Unidos pelo rio, separados pela ponte: desigualdades entrelaçadas na fronteira franco-brasileira by Fabio Santos

“…Based on six months of ethnographic fieldwork as well as document and discourse analysis, the article reinforces the argument that the issue of visa non-reciprocity has not only been key to the delay of the bridge: in the aftermath of the inauguration, it actually turned the bridge into a one-way street which perpetuates inequalities on the basis of citizenship and in connection with other axes of stratification. …”
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L’Estremo Oriente di Djemil Anik. Influssi e interpolazioni delle danze giavanesi nell’attività artistica e pedagogica by Fiorella Cardinale Ciccotti

“…Starting from the historical-critical analysis of the first solos, the paper depicts the strategies she implemented to address the cultural mutations linked to the sharpening of contemporary ethnographic consciousness, which include trips to Java for field research and a theoretical and pedagogical approach that aims at hybrid education.…”
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‘Everything is Plastic’:The Faith of Unity Movement and theMaking of a Post-Catholic Religion in Uganda by Asonzeh Ukah

“…Chidester uses an approach of multi-sensorial imagination of matter to investigate the plasticity and elasticity of religion to innovate and accommodate changing religious and spiritual desires and how such adaptions ensure the popularity of religious participation in a contemporary, technology-saturated society. Based on an ethnographic investigation of a new religiousmovement in Uganda, this essay mobilizes some of the analytical concepts developed by Chidester to think through the material dynamics of African religious life in the context of changing socio-economic, cultural,and political contexts of Africa. …”
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Political Practices of the Popular Sectors in Río de Janeiro: Urbanization of the Favela Santa Marta by Maximiliano Duarte Acquistapace

“…This article analyzes the political practices of the residents of the favelas of Río de Janeiro through ethnographic fieldwork conducted between 2010 and 2015 in the favela of Santa Marta. …”
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RE-ORG: A methodology for reorganizing museum storage developed by ICCROM and UNESCO by Simon Lambert

“…A case study is offered to show a practical application of the methodology on the Janapada Sampada ethnographic collection of IGNCA (Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts), New Delhi, India.…”
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Marie-Galante (Guadeloupe) à l’épreuve des sargasses : approches anthropologique et géographique d’un risque vécu by Florence Ménez, Colette Ranély Vergé-Dépré, Dimitri Béchacq

“…This article is based on ethnographic materials produced during the multidisciplinary, citizen and artistic project SaRiMed on the dynamics of lifestyles and the consequences on the health of the inhabitants of the French West Indies.…”
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Coopération versus coordination : le travail collectif école-collège en tension by Chloé Lecomte

“…Collective working arrangements are expected to foster peer self-regulation of the educational practices and organizations that are "the most effective" in student achievement. From a ethnographic survey in two priority education network, the paper deals with the situated effects of collective working required on the development of the cooperation and the interprofessional agreement-building between elementary school and middle school teachers.…”
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The Socio-political Dynamics of the Citizen’s Revolution. Political Work as the ‘Art of Serving’ that Separates and Unites State and Society by José Antonio Villarreal Velásquez

“…This article analyses the relations between politics and society during the so-called citizen’s revolution in Ecuador. Drawing on ethnographic research focused on political brokerage or the ‘art of serving’, the article analyses the particularities of political work by analysing the linkages and tensions that are constructed between the population of a suburb of the city of Guayaquil, the members of the governing political party of the Citizen’s Revolution, Movimiento Patria Altiva i Soberana (Alianza PAIS) and State functionaries. …”
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Aristocracias chané. « Casas » en el Chaco argentino y boliviano by Isabelle Combès, Diego Villar

“…While the classic views of chané leadership posits powerless leaders and democratic assemblies, ethnographical and ethnohistorical data suggest to the contrary quite powerful and hereditary dynasties. …”
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Labourer la terre, tisser la vie. Éclats d’analogies dans les Andes sud-péruviennes by Ingrid Hall

“…Sparkles of analogies in the South Peruvian Andes. The ethnographic datum analyzed in this paper concerns the cultivation of an irrigated plot in a peasant community of the South Peruvian Andes (Calca, Cusco). …”
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Mobility and Chain Value in a Nahua Town in the Northern Highlands of Puebla, Mexico by Eugenia D'Aubeterre Buznego, Leticia Rivermar Pérez

“…We focus on the various ethnographic sites where flows of value were set off far away from producers, with the objective of making women and young people visible as economic subjects given that their work tends to be obscured by the census categories of “housewives” or “students”…”
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Udmurt <i>Mad’</i> Song: Paradox of a Genre by Irina Nurieva

“…The accumulation and publication of new folklore and ethnographic material requires reconsideration of the general concept and definition. …”
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How and why to study mountains: topics and types of research between limits and opportunities by Laura Bonato

“… Field practice in a neighbouring ethnographic context – both culturally and geographically –, of which the researcher is a part, entails specific difficulties, epistemological and practical problems quite different from those faced by classical anthropology. …”
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Doulas como "amortecedores afetivos" Notas etnográficas sobre uma nova acompanhante de parto by Soraya Fleischer

“…In this article, I intend to present some recent ethnographic notes designed to provoke reflection (and inspire new research) about the doulas. …”
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Fedir Kindratovyč Vovk: una vita per l’antropologia by Tamara Mykhaylyak

“…His numerous travels and long stays in Europe allowed him not only to extend his anthropological and ethnographic studies while refining research methodologies, but also become a crucial reference point for the dissemination of scientific knowledge abroad. …”
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Plaisirs croisés : gukuna-kunyaza. Missions, corps et sexualités dans le Rwanda contemporain by Michela Fusaschi

“…Based on ethnographic research in post-genocide Rwanda, this article analyzes how femininity is embodied through a ritual practice called gukuna, which consists of the elongation of the labia minora through a reciprocal massage between young women. …”
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«¿Cómo hago esto?». Entrevista cruzada sobre el sector Cultura del Estado peruano by Oscar Espinoza Martín, Mariela Meza Ponze, Sébastien Jallade

“…Both have worked within the Qhapaq Ñan Project in this country and have held various positions within the Ministry of Culture, particularly in projects related to heritage. Through an auto-ethnographic exercise and a cross-analysis of the dynamics of actors and dialogue spaces in which they participated, they offer a critical perspective on the functioning modalities of Peru's cultural sector, revealing how institutional logic often imposes itself on the actions of civil servants.…”
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Descent among the Wayú. Concepts and social meanings by Alessandro Mancuso

“…Taking the contemporary rethinking of the descent notion in Lowland South American ethnography as a starting point, the article provides an analysis of matrilineal descent among the Wayú. Using new ethnographical data, special attention is paid to indigenous concepts and to the way matrilineal descent articulates with other principles of social classification. …”
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Resituating the Sketch/ Bitacora in the Production of Knowledge and Anthropological Meaning by Catalina Cortés Severino

“…From these points of departure, the purpose of this article is to illustrate, articulate and share some of my experiences in the “how to” of ethnographic research on everyday life as a narrative and visual practice.…”
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Les Caisses d’épargne face à l’avènement d’un groupe bancaire universel : le changement organisationnel entre ingénierie managériale de la mémoire et attachement au passé... by Julien Tassel

“…This approach, as operational as it may be, ignores the relationship to memory and the past generally, which is fundamental in order to understand changes.Based on ethnographic field studies carried out from 2003 and 2007 at a major financial institution (Caisse d'Epargne Group), this article purports to shed light on certain memory-based challenges induced by change: difficulties to recognise the company as it evolves, managerial efforts to link the current situation with the past, which has been altered by the changes, conducts of staff members influenced by a willingness to uphold the original mission of the organisation. …”
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