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Barber from Srem in the times of changes
The legend of the barber from Srem, who invented the trimming machine, thus making a fortune from its manufacture, came into the public focus on two occasions. It is constituted by three mythical wholes: the myth of the rise from poverty into the middle
Ivan Kovačević
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Connection of mobility and foraging - A cross-cultural analysis
The goal of this inquiry is to explore the existence and severity of the liaison in-between mobility and cattle breeding. The author has decided to test the hypothesis of a relation between mobility and cattle breading through quantitative analysis of a
Marko Porčić
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In the paper the creation of the mythical hero of the American steel industry Joe magarac is analyzed. The analysis is based on the original text of Owen Francis from 1931 and it endeavors to resolve the quandary of whether this text is of a folklore or
Ivan Kovačević
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Sewer Alligators: Urban Legends as Cognitive Maps
Following the reports of sewer alligators in the 1930s, the story has built up over the decades and become a bona fide urban legend. These (reports) are based upon stories of alligator, and other wild animal sightings in rather unorthodox locations ...
Ljubomir Hristić
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Volume growth and closed geodesics on Riemannian manifolds of hyperbolic type
We study the volume growth function of geodesic spheres in the universal Riemannian covering of a compact manifold of hyperbolic type. Furthermore, we investigate the growth rate of closed geodesics in compact manifolds of hyperbolic type.
Jean-Pierre Ezin, Carlos Ogouyandjou
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Legends of Organ Theft: The Moral Dilemma of Organ Donation
Legends and rumors of organ theft became a global phenomenon in the beginning of the 80s, with the information originating from the “third world” countries. Victims where poor and powerless, typically children. The rumor engaged a series of actions from
Dragana Antonijević
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Cultural Biography of Haute Couture: The Story of Aleksandar Joksimović's "Vitraž" Collection
The term »grandiose pseudo-clasicism«, introduced to the study of fashion in socialism by Djurdja Bartlett, does not hold ground in the case of Yugoslav/Serbian offical fashion industry.
Danijela Velimirović
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In this text, I summarize and present contemporary voices of critique of education, that come from anthropology and some related disciplines. Contemporary critique of education attempts to demonstrate how educational practice is linked with global ...
Jana Baćević
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Qualitative Field Research in Anthropology. An Overview of Basic Research Methodology
Methodology of qualitative anthropology study is presented, as it was used in investigating HIV/HCV-vulnerability in Belgrade injecting drug users and sex workers, as well in documenting lives of people living with HIV.
Bojan Žikić
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This case study starts from the thesis that the analysis of life histories, coupled by observation of actual behaviour, can contribute to a more nuanced understanding of the ways in which over-arching categories like "so ...
Slobodan Naumović
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