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The geopower of kaolin clay: Toward a political geology of archaeological ceramics 高岭土的地缘力量：考古陶瓷的政治地质学

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2024-12-02 DOI: 10.1111/aman.28036

M. Elizabeth Grávalos

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Where language does not live 哪里没有语言

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2024-11-29 DOI: 10.1111/aman.28032

Maura Finkelstein

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Porous becomings: Anthropological engagements with Michel Serres By Andreas Bandak, Daniel M. Knight, Durham: Duke University Press. 2024. 344 pp. 多孔的形成：与米歇尔·塞雷斯的人类学接触安德烈亚斯·班达克，丹尼尔·m·奈特，达勒姆：杜克大学出版社，2024。344页。

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2024-11-29 DOI: 10.1111/aman.28035

Michael Degani

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Slaughterhouse tours in Denmark: Affective nationalism in the making of citizen-consumers and the industrial slaughter of happy pigs 丹麦的屠宰场之旅：公民消费者的情感民族主义和快乐猪的工业屠宰

IF 1.7 1区社会学

American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2024-11-19 DOI: 10.1111/aman.28031

Eimear Mc Loughlin

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Boarding school voices: Carlisle Indian students speak By Arnold Krupat, Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2021. 351 pp. 寄宿学校的声音：卡莱尔印第安学生说话阿诺德·克鲁帕特，林肯，内布拉斯加大学出版社，2021年。351页。

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2024-11-19 DOI: 10.1111/aman.28033

Davina R. Two Bears

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Diagnosis, visibility, and “Illnesses You Have to Fight to Get” 诊断、可见度和“你必须为之奋斗的疾病”

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2024-11-15 DOI: 10.1111/aman.28030

Melina Sherman

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Putting Big Tech in its place: A view of the virtual from Los Angeles 让大型科技公司就位：从洛杉矶看虚拟世界

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2024-11-07 DOI: 10.1111/aman.28029

Lisa Messeri

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“We're tired of this Weber guy!”—Force experts, police reforms, and the violence of standardization “我们厌倦了这个叫韦伯的家伙！——警力专家、警察改革、暴力规范化

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2024-11-04 DOI: 10.1111/aman.28028

Hayal Akarsu

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Toward an anthropology that cares: Lessons from the Academic Carework project 走向关爱人类学：学术关爱工作项目的启示

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2024-10-24 DOI: 10.1111/aman.28027

Nikky Greer PhD, Jill Fleuriet PhD, Rebecca Galemba PhD, Sallie Han PhD

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Parenting and the production of ethnographic knowledge 养育子女与人种学知识的产生

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American Anthropologist Pub Date : 2024-10-21 DOI: 10.1111/aman.28026

Jessica Barnes, Kate McGurn Centellas

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