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Improvisation, collective structure, and culture change: A theory of bricolage 即兴创作、集体结构和文化变革：混合理论

IF 1.7 2区社会学

Anthropological Theory Pub Date : 2024-01-02 DOI: 10.1177/14634996231218568

Jules Zhao Liu

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What kinship is and is not in the work of Marshall Sahlins … and beyond 马歇尔-萨林斯作品中的亲情是什么和不是什么......以及更多

IF 1.7 2区社会学

Anthropological Theory Pub Date : 2023-12-19 DOI: 10.1177/14634996231205879

Susan McKinnon

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In search of decolonised political futures: Engaging Mahmood Mamdani's neither settler nor native 寻找非殖民化的政治未来：与马哈茂德-马姆达尼的《既非定居者也非土著人》接触

IF 1.7 2区社会学

Anthropological Theory Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.1177/14634996231209104

Fazil Moradi

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Justice and reconciliation: Responses to critics in Anthropological Theory 正义与和解：对人类学理论批评的回应

IF 1.7 2区社会学

Anthropological Theory Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.1177/14634996231210164

Mahmood Mamdani

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Surviving colonialism? A response to Neither Settler nor Native 殖民主义的生存之道？对《既非定居者也非土著人》的回应

IF 1.7 2区社会学

Anthropological Theory Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.1177/14634996231209105

Nadia Abu El-Haj

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The medium of intersubjectivity 主体间性的媒介

IF 1.7 2区社会学

Anthropological Theory Pub Date : 2023-11-19 DOI: 10.1177/14634996231196437

Terra Edwards

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A space of appearance: Romani publics and privates in the Middle East 外表的空间:中东罗姆人的公共和私人空间

2区社会学

Anthropological Theory Pub Date : 2023-11-03 DOI: 10.1177/14634996231194214

Arpan Roy

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Projects, revisited: A concept for the anthropology of the good 项目，重新审视:善的人类学概念

2区社会学

Anthropological Theory Pub Date : 2023-10-05 DOI: 10.1177/14634996231202589

Damien Droney

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Dispute as critique: Moving beyond ‘post-genocide Rwanda’ 争议作为批判:超越“后种族灭绝卢旺达”

2区社会学

Anthropological Theory Pub Date : 2023-09-24 DOI: 10.1177/14634996231193810

Stefanie Bognitz

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Political violence, pedagogy, and the politics of world-making: Reflections on Mahmood Mamdani's Neither Settler nor Native 政治暴力、教育学和世界建构的政治:对马哈茂德·马姆达尼《既非定居者也非原住民》的反思

2区社会学

Anthropological Theory Pub Date : 2023-09-20 DOI: 10.1177/14634996231194206

Jaskiran Dhillon

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