politics generated through novel blue financial ...
Carlo Ceglia
wiley   +1 more source

Learning not to help in Nanjing and London–Cultural elaboration of empathy in childhood

open access: yesEthos, Volume 54, Issue 1, March 2026.
Abstract Helping is one of the key features of human sociality. The ethnographic record is pervaded by accounts of people doing things with and for each other from an early age. Developmental psychology has shown that by the time children begin to walk and talk, they already display helpful behavior in many situations.
Anni Kajanus
wiley   +1 more source

‘No Place for us on Footpaths’: Exploring Walkability Challenges of Older Men in India and Bangladesh

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Volume 117, Issue 1, Page 44-64, February 2026.
Abstract In India and Bangladesh cities, footpaths play a crucial role in enhancing the mobility of older adults. To age in place, the design and maintenance of footpaths become pivotal for older men to access services, opportunities and goods in neighbourhoods and beyond.
Ajay Bailey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

In search of identity: Being a Rastafarian in Democratic Malawi [PDF]

open access: yesPharos Journal of Theology, 2020
Although the Rastafari movement continues to attract a growing number of people around the world, not much is known in relation to how they have managed to sustain their identity despite the persecution and discrimination that most encounter.
Luvuyo Ntombana, Stewart Maganga
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Robust Persian Speaker Identification Using a Lightweight Attention‐Based CNN With Spectral Augmentation

open access: yesIET Biometrics, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Accurate speaker identification is critical for forensic investigations and biometric authentication. This study introduces Lightweight squeeze‐and‐excitation network (LSE‐Net), a compact, robust deep learning architecture specifically tailored for speaker identification in challenging, noisy environments.
Atefe Pakzad   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differential Attacks by Algebraic Solving on a Series of HE‐Friendly Stream Ciphers

open access: yesIET Information Security, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
In recent years, many symmetric encryption ciphers have been proposed for homomorphic encryption (HE) applications. Rasta and its variants Masta and Pasta have gradually become a self‐contained series of HE‐friendly stream ciphers. The feature of these ciphers is that a fresh affine layer is randomly generated for each encryption.
Xichao Hu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genomic Evaluation in Nellore Cattle for Reproductive Traits: Multiple Ways to Account for Missing Pedigrees

open access: yesJournal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Volume 143, Issue 1, Page 13-23, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Missing pedigrees are a common problem in most populations. Animals with unknown ancestors are usually treated as founders; however, this can underestimate inbreeding, not properly account for different base populations, and bias breeding values.
Larissa Temp   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cultura e identidad rastafari en Hol Box. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Se hace un análisis de identidad Rastafari en HolBox, a partir de casos de estudio. Se contribuye a llenar un hueco existente en la investigación académica, debido a la falta de trabajos enfocados a la cultura Rastafari ...
Ramírez Rodríguez, José Enrique
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