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Reaching millions: Water, substitute infrastructure, and the politics of scale in Kenya 惠及数百万人：肯尼亚的水、替代基础设施和规模政治

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Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-09-02 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12329

Fiona Gedeon Achi

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How are you, anthropology? Reflections on well-being and the common good 人类学，你好吗？对福祉和共同利益的思考

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Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-06-14 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12327

John K. Millhauser

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Economic Anthropology 经济人类学

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Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-06-14 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12291

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“Sometimes it looks fake”: Hiyal and contrivances as tools for exploring aspirations for radical social change "有时看起来很假"：将 "希亚尔 "和 "虚构 "作为探索激进社会变革愿望的工具

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Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-06-02 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12324

Aaron Z. Pitluck

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Well-being in the context of Indigenous heritage management: A Hach Winik perspective from Metzabok, Chiapas, Mexico 土著遗产管理背景下的福祉：墨西哥恰帕斯州梅特扎博克的哈奇-威尼克观点

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Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-04-28 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12319

Christopher Hernandez, Armando Valenzuela Gómez

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Small work pleasures and two types of well-being 小小的工作乐趣和两种幸福感

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Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-04-23 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12314

Claudia Strauss

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Contested values of grogue in Cabo Verde 佛得角有争议的格罗格价值观

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Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-04-21 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12317

Brandon D. Lundy, Nancy Hoalst-Pullen, Mark W. Patterson, Monica H. Swahn

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Economy of production: A theory of household labor organization and material reuse 生产经济：家庭劳动组织和材料再利用理论

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Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-04-16 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12320

Maureen S. Meyers

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Evaluating well-being after compulsory resettlement: Livelihoods, standards of living, and well-being in Manantali, Mali 评估强制重新安置后的福祉：马里马南塔利的生计、生活水平和福祉

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Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-04-16 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12322

Dolores Koenig

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The moral economy of land markets in the Nicaragua highlands 尼加拉瓜高原土地市场的道德经济

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Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-04-13 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12313

Santiago Ripoll

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