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Gender, Work &Organization, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 105-120, January 2026.ABSTRACT The aim of this research was to understand racial influences on the practices of organizing spaces of sociability by Black Brazilian women. We discuss practice‐based studies (PBS) and racial studies, based on Black feminist, emphasizing race as the basis of organizational practices, especially in organizational spaces in which sociability is a
Josiane Silva de Oliveira +1 more
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, 2015 When Dr. Ayres was in Brazil in 2002 on a Fulbright, she learned a lot about the religions in Brazil.
Ayres, Brenda
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Candomblé and the Academic's Tools: Religious Expertise and the Binds of Recognition in Brazil
American Anthropologist, Volume 121, Issue 4, Page 815-829, December 2019., 2019 ABSTRACT Latin American state efforts to recognize ethnically and racially marked populations have focused on knowledge and expertise. This article argues that this form of state recognition does not only call on subaltern groups to present themselves in a frame of expertise.
Elina Inkeri Hartikainen
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A cabana: os sentidos sociais dos objetos religiosos Afro-Brasileiros no extremo norte do Brasil
Antropologia Portuguesa, 2019 O presente artigo está articulado a partir de duas dimensões: a) a comercialização de objetos religiosos afro-brasileiros e b) os sentidos sociais mobilizados pelos sujeitos da pesquisa para qualificar tais objetos e produtos a partir das dimensões ...
Lorran Lima
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The real self: authenticity in the USA [PDF]
, 2007 Unpublished manuscript book chapter related to the book Culture and Authenticity (2007), Oxford: Basil ...
Lindholm, Charles
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Reports of Non‐Physical Beings Assisting in Reiki Sessions
Anthropology of Consciousness, Volume 36, Issue 2, Fall 2025.ABSTRACT The belief in non‐physical beings playing crucial roles in illness and healing is widespread across diverse cultures. Our previous study found reports of alleged non‐physical beings during energy medicine sessions. To evaluate the perceived presence and characteristics of non‐physical beings mentioned during Reiki sessions.
Helané Wahbeh +3 more
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The Use of Medicinal Plants by Migrant People: Adaptation, Maintenance, and Replacement
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 Given the importance of studying the knowledge, beliefs, and practices of migrant communities to understand the dynamics of plant resource use, we reviewed the scientific literature concerning the use of medicinal plants by migrant populations engaged in international or long‐distance migrations.
Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros +7 more
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Objects of “imprisonment”: Diasporic museum collections on ethnographic display
Curator: The Museum Journal, Volume 67, Issue 4, Page 805-820, October 2024.Abstract The article reflects on the place and the narratives in which collections of the Afro‐Brazilian diaspora are inscribed in the context of ethnographic museums in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Presenting a brief sociohistorical analysis of two collections, one in the Civil Police Museum and the other in the Édison Carneiro Folklore Museum, it ...
Bruno Brulon Soares
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A New Look at Teenage Pregnancy in Brazil
International Scholarly Research Notices, Volume 2011, Issue 1, 2011., 2011 This paper brings a synthesis of some of the main results provided by GRAVAD survey (Teenage pregnancy: multicentric study about youth, sexuality and reproduction in Brazil). GRAVAD is a study about sexual and reproductive behavior among Brazilian youth that interviewed 4,634 individuals in a population survey with a random sample.
Maria Luiza Heilborn +2 more
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World languages for Black Linguistic Reparations
Foreign Language Annals, Volume 57, Issue 2, Page 288-310, Summer 2024.Abstract This conceptual work highlights the history of Black erasure throughout the existence of world languages (WLs) as a field of study in the United States. It outlines the unique challenges faced by African descended learners who have and continue to pursue WL study in US classrooms.
Tasha Austin, Uju Anya
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