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Chronic Erasure: Eradicating Heritage in Gaza and Ayodhya 慢性抹除：在加沙和阿约提亚消除遗产

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2025-06-04 DOI: 10.1111/aman.28086

Mazen Iwaisi, Jamal Barghouth, Ashish Avikunthak, Brian Boyd

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“See, Your Grandma Has Two Mother Tongues…or Only One?”: Shame, Dialect, and Shifting Mother Tongues in Sicily “你看，你奶奶有两种母语……还是只有一种？”：羞耻、方言和西西里岛母语的变化

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2025-06-04 DOI: 10.1111/aman.28087

Paola Tiné

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Family/Tribal Ethnography: Combining Family/Tribal History and Intimate Ethnography 家庭/部落民族志：结合家庭/部落历史和亲密民族志

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2025-05-26 DOI: 10.1111/aman.28084

Renya K. Ramirez

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Rendering Speculative Pasts: Visualizing Drowned Towns and Submerged Ecologies 渲染投机的过去：可视化淹死的城镇和淹没的生态

IF 1.7 1区社会学

American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2025-05-24 DOI: 10.1111/aman.28085

Morgan P. Vickers

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Introduction: Mother Tongue as Global Politics 前言：作为全球政治的母语

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2025-05-19 DOI: 10.1111/aman.28082

Jessica Sujata Chandras, Joshua Babcock

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“The Statistical View Is Not the Moral View”: Disposable Medical Plastics as Toxic Infrastructure “统计观点不是道德观点”：一次性医用塑料是有毒的基础设施

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2025-05-19 DOI: 10.1111/aman.28083

Gauri Pathak

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Mother Tongue Influence and Global English: Creating “Neutral” Elites in Delhi's Business Processing Outsourcing Industry 母语影响与全球英语：打造德里商务加工外包行业的“中立”精英

IF 1.7 1区社会学

American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2025-05-19 DOI: 10.1111/aman.28078

Kristina Nielsen

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The Polyglot: Plurilingual Wonders, “Mother Tongue” Hegemony, and Totalizing Images in and of Singapore 多语：新加坡的多语奇迹、“母语”霸权与综合形象

IF 1.7 1区社会学

American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2025-05-08 DOI: 10.1111/aman.28079

Joshua Babcock

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Escribir en comunidad: Construcción de relaciones y responsabilidad en la producción de conocimiento 社区写作：在知识生产中建立关系和承担责任

IF 1.7 1区社会学

American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2025-05-08 DOI: 10.1111/aman.28080

Jordi Armani Rivera Prince, Emily M. Blackwood, Madeleine Landrum, Emily B. P. Milton, Elizabeth L. Rodgers, Monica Barnes, Elizabeth Chin, Christa Craven, Kristina Douglass, María José Figuerero Torres, María A. Gutiérrez, Sarah Herr, Lisa Hodgetts, Kirk A. Maasch, Kylie E. Quave, Danilyn Rutherford, Daniel H. Sandweiss

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Agricultural Involution: The Processes of Ecological Change in Indonesia 农业内化：印尼生态变迁的过程

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2025-05-05 DOI: 10.1111/aman.28077

Ayu Fitriani MSc, Prof. Ir. Marthen Robinson Pellokila MP. PhD

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