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Polytheism - folk beliefs in customary Law of Raglai

open access: yesTạp chí Khoa học Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - Khoa học Xã hội, 2023
Customary law of Raglai is a system of prescribed creeds about personal, family and social life in Raglai ethnicity, have an important role in all activities of the community. In addition to the regulations on human behavior toward the social environment,
Vũ Văn Chung
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Laická jazykověda [PDF]

open access: yesČasopis pro Moderní Filologii, 2020
So-called folk linguistics, i.e. folk beliefs concerning language, may be a valuable source of information for various linguistic fields and for practical applications, e.g. in teaching practice.
Lucie Saicová Římalová
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Estetska struktura in funkcija folklorne molitve z vidika teksta, teksture in konteksta
Aesthetic Structure and Function of Folk Prayers from the Aspect of Text, Texture and Context

open access: yesStudia Mythologica Slavica, 2013
Folk prayers are usually researched in the area of folk beliefs and religiosity. They may also be considered on the folklore-research field as a minor folklore form.
Saša Babič
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Spatial Study of Folk Religion: “The Direction of Xishen” (喜神方) as a Case Study

open access: yesReligions, 2023
Xishen (喜神, the God of Happiness) is one of the folk beliefs widely known and believed by Chinese people. He has no clear image or specific birthday, and there is no place of worship dedicated to Him.
Yu Han
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Folk beliefs of food avoidance and prescription among menstruating and pregnant Karbi women of Kamrup district, Assam

open access: yesJournal of Ethnic Foods, 2019
Background This paper discusses the social dimension of gastronomy, such as folk beliefs regarding avoidance and prescriptions during the stages of menstruation and pregnancy.
Ritu Geu Goswami   +1 more
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«Kurica ne ptica …» Demonologičeskaja ornitologija v krosskul'turnom prostranstve
Demonološka ornitologija v medkulturnem prostoru

open access: yesStudia Mythologica Slavica, 2007
The article is devoted to the comparative analyses of mythological motifs spread in the folk Slavic and Jewish traditions and connected with the beliefs about the bird-like demons.
Olga Belova, Vladimir Petrukhin
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Dennett’s Theory of the Folk Theory of Consciousness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
It is not uncommon to find assumptions being made about folk psychology in the discussions of phenomenal consciousness in philosophy of mind.
Sytsma, Justin
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The Made‐in‐Africa Evaluation framework: A decolonial approach to program evaluation

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Made in Africa Evaluation (MAE) framework is a decolonial approach to program evaluation developed by African evaluators over the past 14 years. MAE may be appropriate to community psychologists who practice program evaluation or conduct research in Africa, but little is known about its implementation.
Takatso Sibanda, Robin Lin Miller
wiley   +1 more source

Transitioning to nonpunitive school policies for addressing student substance use: Qualitative interviews with key school administrators

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent policy change in Massachusetts encourages schools to limit their use of exclusionary discipline to “extraordinary circumstances,” but little work has explored the opportunities and challenges of transitioning to nonpunitive practices after student substance use infractions in schools.
Kristina Conroy   +6 more
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Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium L.) in the Folk Taxonomy of the Germanic and Finno-Permic Languages

open access: yesИзвестия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки, 2021
This article deals with folk names (phytonyms) that denote common yarrow (Achillea millefolium L.) in two Germanic (English, German) and three Finno-Permic languages (Finnish including Ingrian Finnish dialects, Karelian and Komi). The author analyses the 
Elena Georgievna Galitsyna
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