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The Multimodal Constitution of Objects: How Church Viewing is Accomplished

open access: yesVestnik Volgogradskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriâ 2. Âzykoznanie, 2017
Based on a single case analysis, this essay examines the question of what the structure of a church viewing is like. Within a theoretical framework which conceptualizes the church viewing as a cultural practice, "object constitution" is regarded as a ...
Reinhold Schmitt
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Cultural Variation and the Practical Paediatrician [PDF]

open access: yesHealth Education Journal, 1956
The Paper Popular the cultural factors affecting pediatric aspects in a community. Emphasing the important in understanding variation in child rearing practices, the author examines child welfare c...
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Clay Ingestion During Pregnancy Among Black African Women in a North London Borough: Understanding Cultural Meanings, Integrating Indigenous and Biomedical Knowledge Systems

open access: yesFrontiers in Sociology, 2020
Findings from this qualitative audit conducted in a North London Borough among Black African women show that clay ingestion during pregnancy is a cultural phenomenon embedded in indigenous knowledge (IK).
Cathrine Madziva, Martha Judith Chinouya
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Youth and Cultural Practice [PDF]

open access: yesAnnual Review of Anthropology, 2002
▪ Abstract  The study of youth played a central role in anthropology in the first half of the twentieth century, giving rise to a still-thriving cross-cultural approach to adolescence as a life stage. Yet the emphasis on adolescence as a staging ground for integration into the adult community often obscures young people's own cultural agency or frames ...
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Proposal for Integrated Management of Verticillium Wilt Disease in Avocado Cultivar Hass Crops

open access: yesAgronomy, 2021
The area planted with avocado crops in Colombia has been growing rapidly in recent years, especially for export varieties such as Hass. The increase in planted area coincided with increased phytosanitary problems, where pathogens such as fungi of the ...
Joaquín Guillermo Ramírez-Gil   +1 more
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A framework for Culture-aware Robots based on Fuzzy Logic [PDF]

open access: yesProc. 2017 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE), Naples, Italy, 2017, 2018
Cultural adaptation, i.e., the matching of a robot's behaviours to the cultural norms and preferences of its user, is a well known key requirement for the success of any assistive application. However, culture-dependent robot behaviours are often implicitly set by designers, thus not allowing for an easy and automatic adaptation to different cultures ...
arxiv   +1 more source

Wymysorys revitalisation theatre: identity and community (re)building

open access: yesCogent Arts & Humanities
The small town of Wilamowice in southwestern Poland is home to the ethnic group of Vilamovians who speak their own endangered language: Wymysiöeryś. Amateur theatre created by the troupe Ufa fisa has been one of the most important and outwardly visible ...
Justyna Majerska-Sznajder   +2 more
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open access: yes, 2019
This essay addresses how Africanist choreography operates as a practice of cultural citizenship, focussing on the work of Thomas ‘Talawa’ Prestø as a leading figure in shaping the cultural sphere for choreography based on African and diaspora forms in ...
Adewole, Funmi
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