Crisi ecologica e processi di “identizzazione”. L’esempio delle estrazioni petrolifere in Basilicata by Enzo Vinicio Alliegro

“…The essay, through field research and the use of extensive archival documentation, seeks to analyze the conflicts and the cultural changes products by the presence of oil companies that have produced a capillary redefinition of cultural identity, here called "identizzazione". …”
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I racconti votivi contemporanei: pagine di un continuo liber miraculorum by Vincenzo Spera

“…The article is based on documentations collected in field research conducted in sanctuaries and places of worship in South and Central Italy, since the early Seventies of last century until the first decade of the present one. …”
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The Greek Ethnography. A critical overview by Aris Tsantiropoulos

“…The main argument of this article is that the introduction of postmodernism in Greek Anthropology prevented a dialogue with the pre-existing field research work that had been conducted in Greece by non Greek Ethnographers and Greek Folklorists or Historians. …”
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Les formes de l'action politique dans la révolution tunisienne by Mondher Kilani

“…My answers are sustained by a field research I have developed in a recent publication (Kilani 2014). …”
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Na casa das onças: xamanismo e performance na antropologia de E. Jean Langdon by Laura Pérez Gil, Luciana Hartmann

“…Raised and educated in the United States, Esther Jean Langdon conducted intensive field research among the Siona (Western Tukanoan), in the Colombian Amazon and has worked, for the last four decades, at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, in the south of Brazil. …”
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Eco-anthropologie et primatologie pour la conservation de la biodiversité : un projet collaboratif dans le Parc National de Moukalaba-Doudou, Gabon by Naoki Matsuura, Yuji Takenoshita, Juichi Yamagiwa

“…It is therefore necessary to pay enough attention to both people and animals and to move towards an integrated approach geared at the relation between local societies and the environment.Japanese ecological anthropology and primatology, which developed simultaneously through longterm field research in various regions of Africa, offer a suggestive idea to tackle the issue. …”
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Un paysage hydraulique en mutation by Van Hoan Nguyen

“…They are polluted and some of them have already disappeared. Based on field research and the study of maps, the article describes the changes in the aquatic surfaces during the transformation of the Hanoi area as well as the strategies adopted by the city to address the problem of their disappearance. …”
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Top 10 Raptors of Northern Belize by Elizabeth Scarlett, Venetia Briggs-Gonzalez, Justin Dalaba, Jorge E. Ruano, Frank Mazzotti

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Farming in PFAS-Contaminated Areas: An Ethnographic Exploration within the Veneto Region by Giovanni Lorenzi

“…In order to understand how farmers experienced the contamination and what they think about their experiences, field research and semi-structured interviews were conducted. …”
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The role of silicon in suppressing gray leaf spot development in St. Augustinegrass by M. Brecht, Lawrence Datnoff, Russell Nagata, Thomas Kucharek

“…Augustinegrass (Stenotaphrum secundatum) in Florida, its possible that gray leaf spot, caused by the fungus Magnaporthe grisea (Pyricularia grisea), will be a problem in your lawn or sod field. Research has proven the effectiveness of amendments of silicon (Si) to soils that are deficient in soluble Si (<25 mg/L) for control of diseases on a number of hosts including rice and sugarcane, which are regularly fertilized with Si in south Florida. …”
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The role of silicon in suppressing gray leaf spot development in St. Augustinegrass by M. Brecht, Lawrence Datnoff, Russell Nagata, Thomas Kucharek

“…Augustinegrass (Stenotaphrum secundatum) in Florida, its possible that gray leaf spot, caused by the fungus Magnaporthe grisea (Pyricularia grisea), will be a problem in your lawn or sod field. Research has proven the effectiveness of amendments of silicon (Si) to soils that are deficient in soluble Si (<25 mg/L) for control of diseases on a number of hosts including rice and sugarcane, which are regularly fertilized with Si in south Florida. …”
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Tabù e sensibilità: le precauzioni rituali nel candomblé by Francesca Bassi

“…In the context of the Candomblé of Bahia, ritual prohibitions, called quizilas, play an important role in the making of the symbolic relationship between the initiate and spiritual entities (orixás). Field research opened to the hypothesis that, in addition to the prohibitions associated with the risks of contamination and those of collective nature, there are individual prohibitions based on the sensitivity of the adept. …”
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Reflections on a century of road transport developments in West Africa and their (gendered) impacts on the rural poor by Gina Porter

“…It draws on diverse evidence, including twentieth century colonial archives, personal ethnographic field research undertaken over a 35- year period, associated quantitative surveys, and relevant secondary literature. …”
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A respeito da identidade e de sujeitos estigmatizados by Sueli Maria Cabral, Neusa Maria Bongiovanni Ribeiro, Geraldine Alves Santos

“…The methodological procedures adopted were: from the point of view of the form of the problem’s approach, a qualitative paradigm was chosen; with regards to their objectives, the research has an explanatory approach, and as a technical procedure, the field research was chosen. In order to analyze the testimonials collected from the Social Representation Theory, the main features of the Collective Subject Approach methodology was used. …”
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Contribution to the knowledge of the butterfly diversity (Hesperoidea & Papilionoidea) of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina by Branislava Dukić

“…The paper presents data from the field research and literature. The total number of registered species for the area of Banja Luka is 93, which is quite well considering the size of the researched area. …”
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Racionalidade(s) dos sojicultores familiares do Sudoeste Paranaense by Angelita Bazotti

“…Having this in mind, the main goal of this paper is to understand the rationality, strategies, and motivations of family farming involved in soybean production, based on a field research with farmers in Capanema, located in the southwest of Paraná. …”
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Contaminazione ambientale ed elaborazione del rischio sanitario: i costi dell’incertezza. Una ricerca antropologica sul “gass-ra-doon” nel quartiere “Tamburi” (Taranto) by Enzo V. Alliegro

“…Based on the comparative use of numerous documentary sources and intense field research conducted in an industrialized town with a very high awareness of health risks, the study tackles the problem of the relationship between health and environment protection public bodies and the reactions of the people who live in the area. …”
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Conflitos envolvendo indígenas e agricultores no Rio Grande do Sul: dilemas de políticas públicas contraditórias by Henrique Aniceto Kujawa

“…The article is the result of bibliographical, documentary and field research conducted in the north of Rio Grande do Sul and is part of a broader project for a doctoral dissertation.…”
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Meio ambiente e pobreza entre populações não tradicionais by Marcelo Alario Ennes

“…The study was conducted through a combination of techniques to obtain quantitative and qualitative data, which included a literature review and field research. It indicates that, due to their lack of political and theoretical visibility, the non- traditional population groups directly involved in the creation of conservation units are having their living conditions further aggravated and are subjected to a new dynamics of social and political subordination.…”
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Paesaggi di coesistenza, ovvero come attorno ad un passeriforme si articola l’abitare in una zona di montagna by Lia Zola

“… Landscapes of coexistence is a term used by a team of zoologists in a 2019 article referring to the degree of tolerance between a population of lions and humans within three African natural parks and meant as «the sustainable cohabitation of people and lions within a shared landscape» [Western et al. 2019, 204). Based on field research carried out in three alpine valleys, Valle Susa, Val Chisone and Val Troncea, my essay tries to broaden the understanding of landscapes of coexistence by arguing that they are complex sites of relationships where humans and non humans alike shape and co-shape them through interactions but also frictions and conflicts that revolve around a small bird, Petronia petronia. …”
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