Blood revenge and violent mobilization: evidence from the Chechen Wars [PDF]
, 2015 Despite a considerable amount of ethnographic research into the phenomena of blood revenge and blood feud, little is known about the role of blood revenge in political violence, armed conflict, and irregular war.
Aliyev, Huseyn, Souleimanov, Emil Aslan
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The Structure of Violence Among the Swat Pukhtun [PDF]
, 1981 This is a postprint (accepted manuscript) version of the article published in Ethnology 20(2):147-156. The final version of the article can be found at http://www.jstor.org/stable/3773062.
Lindholm, Charles
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Anton Çetta and the impact of Blood Reconciliation in the Society of Kosovo, 1990 [PDF]
Historijski poglediThe idea for movement of blood feud reconciliation was one of the most important humanitarian missions in the Albanian society in Kosovo during the 1990s.
Kujtime Boshtrakaj Camaj
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Atalik in Peoples of Dagestan in 19th - early 20th Centuries: Forms and Local Features
Научный диалог, 2018 One of the ancient institutionalized customs of the peoples of the Caucasus and Dagestan - atalik - is considered. The role and place of atalik in the system of social relations between the peoples of Dagestan and the North Caucasus is shown.
M. B. Gimbatova, M. K. Musaeva
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What Users Ask a Search Engine: Analyzing One Billion Russian Question Queries [PDF]
, 2015 We analyze the question queries submitted to a large commercial web search engine to get insights about what people ask, and to better tailor the search results to the users’ needs.
Braslavski, P. +5 more
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The seal matrix of Sir John Campbell and the struggle for Dunyvaig Castle on the Isle of Islay [PDF]
, 2020 The great feud between the clans Campbell and MacDonald in the early seventeenth century AD was part of a power struggle for control of Islay, the seat of the Lord of the Isles, and encompassed wider political, economic and religious change in the region
Maričević, Darko +2 more
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Texas Law Obstructs Pregnant Mother’s Right to Die
Voices in Bioethics, 2014 By now the legitimacy of do not resuscitate (DNR) orders are acknowledged by everyone – if a patient presents an advanced directive or their family members agree as to what the patient’s wishes were for end-of-life care, then life-sustaining treatments ...
Derek Ayeh
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Defected and loyal? A case study of counter-defection mechanisms inside Chechen paramilitaries [PDF]
, 2018 Can former insurgents in the service of counterinsurgent paramilitaries be considered a perfectly loyal force? What mechanisms may help to deter subsequent defections of individuals who have already “betrayed” once?
Aliyev, Huseyn +2 more
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Dubrovački rod Radulovića i njihov grbovnik
Anali Zavoda za Povijesne Znanosti Hrvatske Akademije Znanosti i Umjetnosti u Dubrovniku, 2017 An investigation into the content and sources of ilirska herldika (Illyrian Heraldry) leads to a conclusion that the emergence of the oldest and generally known versions of the so-called ilirski grbovnici (Illyrian Armorials), end of the sixteenth ...
Stjepan Ćosić
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Anthropologist, heal thyself: Toward an anthropology of healing through relational interbeing
Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract I call for an anthropology that confronts its own woundedness. Anthropologists often bear witness to suffering but rarely examine how our own grief, trauma, and institutional distress shape the affective tone of our work. Drawing on fieldwork with Runa (Quechua) women affected by forced sterilization in Peru and guided by my collaborator and ...
Lucía Isabel Stavig
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