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Indigenous Metaphysics and Freudian Metapsychology

Critical Hermeneutics
This article resorts to some concepts formulated by the anthropologist Viveiros de Castro on indigenous metaphysics: perspectivism, multinaturalism, animism, cannibal otherness, and the analysis of the xapiri and shamanic work, implied by the Yanomami ...
Fernanda Silveira Corrêa
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‘Unhappy Lovers’? Difficulties of Spiritual Transition and the Case of Environmentalist ‘New Animism’

Religions
In this paper, we reflect on difficulties connected with transitioning from one spiritual tradition to another. We consider Western New Animism, sometimes proposed as a remedy to the exploitative and anthropocentric values typical of Western Modernity ...
Ondřej Beran, Olli Lagerspetz
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Women's wellness in the mountains: An exploration of medicinal plants among tibeto-burman groups in Thailand. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2023
Inta A, Kampuansai J, Kutanan W, Srikummool M, Pongamornkul W, Srisanga P, Panyadee P.   +6 more
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"It kinda has like a mind": Children's and parents' beliefs concerning viral disease transmission for COVID-19 and the common cold. [PDF]

Cognition, 2023
Labotka D, Gelman SA.
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The Soul of the Frog for a Postmodern Age

Zygon
The history of modern science bears abundant witness to the fact that the humble frog has yielded myriad insights into the intricacies of anatomy and physiology far beyond frogs, producing several Nobel laureates in the process.
Gordon Lynn Miller
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New animism research: listening and storytelling with non-human persons

This paper argues makes an original contribution to social science insights by conceptualising how tourism can be produced in concert with non-human persons. In an era of climate change, it is critical that we rebalance the field of relations. Animism is
Lovell, J.
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Handbook of Contemporary Animism

, 2013
An edited collection of articles advancing debate about "animism" - in its various theoretical and ethnographic forms. From Tylor's "primite religion" to the "new animism" and related phenomena such as fetishism and shamanism.

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Tuning into Meaning and Dropping Out of Crisis—Meaning What Exactly? Psychedelics and the Meaning Crisis

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Global heating, brazen breakages of the Geneva convention, and what cognitive scientist and cultural philosopher John Vervaeke refers to as a “meaning crisis” haunt our global village.
Mark Juhan Schunemann
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Designing with Animism

, 2018
As technology becomes increasingly intelligent and pervasive in the physical context of daily life, it is crucial to consider the design of technological artifacts to develop new interaction paradigms that can expand technological capabilities, shape ...
Jiyoung Ko (5468615)
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Death, Reincarnation and Rebirth of BJDs

Religions
Ball-Jointed Doll (BJD) is a category of dolls that are exclusively collected by adult doll collectors. These fully articulated and customizable dolls possess a distinctively significant place in the collector’s life.
Alisha Saikia
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