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Geopower, Geos and the Colonisation of Palestine
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While the majority of geographical work on colonialism in Palestine centres on territory and land, this article foregrounds geopower and geos in the making of spatial relations. Three arguments are made over three corresponding sections. The first draws on recent writing on geopower and geos (primarily that by Elizabeth Grosz, Elizabeth ...
Mark Griffiths
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Funeral ritual and power: Farewelling the dead in the ancient Greek funerary ritual
Glasnik Etnografskog instituta, 2009 У једном од најстаријих људских обреда, оном који прати умирање и растајање од покојника, постојање тужбалице и оплакивања на простору Грчке забележено је на вазном сликарству још у микенском периоду. Овај рад се пре свега бави тужбалицом у класичном периоду, са посебним освртом на архајско доба, али узимајући у обзир читав распон у коме се ова форма ...
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Algar do Bom Santo: a research project on the Neolithic populations of Portuguese Estremadura (6th-4th millennia BC) [PDF]
, 2007 O presente artigo tem como propósito a apresentação do conteúdo, âmbito e objectivos do projecto de investigação consignado ao estudo da gruta-necrópole neolítica do Algar do Bom Santo (freguesia da Abrigada, concelho de Alenquer).
Carvalho, António Faustino
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National Relics: Secular Sacrality, Museums, and Heritage‐Making in Nineteenth‐Century Chile
Museum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 2, Fall 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines how objects and bodily remains are transformed and ritualized into national relics through collecting and exhibiting practices in museums. Focusing on nineteenth‐century Chile, it draws on archival sources, material culture theory, and the anthropology of religion to argue that objects associated with Chile's nation‐state
Hugo Rueda Ramírez
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The Revival of the Funeral Industry in Shanghai: a Model for China [PDF]
, 2012 International audienceShanghai was formerly the heart of a highly dynamic funeral industry. Following a fifty-year interlude under the Maoist regime, the city is now seeking to revive this pioneering tradition. Although death is no more visible here than
Aveline-Dubach, Natacha
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Anthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 1, June 2026.Abstract Managing Death in Exile is a theatrical performance that draws on ethnographic research with long‐term asylum‐seekers from sub‐Saharan Africa in Hong Kong since 2012. The performance told the story of Denise (pseudonym), who had to manage the illness, funeral, cremation, and repatriation of ashes of her good friend, Rosie (pseudonym). Dying in
Sealing Cheng
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Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) from Motya and its deepest oriental roots [PDF]
, 2018 Pomegranate remains and representations found in the Phoenician site of Motya in Western Sicily give the cue for a summary study of this plant and its fortune in the Near East and the Mediterranean.
Nigro, Lorenzo, Spagnoli, Federica
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Exploring the Swimming and Water Safety Behaviour Among Indian and Vietnamese Adults in Australia
Health Promotion Journal of Australia, Volume 37, Issue 2, April 2026.ABSTRACT Issue Addressed From 2011 to 2021, drowning caused over 2.5 million preventable deaths, with Asia carrying the highest burden of drowning deaths. India and Vietnam are among the top 10 birth countries of people who drown in Australia. This study aimed to understand how Asian adults living in Australia develop health literacy in relation to ...
Lian Low +3 more
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The Oldest Traces of Alcoholic Beverages in the Border Zone of the North and East European Plains
Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 2, Page 153-172, April 2026.ABSTRACT Analysis of organic compounds preserved on pottery from the Bell Beaker community and the initial phase of the Trzciniec Cultural Sphere in the border zone of the Eastern and North European Plains was prompted by traces of alcoholic beverages found in contextually and formally analogous discoveries of more westerly provenance.
Dariusz Manasterski +4 more
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Funerary Rituals (Pharaonic Period)
, 2010 Upon death, the Egyptian was the object of a series of ceremonies performed by priestly officiants. The stages of the procedure largely correspond to the practical steps taken following death. These were: taking the corpse to a place of embalming, the embalming itself, taking the corpse to the tomb, and interment.
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