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On animal rationality
On animal rationality
Art therapy, as a means of self-expression and healing, is used in a variety of clinical and rehabilitation settings. Here, it is tested with a population judged to be involved in terrorism-related activities. This paper presents an... more
El texto presenta una introduccion a los debates sobre los museos etnologicos en la ultima decada, mostrando la evolucion de los modelos aparecidos en la nueva museologia en la actualidad. Analiza la evolucion de los museos al aire libre,... more
To cite: Wilkins, A. 2017. Rescaling the local: Multi-academy trusts, private monopoly and statecraft in England. Journal of Educational Administration and History, 49 (2), 171-185 For the past six years successive UK governments in... more
This essay is an overview of the potential for peace in Nigeria between the Boko Haram insurgency and the state of Nigeria. Various strategies are suggested.
We can chart how similar characteristics are inscribed, marked and stuck on other bodies too: femininity; hypersexuality; criminality, for example, whilst others do not. But before we explore this condensing, sticking and fixing process... more
Social scientists commonly know that time is a social construct and a tool for governing by those holding power. Yet, how exactly is time used for governing? This article examines how timescape (embodiment of approaches to time) works in... more
In the field of identity politics and cultural identity, the representation of differences plays a crucial role. The extent of the differences a society has determines the social outcomes in divergent ways. Surely, there are other... more
This article examines how 'safety case' experts working on Finland’s nuclear waste repository project at Olkiluoto summoned, conjured, or channeled memories of Seppo—a deceased colleague whose ‘specter,’ as some put it, still ‘haunts’... more
Infrastructural practices, made by the manipulations of pumps, pipes and hydraulic expertise, play a critical role in managing urban populations. Drawing on two years of ethnographic research in Mumbai, in this article I show how Muslim... more
Patient Citizens, Immigrant Mothers:
Mexican Women, Public Prenatal Care,
and the Birth-Weight Paradox. Alyshia
Gálvez, New Brunswick: Rutgers University
Press, 2011. 211 pp.
Nicole S. Berry
Simon Fraser University
Mexican Women, Public Prenatal Care,
and the Birth-Weight Paradox. Alyshia
Gálvez, New Brunswick: Rutgers University
Press, 2011. 211 pp.
Nicole S. Berry
Simon Fraser University
Ochocientas casitas unifamiliares de planta baja en la orilla del río Besós, cada una de un color diferente, comprimidas entre una zona industrial semiabandonada y la nueva Barcelona del AVE y del Fòrum. En este lugar de márgen,... more
Questo libro si inserisce nella lunga tradizione dei Festschrift: un omaggio festoso di studi e di riflessioni offerti, in occasione del settantesimo compleanno, a Piercarlo Grimaldi. Il volume è soprattutto un liber amicorum, la... more
Dowsing is a customary means of finding hidden things – especially water and minerals – and is found across northern Europe and the Americas. It recently became the subject of some controversy after a scientist revealed that 10 out of the... more
Indice della Sezione 01
- Il cervello, il sistema nervoso centrale e le funzioni sensoriali
- I sistemi percettivi
- La visione del designer e le ipotesi di pertinenza
- Le emozioni e la felicità
- Il cervello, il sistema nervoso centrale e le funzioni sensoriali
- I sistemi percettivi
- La visione del designer e le ipotesi di pertinenza
- Le emozioni e la felicità
Course: Contested Natures: The politics of knowing, living, developing and conserving nature “We have to remember that what we observe is not nature herself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.” Werner Heisenberg We... more
Ultimately climate change is the product of consumption; greenhouse gases are produced by making things and energy, moving things, and carrying people around. Simply put, more people are using more energy and creating and using more... more
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The local festival dedicated to the Anniversary of the Vision of Agia (Saint) or Osia (venerable, blessed, saint) Pelagia is celebrated on the Greek island of Tinos and is dedicated to one of the most recent Orthodox saints, Agia Pelagia,... more
The book is devoted to the analysis of ethno-linguistic and socio-cultural foundations of the identity of Dagestanis. The author discribres particularities of ethno-linguistic situation in the Mountainous and Lowland districts of... more
Whoredom in the Wild West has created a plethora of pseudo-historical “memorabilia”, artifacts that have become part of popular culture. Brothel tokens are part and parcel of the “Wild West” image portrayed by the media and western... more
Authenticity occupies a central position in sociology and those social science fields, which deal with subcultures and racial identity. When considered alongside music and culture, aspects of legitimacy and imagery emerge and are debated.
introduction de l'ouvrage publié chez Classiques Garnier en 2010
Mexican cuisine has emerged as a paradox of globalization. Food enthusiasts throughout the world celebrate the humble taco at the same time that Mexicans are eating fewer tortillas and more processed food. Today Mexico is experiencing an... more
Robert K Hitchcock Curriculum Vitae
From the mid sixteenth to the mid seventeenth centuries small wooden plates, or trenchers, were used to serve special sweetmeats and sugared fruits to guests at the ‘banquet’ course held at the conclusion of meals in prosperous English... more
Mediante las voces y experiencias de campesinos quechuas de las comunidades de Ocros y Huancapi (Ayacucho), Los silencios de la guerra. Memoria y conflicto armado, hurga en los rastros de los años de violencia que enlutaron al Perú a... more
Human culture and language are deeply intertwined. Anthropologists would have difficulty understanding a culture without becoming familiar with its language and vice versa. In fact, neither one can exist without the other. Like culture,... more
Musical Culture and Art of the Arctic Peoples is collection of scientific papers by Yu. Sheikin, O. Dobzhanskaya, Z. Ivanova-Unarova, S. Ode, T. Ignatieva, V. Dyakonova, L. Kardashevskaya. It consists 21 articles which are devoted to... more
This research paper is an examination of diverse literature on gentrification, community revitalization and displacement. With the intent of understanding the impact, gentrification has on the displacement of long - term residents. The... more
In order to better cope with the pressures and stresses of the current day, modern psychology is anxiously seeking to find new therapies to address the increasing disorders within the human psyche. In the process new fields of research,... more
Lecture published in Religion and Family in East Asia edited by George Devos and Takeo Sofue. Senri Ethnological Studies 11. National Museum of Ethnology: Osaka, 1984
This paper examines a variety of cyborg figures in science fiction and art, and investigates how these posthuman subject’s perceptual capacities are altered through their “cyborging,” how this might lead to greater intersubjective... more