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Kulturella Perspektiv, 2014 During the past decade, Ethnology, like many other disciplines in humanities, indulged in a somewhat anxious self-reflection. The methodological and spatial differences between subjects like Ethnology, Anthropology and History have almost disappeared and
Helena Hörnfeldt
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Ethnological research of the city Brno: Stability and metamorphosis of Moravian metropolis [PDF]
Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU, 2010 The contribution aims to describe development of the ethnological research of the City Brno as the part of Czech - and former Czechoslovak - urban ethnology. Shortened it deals with the beginnings of research in 50ies of the 20th century, with methods
Pospišilova Jana
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Bulletin of the History of Archaeology, 2002 Rubie Watson, the Williarn and Muriel Howells Director of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, has put together an excellent little volume covering the history of the opening of the ...
Douglas R. Givens
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Toruń University Ethnology in Relation to Museology Education
Zbiór Wiadomości do Antropologii Muzealnej, 2023 The initiator of Toruń university ethnology and the person who shaped its profile for many years was Professor Maria Znamierowska-Prüfferowa. She came to Toruń from Vilnius, where the ethnographic museum was part of Stefan Batory University.
Wojciech Olszewski
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The petrotympanic canal (Huguier canal): Evolutionary, anatomical, and medical perspectives
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The petrotympanic canal, traditionally referred to as Civinini's or Huguier's canal, represents an anatomical passage connecting the middle ear and temporomandibular joint (TMJ). Despite its early description, its structural complexity and functional significance have often been underestimated. In this study, we combined historical, anatomical,
Andrea Papini +8 more
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A man of his time: Joseph Leidy, racial science, and American anatomy
Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract Professor Joseph Leidy M.D. was arguably the most influential anatomist in the nineteenth‐century United States, having written over 500 publications and serving as the first President of the Association of American Anatomists. While many of Leidy's diverse contributions to American science and medicine are well‐known, scholars have said much ...
Christopher D. E. Willoughby
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An Outline of a Theory of Play
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.Play is often dismissed as trivial, yet it is a fundamental and adaptive aspect of human and mammalian life. This paper develops a sociological theory of play, treating it as a total social fact that spans biological, psychological, and social dimensions.
Seth Abrutyn
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Ethnological Ideas and Approaches in Bulgarian Folklore Studies
Traditiones, 2010 This paper presents the trend in Bulgarian folklore studies being developed at the Institute of Folklore at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, in ethnology, ethnological and anthropological approaches, and research problems.
Valentina Ganeva-Raycheva
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Christianization of Kalmyks in Semirechye and Its Consequences
Oriental Studies, 2022 Introduction. In the process of territorial expansion, Imperial Russia was seeking to implement internal policies, including that of Christianization.
Orazgul H. Muhatova +3 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.For over a century, anthropologists have documented the many institutions that exist to respond to witchcraft and the uncanny that it names: oracles that attempt to produce certainty by naming the witch; moots in which grievances are aired; trials in magistrates’ courts that attempt to satisfy the community while preserving the life of the accused ...
Chloe Nahum‐Claudel
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