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Measuring up: an afterword

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Abstract Towards the end of their Introduction, the editors of this special issue suggest that a principal challenge in ethnographic description is ‘how to measure the measures of others’. It is their own measure of persons, say, or of transactions, on which anthropologists frequently draw in adjudicating social phenomena, not least when characterizing
Marilyn Strathern
wiley   +1 more source

Physical and Behavioral Measures that Predict Cats’ Socialization in an Animal Shelter Environment during a Three Day Period

open access: yesAnimals, 2013
Animal welfare organizations typically take in cats with unknown levels of socialization towards humans, ranging from unsocialized cats well-socialized but lost pets.
Margaret Slater   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

“All hope is banished”: Life in Andersonville Prison

open access: yes, 2014
Libby Prison in Richmond became known for its horrible conditions; however, no prison during the war can compare to the cruelty at Andersonville Prison.
Sutter, Megan A.
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Examining the effect of childhood animal cruelty motives on recurrent adult violent crimes toward humans [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Few researchers have studied the predictive ability of childhood animal cruelty motives as they are associated with later recurrent violence toward humans.
Overton, Joshua C.
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No egalitarianism in the Wa hills: relative commensuration in kinship, sacrifice, and war Nul égalitarisme dans les hautes terres Wa : commensuration relative dans la parenté, le sacrifice et la guerre

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The autonomy of the United Wa State Army of Myanmar today is said to be based on the egalitarianism of Wa communities in the past. The analysis of commensuration in kinship, sacrifice, and war challenges these portrayals of autonomy and egalitarianism.
Hans Steinmüller
wiley   +1 more source

Reception of War Trauma in Art: Measures of Permissible Cruelty of Reflection

open access: yesКультура і мистецтво у сучасному світі
The aim of the article is to study the reflection of percepting the war trauma in art in the context of the cruelty problem. Results. Ways of reception of the war topic issue in art are viewed, as well as conflict, struggle and manifestation are ...
Nataliia Borodina
doaj   +1 more source

Large Dog Relinquishment to Two Municipal Facilities in New York City and Washington, D.C.: Identifying Targets for Intervention

open access: yesAnimals, 2014
While the overall trend in euthanasia has been decreasing nationally, large dogs are at a higher risk of euthanasia than other sized dogs in most animal shelters in the United States.
Emily Weiss   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

'Doing What is Right': Researching Intimacy, Work and Family Life in Glasgow, 1945-1960 [PDF]

open access: yes
Understanding discursive shifts over the twentieth century in relation to family roles, paid work and care is essential to any critical review of contemporary family theory and policies. This paper charts aspects of these shifts.
Linda McKie, Sue Innes
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Can childhood animal cruelty be learned?: examining age of onset and recurrency [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Few studies have examined how animal cruelty can be a learned behavior. Using data collected from 257 male inmates at a Southern state medium-security prison, the current study seeks to replicate the Hensley, Tallichet and Dutkiewicz (2012) study.
Browne, John A.
core   +1 more source

War and Peace: Ogawa Takemitsu's Theological Engagement with State and Religion

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
The Manchurian Incident of 1931 marked a pivotal moment in the rise of Japanese fascism. During the period from this incident until the Pacific War's defeat, dissent from the state's control was not tolerated, leading to coercive measures in religious communities. The Christian community, rather than devising theological reasoning to resist the state's
Eun‐Young Park, Do‐Hyung Kim
wiley   +1 more source

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