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Becoming Modern and Inclusive: Getting Rid of Status and Tradition in an Ecuadorean Bank 走向现代和包容:在厄瓜多尔银行摆脱地位和传统

IF 0.8 4区社会学

Human Organization Pub Date : 2022-02-15 DOI: 10.17730/1938-3525-81.1.12

Consuelo Fernández-Salvador, Michael D Hill, Julie L. Williams

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Changes in Social Capital Associated with the Construction of the Belo Monte Dam: Comparing a Resettled and a Host Community 贝洛蒙特大坝建设过程中社会资本的变化：移民社区与东道国社区的比较

IF 0.8 4区社会学

Human Organization Pub Date : 2022-02-15 DOI: 10.17730/1938-3525-81.1.22

Adam Mayer, M. Lopez, Guillaume Leturcq, E. Moran

引用次数: 6

An Intersectional Approach to Problem Drinking in the Nepali/Bhutanese Community in Northeast Ohio 俄亥俄州东北部尼泊尔/不丹社区饮酒问题的交叉研究

IF 0.8 4区社会学

Human Organization Pub Date : 2022-02-15 DOI: 10.17730/1938-3525-81.1.60

Marnie K. Watson, N. Alshabani, Scott Swiatek

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Defining Cultural Resources: A Case Study from the Mid-Atlantic United States 界定文化资源:以美国中大西洋地区为例

IF 0.8 4区社会学

Human Organization Pub Date : 2022-02-15 DOI: 10.17730/1938-3525-81.1.47

Madeline Brown, T. Murtha, Whittaker Schroder, Luwei Wang

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Measuring Subjective and Objective Well-being: Analyses from Five Marine Commercial Fisheries—Where Are We Now? 衡量主观和客观福祉:来自五种海洋商业渔业的分析——我们现在在哪里?

IF 0.8 4区社会学

Human Organization Pub Date : 2022-02-15 DOI: 10.17730/1938-3525-81.1.83

Patricia M Clay, Courtland L. Smith

引用次数: 2

Reflection on: “The Cultural Conceptions of Dengue Fever in the Cayo District of Belize” 反思：“伯利兹卡约地区登革热的文化观念”

IF 0.8 4区社会学

Human Organization Pub Date : 2022-02-15 DOI: 10.17730/1938-3525-81.1.71

Lauren Smith

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The “Struggling Good Mother:” The Role of Marginalization, Trauma, and Interpersonal Violence in Incarcerated Women’s Mothering Experiences and Goals “挣扎中的好母亲”:边缘化、创伤和人际暴力在被监禁妇女的育儿经历和目标中的作用

IF 0.8 4区社会学

Human Organization Pub Date : 2022-02-15 DOI: 10.17730/1938-3525-81.1.1

Catherine M. Mitchell Fuentes

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引用次数: 3

“Whoever Dies, Dies”: A Pedagogical Model forUnderstanding the COVID-19 Outbreak in United States Prisons “谁死谁死”：理解美国监狱新冠肺炎疫情的教育学模型

IF 0.8 4区社会学

Human Organization Pub Date : 2021-11-29 DOI: 10.17730/1938-3525-80.4.282

J. Scott

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At the Intersection of Harm Reduction and COVID-19: The Role of Anthropologists during and Post-Pandemic 在减少危害和COVID-19的交叉点:人类学家在大流行期间和大流行后的作用

IF 0.8 4区社会学

Human Organization Pub Date : 2021-11-29 DOI: 10.17730/1938-3525-80.4.272

Shana Harris, Allison Schlosser

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Maasai Girls’ Experiences of Ukimwi ni Homa (AIDS Is a Fever): Idioms of Vulnerability and HIV Risk in East Africa 马赛女孩在Ukimwi ni Homa(艾滋病是发烧)的经历:东非的脆弱性和艾滋病毒风险习语

IF 0.8 4区社会学

Human Organization Pub Date : 2021-11-29 DOI: 10.17730/1938-3525-80.4.332

Kristin Hedges

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