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“It all depends on the market”: Taste as an economic fact "一切取决于市场作为经济事实的品味

IF 1.2 4区社会学

Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-09-21 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12330

Alexios Tsigkas

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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

IF 1.2 4区社会学

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

IF 0.9 4区社会学

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

IF 0.9 4区社会学

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

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Logics of reciprocity in Denmark: Longing and belonging in a virtuous cycle of welfare 丹麦的互惠逻辑：福利良性循环中的渴望与归属感

IF 1.2 4区社会学

Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-06-08 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12328

Olivia Spalletta

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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

IF 0.9 4区社会学

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

Aaron Z. Pitluck

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The hidden strength of small business: Social networks and wet market vendors in China

IF 1.2 4区社会学

Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-04-29 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12323

Shuru Zhong, Cynthia Werner

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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

IF 0.9 4区社会学

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

IF 0.9 4区社会学

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

IF 0.9 4区社会学

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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