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Onomastics and the Reconstruction of the Past: Rethinking Totemism in Semitic Traditions [PDF]

open access: yesВопросы ономастики, 2019
This paper addresses the theory that ancient Semitic proper names derived from animal names may testify to the culture of totemism. This theory, elaborated first in the works of William Robertson Smith in the late 19th century, has recently re-emerged in
Hekmat Dirbas
doaj   +1 more source

Alawi syncretism : beliefs and traditions in the shrine of Hüseyin Gazi [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Religious Anthropology studies the origins, evolution and functions of religions. The discipline researching religious beliefs and rituals comparatively with cross-cultural perspectives tries to enlighten the belief world of the mankind.
Türk, Hüseyin
core  

Cheia de axé (full of axé): Spirituality, resistance, and repair in Pernambuco's Afro‐Brazilian traditional communities

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how Afro‐Brazilian communities in Pernambuco respond to state‐led industrial development through culturally rooted practices of resistance and repair. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research in the coastal municipalities of Cabo de Santo Agostinho and Ipojuca, this study traces the effects of Brazil's large‐scale ...
Shelly Annette Biesel
wiley   +1 more source

Rituals as Dance and Dance as Rituals. The Drama of Kok Nji and Other Festivals in the Religious Experience of the Ngas, Mupun and Mwaghavul in Nigeria

open access: yesScripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1996
Chadic-speakers perform annual festivals of the ancestors, kok nji; cropping kop; harvesting, dyip and hunting kwat, which are usually accompanied by dancing, singing and other numerous rites and rituals.
Umar Danfulani
doaj   +1 more source

Social Contradiction and Symbolic Resolution: Practical and Idealized Affines in Taiwan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This is a publisher's version of an article published in the journal Ethnology in 1984. The offprint is posted here in accordance with existing publisher policy, or by special permission via correspondence ...
Weller, Robert
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Queer configurations: The female divine, regional identity, and Queer‐religious belonging in South India

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
wiley   +1 more source

Anthropologist, heal thyself: Toward an anthropology of healing through relational interbeing

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract I call for an anthropology that confronts its own woundedness. Anthropologists often bear witness to suffering but rarely examine how our own grief, trauma, and institutional distress shape the affective tone of our work. Drawing on fieldwork with Runa (Quechua) women affected by forced sterilization in Peru and guided by my collaborator and ...
Lucía Isabel Stavig
wiley   +1 more source

PEMUJAAN LELUHUR DI KEPULAUAN MALUKU TENGGARA: JEJAK BUDAYA MATERI DAN PERANNYA BAGI STUDI ARKEOLOGI KAWASAN

open access: yesPatanjala: Jurnal Penelitian Sejarah dan Budaya, 2012
Abstrak Pemujaan leluhur adalah salah satu aspek penting dalam konstruksi sosial masyarakat masa lalu di Kepulauan Maluku Tenggara. Model kepercayaan tradisional ini berlangsung setidaknya hingga pergantian abad ke-20 menyusul introduksi agama modern di
Marlon NR Ririmasse
doaj   +1 more source

The Tradition of Ancestor Worship in Vietnamese Families from the Beginning to the Present Day and Some Current Problems

open access: yesInternational Journal of Research in Sociology and Anthropology, 2019
The tradition of ancestor worship is one of elements that create culture of families, clans and the entire nation in general, so it involves many issues.
Tran Van Huan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Conspiracy Beliefs, Institutional Mistrust, and Health‐Related Behaviours During the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Burkina Faso: A Mediation Analysis

open access: yesThe International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background No study has yet examined the conjoint role of institutional trust and COVID‐19 conspiracy beliefs on compliance with COVID‐19 preventive behaviours among populations of African countries. This study aims to deepen the understanding of the relationship between institutional mistrust, conspiracy beliefs, and health‐related behaviours
Gabin F. Morillon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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