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Amidst (waste) abundance: world-making and struggles in hosting a municipal landfill in the Bolivian lowlands Au milieu de l'abondance (de déchets) : fabrication du monde et luttes liées à la gestion d'une décharge municipale dans les basses terres de Bolivie 在（废物）丰富之中：世界制造和在玻利维亚低地举办市政垃圾填埋场的斗争

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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Pub Date : 2026-08-27 Epub Date: 2026-03-12 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.70080

Vanesa Martín Galán

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Singing to the saint: labour of healing at Jaunpur dargahs Chanter pour le saint : travail de guérison dans les dargāhs de Jaunpur 向圣人歌唱：在Jaunpur dargahs的治疗工作

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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Pub Date : 2026-08-27 Epub Date: 2026-03-18 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.70084

Smita Tewari Jassal

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Editor's preface: AI and linguistic anthropology 编者序：人工智能与语言人类学

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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Pub Date : 2026-08-27 Epub Date: 2026-08-14 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.70200

Dimitrios Theodossopoulos

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The birth of an earth being: ‘Rights of nature’ in Brazilian Amazonia and elsewhere Naissance d'un être de la terre : « droits de la nature » en Amazonie brésilienne et ailleurs 地球生命的诞生：巴西亚马逊河流域和其他地方的“自然权利”

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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Pub Date : 2026-08-27 Epub Date: 2026-03-18 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.70087

Aparecida Vilaça

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Conceptual colour: race, economic knowledge, and the anthropology of financialization De la couleur comme concept : race, connaissances économiques et anthropologie de la financiarisation 概念色彩：种族、经济知识和金融化人类学

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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Pub Date : 2026-08-27 Epub Date: 2026-03-25 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.70082

Kimberly Chong

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Introduction: Towards a linguistic anthropology of AI Introduction : vers une anthropologie linguistique de l'IA 前言：走向人工智能的语言人类学

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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Pub Date : 2026-08-27 Epub Date: 2026-04-13 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.70131

Webb Keane, Constantine V. Nakassis

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Linguistic anthropology of AI: an afterword Anthropologie linguistique de l'IA : le mot de la fin 人工智能语言人类学：后记

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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Pub Date : 2026-08-27 Epub Date: 2026-04-19 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.70134

Ilana Gershon

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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Pub Date : 2026-08-27 Epub Date: 2026-07-08 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.70145

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The company you keep: becoming one(self) in an Indonesian convent En bonne compagnie : devenir (quelqu’)un dans un couvent indonésien Pergaulan dalam biara di Indonesia: sebuah proses pembentukan diri* 你的同伴：在印度尼西亚的修道院成为一个（自我）

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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Pub Date : 2026-08-27 Epub Date: 2026-03-23 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.70086

Meghan Rose Donnelly

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‘Everything is a signal’: speaking circuits and noisy signs in the making of language-oriented AI « Tout est signal » : circuits parlants et signes bruyants dans la création de l'IA orientée langage “一切都是信号”：语言导向人工智能的语音电路和嘈杂的标志

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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Pub Date : 2026-08-27 Epub Date: 2026-04-20 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.70135

Beth M. Semel

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