ABSTRACT Anthropological methods and theory have historically marginalized hometown research while they have privileged the study of the “Other.” This essay discusses the prevalent challenges and misconceptions surrounding research conducted in one's hometown, while advancing its legitimacy as an anthropological field site.
Dada Docot
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Perceived service quality mediates the effect of physical servicescape on tourists' intention to stay in rural homestays. [PDF]
Yang Y, Wang L, Yan J.
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How to Be Hopeful About Climate Change
ABSTRACT Why do people in climate‐vulnerable regions of Kenya and Namibia express more hope for the future than many in Germany, despite facing greater environmental threats? Drawing on ethnographic research and the philosophy of Gabriel Marcel, we make two arguments.
Julian Sommerschuh, Michael Schnegg
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The Availability and Pricing of Orthobiologic Knee Injections in the Chicago Metropolitan Area: A Market Assessment Study. [PDF]
Khan ZA +11 more
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Devouring the Invaders: The Racial‐Ecological Politics of the Chinese Crayfish Trade in Kenya
ABSTRACT This article examines entanglements of ecology, race, and foodways at Lake Naivasha in Kenya. Nonnative Louisiana red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), first introduced to Kenya in the 1960s, were once viewed as invasive but are now sought after as a delicacy among Kenya's Chinese community.
Amanda Kaminsky
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University commitments to a sustainable food system: a content analysis of UK higher education institutions food sustainability policies. [PDF]
Blennerhassett C +3 more
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Abstract This article explores the endogenous characteristics of commons within the frameworks of precarity and commons through the urban commons movement in 1970s South Korea. During Korea's compressed capitalist transformation, rural migrants became the urban poor, occupying the lowest position in urban labour hierarchies.
Didi Kyoung‐ae Han, Hyun Bang Shin
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Relationships among physical activity, regulatory emotional self-efficacy, psychological detachment, and job burnout among urban workers. [PDF]
Xu K, Jiang H, Wang H.
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Haptic Feedback and the Role of Need for Touch on Augmented Reality Mobile Shopping Apps
ABSTRACT As mobile commerce has become increasingly prevalent, retailers have sought to enhance the mobile shopping experience by incorporating multisensory stimulation (i.e., visual, auditory, and now tactile stimulation). This paper investigates the presence of sensory inputs, specifically haptic feedback, when positioning and manipulating augmented ...
Margot Racat +2 more
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Sustainable supply chain practices of local versus international hotels: multiple case studies in Egypt. [PDF]
Hamza MAA, Rego N.
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