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Additional file 1 of Child witchcraft confessions as an idiom of distress in Sierra Leone; results of a rapid qualitative inquiry and recommendations for mental health interventions

, 2021
Additional file 1.
Yoder, Hélène N. C., De Jong, Joop T. V. M., Tol, Wietse A., Duncan, Joshua A., Amjata Bayoh, Reis, Ria   +5 more
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Entwined Liberations: North Korean Democratic Women's Union and Third World Internationalism, 1945–1949

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research focuses on how the North Korean Democratic Women's Union (NKDWU), the umbrella women's organisation in North Korea formed soon after Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, forged international leftist women's solidarity during the North Korean state's liminal, revolutionary period (1945–1949).
Taejin Hwang
wiley   +1 more source

No Peace in the House: Witchcraft Accusations as an Old Woman\u27s Problem in Ghana [PDF]

, 2013
In Ghana, older women may be marginalized, abused, and even killed as witches. Media accounts imply this is common practice, mainly through stories of “witches camps” to which the accused may flee.
Crampton, Alexandra
core   +1 more source

Evil, child abuse and the caring professions [PDF]

, 2014
The aim of this paper is to explore the ways in which the concept of evil has been invoked in relation to child abuse. First, the scene is set by juxtaposing professional discourses which have eschewed the concept of evil and public opinion which is ...
Humphrey, Caroline
core   +1 more source

Additional file 2 of Child witchcraft confessions as an idiom of distress in Sierra Leone; results of a rapid qualitative inquiry and recommendations for mental health interventions

, 2021
Additional file 2.
Yoder, Hélène N. C., De Jong, Joop T. V. M., Tol, Wietse A., Duncan, Joshua A., Amjata Bayoh, Reis, Ria   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source

The space‐age hotel

American Ethnologist, EarlyView.
Abstract For years the decrepit Hotel Lunik in Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany, a city founded in 1950 as a model of socialist urbanism, has been widely understood as “a trace of capitalism.” Once a central landmark, Lunik was sold to a real estate speculator in 2006 and left to decay.
Samantha Maurer Fox
wiley   +1 more source

The Unbecoming Ghost: Spectropolitics in the Making and Unmaking of BHU's Bhoot Vidya Ayurveda Certificate Program

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
wiley   +1 more source

Methodological and Ethical Reflections on Researching With Children of Accused Witches in Ghanaian Witches’ Camps

International Journal of Qualitative Methods
Motivated by calls for qualitative researchers to document their field experiences and challenges (especially while researching vulnerable participants), this paper reflects on the methodological and ethical challenges we encountered in a qualitative ...
Abdul-Rahim Mohammed, Baba Iddrisu Musah
doaj   +1 more source

A qualitative assessment of community perceptions and practices towards schistosomiasis prior to introduction of a potential novel treatment option for preschool-age children in Kenya

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases
BackgroundOver 50 million preschool-age children (PSAC) in Africa need treatment for schistosomiasis but are excluded due to lack of a suitable child-friendly medication. The Paediatric Praziquantel Consortium has developed a novel paediatric formulation
Janet Masaku, Janet Masaku, John M. Gachohi, John M. Gachohi, John M. Gachohi, Alice Sinkeet, Mary Maghanga, Florence Wakesho, Wyckliff Omondi, Lisa Sophie Reigl, Isabelle L. Lange, Isabelle L. Lange, Andrea S. Winkler, Andrea S. Winkler, Andrea S. Winkler, Sammy M. Njenga, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

4. A Biblical Scholar’s Response to Issues in 'Christian Pastors and Alleged Child Witches in Kinshasa, DRC'

, 2020
The research project, ‘Christian Pastors and (Alleged) Child Witches in Kinshasa, DRC,’ authored by Robert Priest, Abel Ngolo and Timothy Stabell (2020) is a monumental empirical work about children who have been accused as ‘witches’ and of ‘witchcraft ...
Paul Cookey Ekpo
semanticscholar   +1 more source