SOCIAL NETWORK IN MOTHER GODDESS WORSHIP: A CASE STUDY OF MEDIUM DANG THI MAT, HANG PAGODA-QUAN TAM TEMPLE, THANH MY COMMUNE, SON TAY TOWN, HANOI by Thi Minh Thu Nguyen

“…The analysis in the article is based on long-term fieldwork (2015-2018), observations, and in-depth interviews with many individuals to obtain objective and tangible research results.…”
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CHURU-KOHO POTTERY OF LAM DONG PROVINCE IN RELATION TO CHAM POTTERY by Van Mon Truong

“…We use the research methods of ethnology and anthropology, including fieldwork, participant observation, interviews, and comparison, combined with the theories of historical particularism of Franz Boas, cultural ecology of Julian Steward, and cultural acculturation of American anthropologists to analyze and explain the similarities and differences among the types of pottery. …”
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On Inhabiting Monastic Heritage: Monastery “Nieuw Sion” in the Netherlands as Material Burden and Spiritual Opportunity by Wouter Kock, Eric Venbrux, Thomas Quartier

“…Although re-religionization might seem to conflict with the cultural heritage narrative surrounding these monasteries, this article presents Klooster Nieuw Sion—a new Dutch religious initiative—as a case study, indicating that these developments do not only coexist or oppose each other but are also mutually reinforcing. Drawing on our fieldwork, we explore how heritagization can offer new spiritual opportunities for religious actors within these revitalized monastic spaces.…”
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ANALYSE DE LA RÉGÉNÉRATION SPONTANÉE DE LA VÉGÉTATION POST-INCENDIE DANS LA FORET DE DAR CHICHOU (CAP BON, TUNISIE NORD-ORIENTALE) by KHALED ABAZA

“…Based on several observations and fieldwork measurements conducted between September 2011 and September 2014, this study assesses the impact of various disturbances caused by the July 2011 fires biodiversity in a Tunisian context, where the forest, in addition to climatic and ecological conditions that trigger fires, has been experiencing a very strong human pressure. …”
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COPING UP WITH CLIMATE CHANGE: A Case Study of a Banten Muslim Community by Al Chaidar Abdurrahman Puteh, Herdi Sahrasad, Satrio Dwicahyo Rahadi

“…The authors conducted fieldwork in 2024 with the Climate Change Response Farmers (<em>Petani Tanggap Perubahan Iklim</em>), a group of local rice farmers who face various challenges due to the changing weather patterns. …”
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Checklist of freshwater red algae (Rhodophyta) in Bosnia and Herzegovina by Šovran Sanja, Knežević Ana, Mašić Ermin

“…The paper provides an overview of all freshwater red algae species recorded to date in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Based on fieldwork and analysis of all available previously published data, it was determined that a total of 15 taxa from eight genera have been recorded to date: Bangia (1), Audoinella (3), Batrachospermum (2), Peludicola (1), Shaethia (1), Lemanea (4), Paralemanea (2) and Hildenbrandia (1). …”
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The “Daily Digital”: (Re)imagining Technology in Home-Based Women’s Gig Work in Egypt. by Laila Mourad

“…Unlike existing frameworks, it repositions the household as a site of innovation and economic agency, emphasising women’s creative strategies for (re)imagining technology and integrating it into their daily lives and work. Based on fieldwork conducted in Egypt in 2022 and 2023 with 25 home-based online food vendors, I demonstrate how women gig workers use their socially reproductive knowledges and relationalities to transform technology into a versatile tool for navigating and overcoming structural, material and social barriers, while (re)claiming and redefining their agency and mobility. …”
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"He Has Rescued Me from Danger" by Sarah Bishop

“…Most populations in this area have experienced violence and displacement and face ongoing insecurity and political inequality. During my fieldwork in the region, several composers gave accounts of how composing and singing Christian songs provided them with comfort and hope in times of hardship, particularly following episodes of violence. …”
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« L’Indépendance, c’est maintenant ! » Réflexion sur le soulèvement populaire en Algérie by Naoual Belakhdar

“…If President Bouteflika’s resignation on April 2nd did not launch a proper transition democratic process, the most notable transformations are unfolding at the societal level. Drawing on fieldwork gathered through participant observation and formal and informal interviews with ordinary citizens who “became revolutionaries” in March and April 2019 in Algiers, Annaba and Ouargla as well as on the insights of social movement studies, this paper will reflect on the movement’s genealogy as well as on its links to previous mobilizations. …”
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Imagining alternative futures through the lens of food in the Afghan and Tajik Pamir mountains by Frederik J.W. Van Oudenhoven, L. Jamila Haider

“…The perspectives presented are drawn from fieldwork conducted over a period of four years in the Pamirs. …”
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How does Legalization alter Islamists’ Electoral Strategies? A Comparative Study of Mauritania’s Tawassoul Party in the 2006 and 2013 Local Elections by Matt Buehler

“…Drawing on original data collected during fieldwork in Mauritania, and also using Arabic interviews with Tawassoul politicians, this study compares variation in Islamists’ electoral strategies during their period of illegality compared with their period of legality. …”
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« Le réveil de la conscience hakka de Taïwan » by Pei-yi Ko

“…In this article, based on a Taiwanese ethnologist’s point of view on fieldwork conducted for twenty years, we will see how these Hakka people ended up becoming the model of a successful social movement.…”
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Plaider la « bonne gouvernance sécuritaire » au Maroc : Domestiquer les savoirs de réforme en régime de contrainte consensuelle by Irene Lizzola

“…The on-site fieldwork was supplemented by occasional surveys carried out remotely, particularly during the Covid-19 health crisis (from March 2020 to August 2021), which enabled semi-structured interviews to be conducted, written sources to be collected (grey literature produced by the NGOs and their partners) and activities to be monitored (conferences, seminars), broadcast on the associations’ social networks. …”
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Food bags, silent squares: Changes in the actions of state agents and social activists in Buenos Aires by Sofia Silva, María Fernanda Alonso, Stella Maris García

“…In order to document these changes, the text is based on an ethnography, based on observations and interviews, and on the analysis of documents found in state offices and digital platforms. As a result of fieldwork, interdependencies and tensions between redistributive and recognition public policies aimed at migrant and Indigenous organizations have been identified. …”
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Anthropological Interpretation of the Meaning of Ritual Objects in the Contemporary Urban Wedding in Bulgaria by Rozaliya Guigova

“…This paper discusses the changing symbolic potential of items in the Bulgarian contemporary urban wedding. Based on my fieldwork material regarding the wedding cake and other items, I investigate cultural change in modern Bulgarian society not only as a result of the one-way process of transference, adaptation and incorporation of mass produced commodities into Bulgarian culture but also as a process of cultural change and variation. …”
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Relevance as process: judgements in the context of scholarly research by Theresa D. Anderson

“…Relevance assessment and information seeking were observed as part of informants' own ongoing research projects. Fieldwork used methods of discovery that allowed informants to shape the exploration of the practices surrounding the evolving understandings of their topics. …”
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Ciudadanía sexual: género y sexualidad en universidades públicas mexicanas by Adriana Leona Rosales Mendoza, Aymara Flores Soriano

“…This article presents a reflection upon the role of academia in building democracy and the exercise of sexual citizenship arising from the findings of fieldwork into the teaching of sexuality and gender in higher education institutions in Mexico. …”
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To speak about me is to speak about all of us: Memories and emotions among Afro-Argentine activists by Paola Monkevicius

“…The data were obtained from fieldwork conducted since 2011 in the area of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and its surroundings, both in associative and state spaces that were mainly used for commemorative purposes. …”
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International tourism and (linguistic) accommodation: Convergence towards and through English in tourist information interactions by Adam Wilson

“…Based on ethnographic and interactional data taken from a fieldwork project, the aim of this article is to explore the manifestations of accommodation in face-to-face interactions between international tourists and tourism professionals in the Tourist Office of Marseille, France. …”
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