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Liquidity and Stillness: The Sea and Shore and the Furo in Kore-eda Hirokazu’s Cinema 流动与静止:是枝裕和电影中的海、岸与富罗

Somatechnics Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2023.0401

Yue Su

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Hydrocolonial Affects: Suicide and the Somatechnics of Long-term Drinking Water Advisories in First Nations in Canada 水殖民影响:自杀和加拿大第一民族长期饮用水建议的身体技术

Somatechnics Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2023.0403

Jeffrey Ansloos

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Eeyou Istchee Bodies of Water 看到了吗?看到了吗

Somatechnics Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2023.0402

Rob Shields, Juan David Guevara-Salamanca

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The Somatechnics of Water: Part 1 水的身体技术:第1部分

Somatechnics Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2023.0400

Holly Eva Katherine Randell-Moon

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List of Contributors 贡献者名单

Somatechnics Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2023.0406

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Harlan Weaver, Bad Dog: Pit Bull Politics and Multispecies Justice 哈兰·韦弗，《坏狗:斗牛犬政治与多物种正义》

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Somatechnics Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2023.0396

Kuura Irni

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List of Contributors 贡献者名单

Somatechnics Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2023.0397

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Front matter 前页

Somatechnics Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2023.0392

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Violent Exposures, Exposing Violence: Gender, Anti-Blackness and the Strip-Searching of Black Women and Girls in Canada 暴力暴露，揭露暴力:性别、反黑人与加拿大黑人妇女和女孩的脱衣搜身

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Somatechnics Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2023.0394

S. Latty

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Asynchronous Encounters: Artistic Practice and Mediated Intimacy in the Space-Time of Lockdown 异步相遇：封锁时空中的艺术实践与中介亲密

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Somatechnics Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2023.0393

Emily Goodwin, S. Brophy

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