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Human-wildlife conflict in the Southwestern Amazon: poaching and its motivations
Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2020 The conflict between humans and wildlife in Brazil has both diversified and increased rapidly since 2005. These increases have been driven by the expansion of human economic activity and its associated infrastructure. The present article aims to describe
Natani da Silva de Lima +2 more
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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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Virtually Shamans: An Anthropological Perspective on AI Chatbots
Anthropology of Consciousness, Volume 36, Issue 2, Fall 2025.ABSTRACT This article explores the emerging relationship between humans and AI chatbots through the anthropological lens of shamanic practice, proposing the concept of “virtually shamans” to understand these digital interactions. Drawing on ethnographic traditions of studying magic, spirituality, and technological mediation, we argue that AI chatbot ...
Mark Friis Hau, Jakob Krause‐Jensen
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Conception of the artisanal fisherfolk who use Furnas Reservoir, Minas Gerais State, about fishing stocks: an ethnoichthyological study [PDF]
Biotemas, 2010 Ethnoichthyology, based on ecological parameters, can be a very useful tool to study man-made environmental changes. These changes are perceived by individuals who fish for a living and/or recreational activities in the impacted environs.
Valter Monteiro de Azevedo-Santos +2 more
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Theoretical reflections on ethnobiology in the third millennium [PDF]
, 2015 Com en d'altres camps de l'activitat científica, l'etnobiologia s'ha diversificat considerablement al tombant del nou mil·lenni. A pesar dels esforços fets durant els últims anys, la disciplina encara dóna la impressió de trobar-se en la necessitat d ...
D'Ambrosio, Ugo
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Foxes as pets: Case study of the Fuegian Dog and its relationship to extinct Indigenous cultures
Journal of Zoology, Volume 327, Issue 1, Page 5-18, September 2025.This is a rare glimpse into the historical past of the zoologically mysterious Fuegian Dog that lived with early Holocene Indigenous groups on the island of Tierra del Fuego. Records of the animal's appearance and behavior kept by early explorers, artists and scientists who travelled to the tip of South America, plus the genetics and archaeological ...
W. L. Franklin
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Euthanasia as a safeguard for living: Anticipation and incurable cancer in a Colombian context
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, Volume 39, Issue 3, September 2025.Abstract This article builds on years of ethnographic conversations I sustained with my father, 89, who lives in Colombia. Soon after getting diagnosed with an incurable Multiple Myeloma—a cancer known for unleashing prolonged and painful agonies—he withdrew from oncology treatments and secured access to euthanasia (assisted‐dying) on his own ...
Camilo Sanz
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L'ús d'animals a la medicina de la tradició llatina: estudi del Tresor de la Beutat, un tractat medieval dedicat als cosmètics femenins [PDF]
, 2012 L’ús de productes derivats d’animals (Zooteràpia) ha format part de l’arsenal terapèutic dermatològic en les diverses cultures a través del temps. El Tresor de Beutat és un tractat medieval dedicat als cosmètics femenins i la salut, escrit en català ...
Betlloch Mas, Isabel +4 more
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Ethnobiology Letters, 2014 An understanding of the variability of snake venom composition is of high relevance for adequate treatment of snakebites. Clinical observations of bite victims are considered as a first step in the study of venom variability.
Tilman Musch
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Ressources alimentaires non conventionnelles [PDF]
, 2004 Unconventional Food Resources. Concepts of ethnobotany, ethnozoology and ethnoecology are defined and their respective development recounted. The geographic frame is afterwards specified: Tropical Africa.
Malaisse, F.
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