IF 2.2 2区社会学

Area Pub Date : 2023-06-09 DOI: 10.1111/area.12883

Duncan McDuie-Ra, Jason Campbell

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Free speech or obedient speech? Revisiting liberal speech norms in ‘closed contexts’ 自由言论还是顺从言论?在“封闭环境”中重新审视自由言论规范

IF 2.2 2区社会学

Area Pub Date : 2023-05-22 DOI: 10.1111/area.12874

Natalie Koch

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Blurring boundaries: Researching self-tracking and body size through auto-netnography 模糊界限:通过自动网络成像研究自我跟踪和体型

IF 2.2 2区社会学

Area Pub Date : 2023-05-07 DOI: 10.1111/area.12876

Olivia Fletcher

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Books under threat: Open access publishing and the neo-liberal academy 受到威胁的图书:开放获取出版和新自由主义学术

IF 2.2 2区社会学

Area Pub Date : 2023-05-07 DOI: 10.1111/area.12877

Matthew Gandy

引用次数: 2

A canal, urban sprawl and wetland loss: The case of Kozhikode, India, from colonialism to climate change era 运河、城市扩张和湿地丧失：从殖民主义到气候变化时代的印度科日科德案例

IF 2.2 2区社会学

Area Pub Date : 2023-05-05 DOI: 10.1111/area.12875

Anjana Bhagyanathan, Deepak Dhayanithy

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Working with the spoken word: A candid conference conversation and some original ideas 使用口语：坦诚的会议对话和一些原创想法

IF 2.2 2区社会学

Area Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI: 10.1111/area.12873

Russell Hitchings, Alan Latham

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IF 2.2 2区社会学

Area Pub Date : 2023-05-02 DOI: 10.1111/area.12868

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‘I believe in building people up’: A call for attention to asset-based community development in geographical framings of poverty in the global North “我相信要培养人才”：呼吁关注全球北方贫困地区基于资产的社区发展

IF 2.2 2区社会学

Area Pub Date : 2023-04-27 DOI: 10.1111/area.12871

Stephanie Denning

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The fast and the victorious: Mobility, motorcyclists and political mobilisation in Uganda 快速和胜利：乌干达的机动性、摩托车手和政治动员

IF 2.2 2区社会学

Area Pub Date : 2023-04-26 DOI: 10.1111/area.12872

Carsten Möller, Martin Doevenspeck

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Aged spaces in an era of austerity: Food bank use by older people 紧缩时代的老年空间：老年人使用食品银行

IF 2.2 2区社会学

Area Pub Date : 2023-04-24 DOI: 10.1111/area.12870

Hannah Slocombe

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