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Pioneering Dalit Resistance: A Study of Saint Visionaries

open access: yesKalagatos
It has been for centuries that the Indian society has been hierarchized on the lines of caste: videlicet, higher and lower castes. Since this division is by birth and perpetual, it needed to be interrogated and critiqued.
Kanchan Karan, Vandna Sharma
doaj   +1 more source

‘FROM GHETTO TO HABITUS FACTORY’ ROMA CAMPS IN ITALY: An Empirical Extension of Loïc Wacquant's Theorization

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 2, Page 449-465, March 2026.
Abstract In this article we apply Wacquant's conceptualization of the ghetto to an analysis of interviews conducted with Roma people living in the state‐enforced camps of Turin, Italy. We illustrate how the elements characterizing a ghetto according to Wacquant (i.e.
Vincenzo Romania, Tommaso Bertazzo
wiley   +1 more source

The processes and patterns of Sedentarization of the Galilee Bedouin 1880-1982 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1982
This study is the first comprehensive geographical research upon the bedouin tribes of Galilee. These tribal groups have been rather neglected in Literature and relatively little is known about them.
Falah, Ghazi, Falah, G.
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Migration Strategies and Human-Made Disasters: Considering Tajik Migration Policy Initiatives in Tashkorgan from the Perspective of Disaster Anthropology

open access: yesComparative Southeast European Studies, 2023
This article examines the Pamiri Tajik population in China at the southwesternmost corner of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Prefecture and their struggles during numerous local natural and human-made disasters over the past decade.
Phuong Nguyen Tram Thi
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RIGHT TO THE CAMPSITE: How Dutch Caravan Dwellers Continue their Struggle for Inclusion

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 2, Page 466-485, March 2026.
Abstract Over the past decade, a growing housing and urban studies literature has engaged with the Lefebvrian concept of the ‘right to the city’. Central to this are rights, laws and grassroots demands. Emerging literature has also focused on the practical side of the right to the city as a set of actions to undo exclusion and dispossession.
Dominic Teodorescu
wiley   +1 more source

Common animals: sedentary pastoralism and the emergence of the commons as an institution

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Dynamics
Animal husbandry was of fundamental consequence in the planning and development of larger and more permanent communities. Pastoralism is often assumed to be highly mobile when considering social institutions and political formations, despite the ...
Katherine Kanne   +2 more
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Along the Silenced Footsteps of Latin American Pastoralists: From Mexico to Argentina, a Journey Through Pastoral Systems in Latin America

open access: yesThe Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 31, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Pastoralism worldwide faces a complex landscape of increased pressures and exclusion. Beyond ecological and economic challenges, pastoralists suffer eroding cultural identity, limited generational renewal, and political marginalization. Yet pastoral livelihoods are increasingly recognized as stewards of sustainable futures and amongst the best
Greta Semplici, Pablo Manzano
wiley   +1 more source

“Fare famiglia” in transito: ritorni ed esternalizzazione dei confini in Bosnia-Erzegovina - “Family-making” in transit: returns and border externalization in Bosnia and Herzegovina

open access: yesEtnoAntropologia
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), a key transit country along the Balkan Route, is used as a case study to assess how systematic pushbacks at the European Union’s external borders drive cyclical returns, which force mobile populations to establish a ...
Zaira Tiziana Lofranco
doaj   +1 more source

Il dialetto della tribù Ḥwēṭāt del Wādi Ramm. Aspetti linguistici e sociolinguistici di un dialetto beduino in Giordania

open access: yesRiCognizioni, 2014
The Ḥwēṭāt Tribe Dialect from Wādi Ramm - Linguistic and Sociolinguistic Aspects of a Bedouin Dialect in Jordan. The purpose of this paper is to investigate on the effects of sedentarization and language change on the dialect of the Ḥwēṭāt tribe in ...
Federica Gattelli
doaj   +1 more source

Definition and prevalence of sedentarism in an urban population. [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Public Health, 1999
OBJECTIVES: The present study sought to formulate a precise definition of sedentarism and to identify activities performed by active people that could serve as effective preventive goals. METHODS: A population-based sample of 919 residents of Geneva, Switzerland, aged 35 to 74 years, completed a 24-hour recall.
M S, Bernstein, A, Morabia, D, Sloutskis
openaire   +2 more sources

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