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Brokerage in Oceania reconsidered: Positionality, agency, morality in a (dis)ordered world 大洋洲的经纪再思考：（无序）世界中的定位、代理、道德

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Australian Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-10-14 Epub Date: 2026-09-24 DOI: 10.1111/taja.70110

Monica Minnegal

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Making relations, making worlds 建立关系，创造世界

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Australian Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-10-14 Epub Date: 2026-09-24 DOI: 10.1111/taja.70111

Jaap Timmer, Anna-Karina Hermkens

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Afterword: Brokerage in Oceania beyond interactionism 后记：超越互动主义的大洋洲经纪

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Australian Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-10-14 Epub Date: 2026-09-15 DOI: 10.1111/taja.70100

Pierre-Yves Le Meur

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Global Hong Kong: Post-2019 migration and the new Hong Kong diaspora 环球香港：2019年后移民和新香港侨民

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Australian Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-10-14 Epub Date: 2026-04-07 DOI: 10.1111/taja.70069

Gordon Mathews

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The hunger artist and academic migration: On political depression and relational poverty 饥饿艺术家与学术迁移：论政治萧条与关系贫困

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Australian Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-10-14 Epub Date: 2026-04-23 DOI: 10.1111/taja.70077

Dave Yan

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“Who here is a volunteer?” Peacebuilding, brokerage, and moral authority in Papua New Guinea “这里谁是志愿者？”巴布亚新几内亚的建设和平、经纪和道德权威

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Australian Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-10-14 Epub Date: 2026-09-14 DOI: 10.1111/taja.70099

Michael Main

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From culture to crowns: The necessary integration of anthropology in Australian oral health practice 从文化到皇冠：人类学在澳大利亚口腔健康实践中的必要整合

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Australian Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-10-14 Epub Date: 2026-07-06 DOI: 10.1111/taja.70086

Eliza Collins, Scotia Mullin

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What ethnography sees that diagnosis misses: A clinical commentary on borderline personality disorder and ‘structures of care and credibility’ 人种学看到的诊断遗漏的东西：关于边缘型人格障碍和“护理和可信度结构”的临床评论

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Australian Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-10-14 Epub Date: 2026-08-31 DOI: 10.1111/taja.70096

Shaun Halovic

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Benefits, brokers and betrayal: Becoming a cultural broker in Papua New Guinea 利益、经纪人和背叛：成为巴布亚新几内亚的文化经纪人

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Australian Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-10-14 Epub Date: 2026-09-22 DOI: 10.1111/taja.70104

Yvonne Hani, John Cox

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Eating as cultural practice: An indigenous Australian case study 饮食作为一种文化实践：一个澳大利亚土著案例研究

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Australian Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-06-08 Epub Date: 2026-01-22 DOI: 10.1111/taja.70057

Lloyd Durey, Inge Kral, Angelica McLean, Rosalie Schultz, Annie Tangey

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