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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

<i>Inter Arma, Judicialis:</i> Legal Bricolage and the Agency of Ukrainian Judiciary in Wartime. [PDF]

Soc Leg Stud
Kubal A, Oliinyk H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Torture and scepticism in Papua New Guinea witch hunts Torture et scepticisme dans les chasses aux sorcières en Papouasie‐Nouvelle‐Guinée

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
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

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
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular Weight Distribution of Humic Acids Isolated from Calcic Cryosol in Central Yakutia, Russia. [PDF]

Molecules
Polyakov V, Abakumov E, Lodygin E, Vasilevich R, Petrov A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Navigating Criminal Governance in Colombia: A Life Stories Approach. [PDF]

Crit Criminol
Naef P.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Big Picture: Religion and Global Comparative History

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This article considers what a ‘big picture’ approach to global religious history might look like, and in particular the implications of deploying the comparative method across much larger stretches of time and space than historians normally attend to. It will begin by reflecting on the epistemological moods that have hindered this project to date, the ...
Alan Strathern
wiley   +1 more source

Phylogeny and fatty acid profiles of new <i>Coccomyxa</i> (Chlorophyta) species from soils of Vietnam. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Maltsev Y, Kezlya E, Maltseva S, Krivova Z, Ðinh CN, Kulikovskiy M.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Divine Self‐Placement, Sacred Placemaking: The Virgin of El Rocío and Territorial Custodianship in Early Modern Spain

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This essay argues that the Rocío hallazgo legend employs divine self‐placement to turn territorial uncertainty into sacred stewardship. The Virgin's miraculous refusal to move establishes the marshlands of Las Rocinas as a communal religious site, transforming a marginal and legally ambiguous area.
Adriano Duque
wiley   +1 more source

Introduction, spread and selective breeding of crops: new archaeobotanical data from southern Italy in the early Middle Ages. [PDF]

Veg Hist Archaeobot
Fiorentino G, Grasso AM, Primavera M.
europepmc   +1 more source