Swamphen: a Journal of Cultural Ecology (ASLEC-ANZ)最新文献

Editorial Note: Ngā Tohu o te Huarere 编辑说明：Ngā Tohu o te Huarere

Swamphen: a Journal of Cultural Ecology (ASLEC-ANZ) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.60162/swamphen.10.18099

Christine Howe, Alanna Myers, Robyn Maree Pickens, Sue Pyke

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The Collective Memory of the Hairy Man 毛人的集体记忆

Swamphen: a Journal of Cultural Ecology (ASLEC-ANZ) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.60162/swamphen.10.18027

Fred Gesha

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[Book Review] Teya Brooks Pribac's Enter the Animal [书评] 泰雅-布鲁克斯-普里巴克的《进入动物世界

Swamphen: a Journal of Cultural Ecology (ASLEC-ANZ) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.60162/swamphen.10.18032

Carol Freeman

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On Sharks Unseen 关于看不见的鲨鱼

Swamphen: a Journal of Cultural Ecology (ASLEC-ANZ) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.60162/swamphen.10.18030

Sadie Hale

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To the City of Murky Dreams 去黑暗之城

Swamphen: a Journal of Cultural Ecology (ASLEC-ANZ) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 DOI: 10.60162/swamphen.9.17534

Chantelle Bayes

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Listen Deep to Subterranean Kinfrastructures 仔细聆听地下基础设施

Swamphen: a Journal of Cultural Ecology (ASLEC-ANZ) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 DOI: 10.60162/swamphen.9.17539

Taylor Coyne

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Strange Letters Editorial 奇怪的信件

Swamphen: a Journal of Cultural Ecology (ASLEC-ANZ) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 DOI: 10.60162/swamphen.9.17548

Chantelle Bayes, Chantelle Mitchell, J. Waterhouse

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Love Letter to Decorator Crabs 给装饰蟹的情书

Swamphen: a Journal of Cultural Ecology (ASLEC-ANZ) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 DOI: 10.60162/swamphen.9.17551

Jianni Tien, Elizabeth Burmann

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Letter to a seabird 给海鸟的信

Swamphen: a Journal of Cultural Ecology (ASLEC-ANZ) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 DOI: 10.60162/swamphen.9.15707

Melissa Jane Fagan

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Resisting Action 抵制行动

Swamphen: a Journal of Cultural Ecology (ASLEC-ANZ) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 DOI: 10.60162/swamphen.9.17535

Julie Vulcan

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