Postscript on the «Siberian Century»: response to Alexey Sushko by P. A. Eltsov

“…The article contains a reply to the critical comments by Alexey Sushko on the translation of the separate chapter from the book «Long Telegram 2: Neo-Kennanite Approach to Russia» by the American anthropologist, historian and political scientist Peter Eltsov. …”
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Autonomia delle persone in movimento e antropologia compromessa: riflessioni sulle reciproche influenze nella gestione dell’immigrazione in Perù by Irene Palla

“…Its management is a privileged observation field for the analysis of the interactions between new and old local and international actors on narratives, practices, and hierarchies of power. The anthropologist recognizes herself as part of this process. …”
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Le don/contre-don à l’épreuve d’un dispositif tutoral : des conséquences dans le domaine de la pédagogie universitaire ? by Alain Baudrit

“…A tutorial system set up at the Medicine School in Bordeaux University reveals practices similar to the gift/counter-gift trading system observed by the anthropologist Marcel Mauss in many Archaic societies. …”
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Drifting as Consolation in Michael Ondaatje’s Anil’s Ghost by Judith MISRAHI-BARAK

“…Sent by a human rights group to investigate mass burials, Sri Lankan-born and North American-educated Anil Tissera returns to her native island as a forensic anthropologist after 15 years away. Invested as she is in her job, Anil needs time to authorize herself to be affected by what she uncovers. …”
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L’héritage d’Alfred Kiyana et l’énigme des paquets cérémoniels meskwaki by Emmanuel Désveaux

“…At the beginning of the 20th century, Alfred Kiyana entrusted the anthropologist Michelson with the liturgical text related to a so-called sacred bundle. …”
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Enjeux artistiques et stratégies patrimoniales dans le flamenco au temps des années 1960-2000 by Corinne Frayssinet Savy

“…It compares them with the heritage discourse developed by the anthropologist Cristina Cruces Roldán (2001).…”
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«Cold War 2.0» and neo-kennanite approach to Russia: Siberia and Russian Nation by A. V. Sushko

“…The article contains the analytical commentary on Russian translation of the separate chapter from the book «Long Telegram 2: Neo-Kennanite Approach to Russia» by American anthropologist, historian and political scientist Peter Eltsov. …”
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Eltsov P. A. Siberian Century / trans. from Engl. by A. V. Sushko

“…The article presents the translation of a separate chapter from the book of the American anthropologist, historian and political scientist Peter Eltsov, «Long Telegram 2: Neo-Kennanite Approach to Russia», which caused a strong resonance in Russia. …”
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Dal dono al souvenir. Pratiche del dare e avere tra economia del turismo e cultura dell’ospitalità by Lucilla Rami Ceci

“…Here, just a long time, sites of historical and natural interest make up the scene of contacts between locals and visitors. The anthropologist who critically recalls  his role is seen as  internal into business and symbolic practices belonging representative and cultural objects. …”
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More than a binder... Disappeared persons’ mothers and their case files in Mexico by Isaac Vargas

“…Through this perspective, which goes beyond the rational limits imposed by the state, this paper is based on the negative methodology proposed by the anthropologist Yael Navaro. Thus, one of the conclusions shows how through objects the disappeared persons continue to participate in the everyday life of their loved ones, as well as in the claims for justice. …”
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The Historical Sociology of Rural-Urban Development by James Scott: Against Simplifications by A. M. Nikulin

“…This article is a critical analysis of the historical and sociological works of the American political anthropologist J. S. Scott (1936-2024). His works were largely related to the study of the contradictions of social development between the city and the village. …”
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Postcolonialité et archive : le cas du roman de l’après-guerre et l’héritage du conflit armé au Guatemala by Mónica Quijano

“…Its main exponent was the text written by Elisabeth Burgos, Me llamo Rigoberta Menchú, y así me nación la conciencia (1983), where the Venezuelan anthropologist transcribed Menchú's testimony about the injustice suffered by Guatemalan peasant communities during the second half of twentieth century. …”
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L’ixeutique, un exemple de gestion empirique de la biodiversité végétale par la communauté traditionnelle Tsaaya du massif du Chaillu, Congo by Victor Kimpouni, Jean Pierre Makita-Madzou, Ernest Apani, Marcel Motom

“…The traditional societies and especially their knowledge interested more than one anthropologist, in particular those of the first ages. …”
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The Breaking of the Square: Late Victorian Representations of Anglo-Sudanese Warfare by Luisa Villa

“…The analysis elicits reflections on the construction of normative masculinity (with its emphasis on disciplined aggressiveness), on the perception of modern technology (which often made victory over native fighters alarmingly easy and hardly honorable), on the “uses” of violence and on the dynamics of “Imperialist nostalgia” (as the anthropologist Rosaldo dubbed it), i.e. the coloniser’s own regret at the inevitable destruction of native societies brought about by the process of compulsory modernization.…”
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Wood identification in objects of Bambuti people from the Congo in the collection of the Slovene ethnographic museum by Katarina Čufar, Hans Beeckman, Marko Frelih, Luka Krže, Wannes Hubau, Maks Merela

“…The items were collected by the anthropologist Paul Joachim Schebesta, possibly during his expeditions around 1930. …”
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VALUES IN A MODERN FAMILY. BETWEEN DECLARATION AND DEED by Sabina Lucyna Zalewska

“…They can be considered from the philosopher, psychologist, ethnographer, culture anthropologist, sociologist or economist point of view. …”
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Divine Evolution: Empedocles’ Anthropology by A. V. Halapsis

“…Empedocles is an anthropologist-practitioner, who shows by his example that a human can cope with all the elements and reach divinity. …”
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Social norms for population displacements caused by large dams France, 20th century by Armelle Faure

“…The author draws on her experience as an anthropologist for the World Bank to analyse the ways in which these displacements were actually carried out. …”
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Des normes sociales pour les déplacements de population causés par les grands barrages. France, XXe siècle by Armelle Faure

“…The author draws on her experience as an anthropologist for the World Bank to analyse the ways in which these displacements were actually carried out. …”
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Conservation communautaire et changement de statuts du bonobo dans le Territoire de Bolobo by Victor Narat, Flora Pennec, Sabrina Krief, Jean Christophe Bokika Ngawolo, Richard Dumez

“…In the future, a study by a conservation anthropologist would allow to complete this first analysis and permit a better understanding of the places of conflicts and of collaborations as regards this conservation project.…”
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