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Riding through epics: The cultural anthropology of horseback archery in the Mahabharata 史诗中的骑马：《摩诃婆罗多》中骑马射箭的文化人类学

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Australian Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-06-08 Epub Date: 2025-11-28 DOI: 10.1111/taja.70046

Rubentheran Sivagurunathan, Linkesvaran Sivagurunathan

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Reading Australia in a grain of rice 一粒米读澳大利亚

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Australian Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-06-08 Epub Date: 2026-05-15 DOI: 10.1111/taja.70080

Malini Sur

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The making of style: On the entanglement of algorithms and aesthetics 风格的形成：论算法与美学的纠缠

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Australian Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-06-08 Epub Date: 2026-03-16 DOI: 10.1111/taja.70063

Heather A. Horst

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On language, (inter)disciplinarity, and collaboration with local scholars in Papua New Guinea environmental anthropology 在语言，（跨）学科，和合作与当地学者在巴布亚新几内亚环境人类学

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Australian Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-06-08 Epub Date: 2026-04-02 DOI: 10.1111/taja.70064

Mark Collins, Tukul Walla Kaiku

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The unexpected gifts of life history as an ethnographic method 作为人种学方法的生活史的意外礼物

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Australian Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-06-08 Epub Date: 2026-02-20 DOI: 10.1111/taja.70058

Catherine Smith

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Changing with the whims of dogs: An inter-species exploration of self-alteration with companion animals 随着狗的异想天开而改变：与伴侣动物的自我改变的跨物种探索

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Australian Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-06-08 Epub Date: 2026-03-27 DOI: 10.1111/taja.70067

Katherine Joy Fletcher

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When does the story end? Presence, the present and ‘the contemporary world’ 故事什么时候结束？在场，现在和“当代世界”

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Australian Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-06-08 Epub Date: 2026-03-17 DOI: 10.1111/taja.70060

Michael Edwards

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Scents of care: Multispecies relations in Pakistan's heatwave 关怀的气味：巴基斯坦热浪中的多物种关系

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Australian Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-06-08 Epub Date: 2026-02-23 DOI: 10.1111/taja.70059

Muhammad A. Kavesh

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Fractured selves, contested lands: Marlpa identity and the politics of native title 支离破碎的自我，争夺的土地：马尔巴身份和土著头衔的政治

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Australian Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-06-08 Epub Date: 2026-03-19 DOI: 10.1111/taja.70065

Nayeli Torres-Montenegro

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Can we trust technology? By Sarah, Pink and Emma, Quilty. New York: Routledge, 2025. pp. 103, figures, bibliography, index. USD43.99. ISBN 9781032710433 我们能相信科技吗？萨拉、平克和艾玛合著。纽约：劳特利奇出版社，2025。第103页，图表，参考书目，索引。43.99美元。ISBN 9781032710433

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Australian Journal of Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-06-08 Epub Date: 2025-12-26 DOI: 10.1111/taja.70047

Daniel Miller

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