Shawnee Harkness, PhD
@harkn.bsky.social
Social Anthropologist, Ethnographic Researcher & Creative Dabbler
Managing Editor: Drugs, Habits and Social Policy
Senior Team Member: Research Action Group with The Loop
Managing Editor: Drugs, Habits and Social Policy
Senior Team Member: Research Action Group with The Loop
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🔔 #EarlyCite
“I think they don’t realise being a parent is already difficult”: using Photovoice to understand the postpartum experience of women engaged with drug treatment during pregnancy’ by Emma Smith, @pradcliffe.bsky.social & Anuoluwapo Fasanya
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“I think they don’t realise being a parent is already difficult”: using Photovoice to understand the postpartum experience of women engaged with drug treatment during pregnancy’ by Emma Smith, @pradcliffe.bsky.social & Anuoluwapo Fasanya
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June 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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“I think they don’t realise being a parent is already difficult”: using Photovoice to understand the postpartum experience of women engaged with drug treatment during pregnancy’ by Emma Smith, @pradcliffe.bsky.social & Anuoluwapo Fasanya
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“I think they don’t realise being a parent is already difficult”: using Photovoice to understand the postpartum experience of women engaged with drug treatment during pregnancy’ by Emma Smith, @pradcliffe.bsky.social & Anuoluwapo Fasanya
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📣 DHSP is looking for a new Managing Editor!
Application: cover letter (500 words) & CV.
We look forward to welcoming you to our team 🐝
🔗 Details: www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/dhs/...
Application: cover letter (500 words) & CV.
We look forward to welcoming you to our team 🐝
🔗 Details: www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/dhs/...
Call for applications - Managing Editor
Call for applications for a managing editorDrugs, Habits and Social Policy (DHSP) journal is looking to appoint a new managing editor. DHSP is among the key publications in the field of drug policy an...
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April 28, 2025 at 6:46 AM
📣 DHSP is looking for a new Managing Editor!
Application: cover letter (500 words) & CV.
We look forward to welcoming you to our team 🐝
🔗 Details: www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/dhs/...
Application: cover letter (500 words) & CV.
We look forward to welcoming you to our team 🐝
🔗 Details: www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/dhs/...
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🔔 #EarlyCite
‘It is the way you treat yourself, but also the way you allow other people to start treating you as well: perceptions of overdose risk among women who inject drug’ by @piatkowskitim.bsky.social et al.
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‘It is the way you treat yourself, but also the way you allow other people to start treating you as well: perceptions of overdose risk among women who inject drug’ by @piatkowskitim.bsky.social et al.
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April 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🔔 #EarlyCite
‘It is the way you treat yourself, but also the way you allow other people to start treating you as well: perceptions of overdose risk among women who inject drug’ by @piatkowskitim.bsky.social et al.
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‘It is the way you treat yourself, but also the way you allow other people to start treating you as well: perceptions of overdose risk among women who inject drug’ by @piatkowskitim.bsky.social et al.
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🔔 #EarlyCite
‘Pharmacology 101: why the effects of coca are different to cocaine’ by Anthony Henman
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‘Pharmacology 101: why the effects of coca are different to cocaine’ by Anthony Henman
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April 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🔔 #EarlyCite
‘Pharmacology 101: why the effects of coca are different to cocaine’ by Anthony Henman
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‘Pharmacology 101: why the effects of coca are different to cocaine’ by Anthony Henman
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🔔 #EarlyCite
‘Does risky behaviour matter for self-reported health status? Evidence from Ghana’s adult population’ by Samuel Sekyi, Emmanuel Kofi Owusu, and Jacob Nunoo
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‘Does risky behaviour matter for self-reported health status? Evidence from Ghana’s adult population’ by Samuel Sekyi, Emmanuel Kofi Owusu, and Jacob Nunoo
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March 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
🔔 #EarlyCite
‘Does risky behaviour matter for self-reported health status? Evidence from Ghana’s adult population’ by Samuel Sekyi, Emmanuel Kofi Owusu, and Jacob Nunoo
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‘Does risky behaviour matter for self-reported health status? Evidence from Ghana’s adult population’ by Samuel Sekyi, Emmanuel Kofi Owusu, and Jacob Nunoo
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Thank you to all of our partners who continue to work with us, and importantly, to the users of our service who give us their trust and assist us in developing our services further.
January 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Thank you to all of our partners who continue to work with us, and importantly, to the users of our service who give us their trust and assist us in developing our services further.
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🔔 #EarlyCite
‘Learning from HIV and drug policy failures: reflections from clinical practice and research in Edinburgh’ by Roy Robertson and Gerard McCartney
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‘Learning from HIV and drug policy failures: reflections from clinical practice and research in Edinburgh’ by Roy Robertson and Gerard McCartney
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January 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🔔 #EarlyCite
‘Learning from HIV and drug policy failures: reflections from clinical practice and research in Edinburgh’ by Roy Robertson and Gerard McCartney
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‘Learning from HIV and drug policy failures: reflections from clinical practice and research in Edinburgh’ by Roy Robertson and Gerard McCartney
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Planning on using drugs? Read up on key harm reduction information here!
❄️Look out for mates
❄️Research what you're taking
❄️Be aware of interactions & avoid mixing
❄️Go slow stay low
❄️Avoid sharing equipment
❄️Pace yourself on your own terms
❄️Know the signs of emergency
❄️Test your drugs
❄️Look out for mates
❄️Research what you're taking
❄️Be aware of interactions & avoid mixing
❄️Go slow stay low
❄️Avoid sharing equipment
❄️Pace yourself on your own terms
❄️Know the signs of emergency
❄️Test your drugs
December 27, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Planning on using drugs? Read up on key harm reduction information here!
❄️Look out for mates
❄️Research what you're taking
❄️Be aware of interactions & avoid mixing
❄️Go slow stay low
❄️Avoid sharing equipment
❄️Pace yourself on your own terms
❄️Know the signs of emergency
❄️Test your drugs
❄️Look out for mates
❄️Research what you're taking
❄️Be aware of interactions & avoid mixing
❄️Go slow stay low
❄️Avoid sharing equipment
❄️Pace yourself on your own terms
❄️Know the signs of emergency
❄️Test your drugs
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🔔 #EarlyCite 🔔
‘Liberalisation of alcohol policy in Lithuania and the role of public health coalitions: change in policy beliefs and strategy’ by Remigijus Civinskas & @dvorak001.bsky.social
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‘Liberalisation of alcohol policy in Lithuania and the role of public health coalitions: change in policy beliefs and strategy’ by Remigijus Civinskas & @dvorak001.bsky.social
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December 12, 2024 at 11:13 AM
🔔 #EarlyCite 🔔
‘Liberalisation of alcohol policy in Lithuania and the role of public health coalitions: change in policy beliefs and strategy’ by Remigijus Civinskas & @dvorak001.bsky.social
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‘Liberalisation of alcohol policy in Lithuania and the role of public health coalitions: change in policy beliefs and strategy’ by Remigijus Civinskas & @dvorak001.bsky.social
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It’s not to late to register! Happening next Wednesday.
Don't miss our next DADR Editor's picks webinar this December! Hear from some amazing researchers as they discuss the EB's favorite publications from this year so far.
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December 11, 2024 at 3:39 PM
It’s not to late to register! Happening next Wednesday.
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"An assault on harm reduction in the province that will cost untold lives."
10 sites to be shut down under new legislation averted over 1,500 overdoses in 2022/3. Vital associated services, like drug checking, will also be lost.
Matthew Bonn reports:
10 sites to be shut down under new legislation averted over 1,500 overdoses in 2022/3. Vital associated services, like drug checking, will also be lost.
Matthew Bonn reports:
Ontario’s Unconscionable Supervised Consumption Sites Shutdown
On December 2, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada, passed a law that will shut down 10 supervised drug consumption ...
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December 9, 2024 at 3:05 PM
"An assault on harm reduction in the province that will cost untold lives."
10 sites to be shut down under new legislation averted over 1,500 overdoses in 2022/3. Vital associated services, like drug checking, will also be lost.
Matthew Bonn reports:
10 sites to be shut down under new legislation averted over 1,500 overdoses in 2022/3. Vital associated services, like drug checking, will also be lost.
Matthew Bonn reports:
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New study tests the use of narratives describing lived experience with SUDs to boost policymakers’ engagement with #SUD research sent via email. Results showed engagement generally increased when the sender was describing their own experience with SUD. #PsychSciSky #DrugSky https://buff.ly/3Zn0K79
December 10, 2024 at 3:34 PM
New study tests the use of narratives describing lived experience with SUDs to boost policymakers’ engagement with #SUD research sent via email. Results showed engagement generally increased when the sender was describing their own experience with SUD. #PsychSciSky #DrugSky https://buff.ly/3Zn0K79
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🔔 Inside #NewIssue 25(3/4):
‘Psychographic segmentation of alcohol quitters in behaviour change maintenance mode: utilisation of the activity interest opinion (AIO) framework’ by Leeford Edam Kojo Ameyibor & Yvonne Kabeya Saini
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‘Psychographic segmentation of alcohol quitters in behaviour change maintenance mode: utilisation of the activity interest opinion (AIO) framework’ by Leeford Edam Kojo Ameyibor & Yvonne Kabeya Saini
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December 10, 2024 at 3:15 PM
🔔 Inside #NewIssue 25(3/4):
‘Psychographic segmentation of alcohol quitters in behaviour change maintenance mode: utilisation of the activity interest opinion (AIO) framework’ by Leeford Edam Kojo Ameyibor & Yvonne Kabeya Saini
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‘Psychographic segmentation of alcohol quitters in behaviour change maintenance mode: utilisation of the activity interest opinion (AIO) framework’ by Leeford Edam Kojo Ameyibor & Yvonne Kabeya Saini
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🔔 Inside #NewIssue 25(3/4):
‘Rethinking drug laws: theory, history, politics’ @tobyseddon.bsky.social, 2023) #BookReview by Caroline Chatwin
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‘Rethinking drug laws: theory, history, politics’ @tobyseddon.bsky.social, 2023) #BookReview by Caroline Chatwin
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December 10, 2024 at 4:02 PM
🔔 Inside #NewIssue 25(3/4):
‘Rethinking drug laws: theory, history, politics’ @tobyseddon.bsky.social, 2023) #BookReview by Caroline Chatwin
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‘Rethinking drug laws: theory, history, politics’ @tobyseddon.bsky.social, 2023) #BookReview by Caroline Chatwin
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🔔 Inside #SpecialIssue 25(2): A future with coca
‘Towards the fair regulation of all coca leaf derivatives in Colombia’ by @zarasnapp.bsky.social and Julián Quintero
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‘Towards the fair regulation of all coca leaf derivatives in Colombia’ by @zarasnapp.bsky.social and Julián Quintero
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December 10, 2024 at 4:11 PM
🔔 Inside #SpecialIssue 25(2): A future with coca
‘Towards the fair regulation of all coca leaf derivatives in Colombia’ by @zarasnapp.bsky.social and Julián Quintero
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‘Towards the fair regulation of all coca leaf derivatives in Colombia’ by @zarasnapp.bsky.social and Julián Quintero
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🔔 Inside #NewIssue 25(3/4):
‘Evaluation of an integrated mental health and substance use video-based prevention program for Filipino youth’ by Ma Regina M. Hechanova & colleagues
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‘Evaluation of an integrated mental health and substance use video-based prevention program for Filipino youth’ by Ma Regina M. Hechanova & colleagues
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December 9, 2024 at 11:56 AM
🔔 Inside #NewIssue 25(3/4):
‘Evaluation of an integrated mental health and substance use video-based prevention program for Filipino youth’ by Ma Regina M. Hechanova & colleagues
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‘Evaluation of an integrated mental health and substance use video-based prevention program for Filipino youth’ by Ma Regina M. Hechanova & colleagues
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🔔 Inside #NewIssue 25(3/4):
‘“California on the Vistula River?” Cannabis users’ engagement with licit and illicit cannabis markets in Poland’ by Greg Los
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‘“California on the Vistula River?” Cannabis users’ engagement with licit and illicit cannabis markets in Poland’ by Greg Los
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December 9, 2024 at 2:32 PM
🔔 Inside #NewIssue 25(3/4):
‘“California on the Vistula River?” Cannabis users’ engagement with licit and illicit cannabis markets in Poland’ by Greg Los
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‘“California on the Vistula River?” Cannabis users’ engagement with licit and illicit cannabis markets in Poland’ by Greg Los
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A touching + balanced piece on #GHB
"It’s not G which causes people to be sexually assaulted, robbed or spiked - it’s people."
The lack of info on safe dosing + mixing and less regulated safe spaces may lead to harm.
Harm reduction info is LIFE SAVING.
www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/gh...
"It’s not G which causes people to be sexually assaulted, robbed or spiked - it’s people."
The lack of info on safe dosing + mixing and less regulated safe spaces may lead to harm.
Harm reduction info is LIFE SAVING.
www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/gh...
GHB: This is what the sex and party drug is doing to London's LGBTQ community
A lack of awareness and education paired with outdated nightlife practices is resulting in a growing number of LGBTQ people dying from accidental GHB overdoses. Jordan Page investigates how lives can ...
www.standard.co.uk
December 9, 2024 at 11:05 AM
A touching + balanced piece on #GHB
"It’s not G which causes people to be sexually assaulted, robbed or spiked - it’s people."
The lack of info on safe dosing + mixing and less regulated safe spaces may lead to harm.
Harm reduction info is LIFE SAVING.
www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/gh...
"It’s not G which causes people to be sexually assaulted, robbed or spiked - it’s people."
The lack of info on safe dosing + mixing and less regulated safe spaces may lead to harm.
Harm reduction info is LIFE SAVING.
www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/gh...
Reposted by Shawnee Harkness, PhD
Two of the UK's biggest clubs start the 1st UK Home Office-licensed onsite harm reduction drug testing service | Drumsheds in London and The Warehouse Project in Manchester start regular year-round onsite testing for safety | Delivered by The Loop | BBC News
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Drumsheds and Warehouse Project bring in drug testing
The venues, in Manchester and London, invite charity The Loop to test drugs behind the scenes.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Two of the UK's biggest clubs start the 1st UK Home Office-licensed onsite harm reduction drug testing service | Drumsheds in London and The Warehouse Project in Manchester start regular year-round onsite testing for safety | Delivered by The Loop | BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🔔 Inside our #NewIssue 25(3/4):
‘The psychedelic mind: Current user perceptions of psychedelic drugs and their use’ by Sarah McGruddy & colleagues
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‘The psychedelic mind: Current user perceptions of psychedelic drugs and their use’ by Sarah McGruddy & colleagues
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December 9, 2024 at 11:20 AM
🔔 Inside our #NewIssue 25(3/4):
‘The psychedelic mind: Current user perceptions of psychedelic drugs and their use’ by Sarah McGruddy & colleagues
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‘The psychedelic mind: Current user perceptions of psychedelic drugs and their use’ by Sarah McGruddy & colleagues
ACCESS HERE ➡️ www.emerald.com/insight/cont...
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As editors of @dhspolicy.bsky.social we take a slow approach to editorials & usually publish only one a year.
This year we collaborated with @melissamialon.bsky.social to draw attention to AOD industry lobbying through #AI & algorithmic moderation.
👀 Take a look www.emerald.com/insight/cont...
This year we collaborated with @melissamialon.bsky.social to draw attention to AOD industry lobbying through #AI & algorithmic moderation.
👀 Take a look www.emerald.com/insight/cont...
November 23, 2024 at 11:09 AM
As editors of @dhspolicy.bsky.social we take a slow approach to editorials & usually publish only one a year.
This year we collaborated with @melissamialon.bsky.social to draw attention to AOD industry lobbying through #AI & algorithmic moderation.
👀 Take a look www.emerald.com/insight/cont...
This year we collaborated with @melissamialon.bsky.social to draw attention to AOD industry lobbying through #AI & algorithmic moderation.
👀 Take a look www.emerald.com/insight/cont...
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🚨 New #SpecialIssue 25(2): ‘A future with coca: embedding indigenous Andean knowledge on the medical, spiritual and recreational opportunities of the coca leaf in contemporary regulatory space’.
Guest Editorial by Janneke Nijmeijer and colleagues.
Access here ➡️ www.emerald.com/insight/cont...
Guest Editorial by Janneke Nijmeijer and colleagues.
Access here ➡️ www.emerald.com/insight/cont...
November 28, 2024 at 11:55 AM
🚨 New #SpecialIssue 25(2): ‘A future with coca: embedding indigenous Andean knowledge on the medical, spiritual and recreational opportunities of the coca leaf in contemporary regulatory space’.
Guest Editorial by Janneke Nijmeijer and colleagues.
Access here ➡️ www.emerald.com/insight/cont...
Guest Editorial by Janneke Nijmeijer and colleagues.
Access here ➡️ www.emerald.com/insight/cont...
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Drugs, Habits and Social Policy: Vol. 25 Iss. 3/4 | Emerald Insight
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December 3, 2024 at 11:51 PM
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🔔 Inside our #SpecialIssue 25(2): A future with coca 🔔
‘“Coca says that the hill fell out of jealousy”: testimonies about a threatened practice and episteme in Ancash, Peru’ by Carlo Brescia Seminario
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‘“Coca says that the hill fell out of jealousy”: testimonies about a threatened practice and episteme in Ancash, Peru’ by Carlo Brescia Seminario
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“Coca says that the hill fell out of jealousy”: testimonies about a threatened practice and episteme in Ancash, Peru
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December 4, 2024 at 12:20 PM
🔔 Inside our #SpecialIssue 25(2): A future with coca 🔔
‘“Coca says that the hill fell out of jealousy”: testimonies about a threatened practice and episteme in Ancash, Peru’ by Carlo Brescia Seminario
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‘“Coca says that the hill fell out of jealousy”: testimonies about a threatened practice and episteme in Ancash, Peru’ by Carlo Brescia Seminario
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