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Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
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Structured decision‐making as a framework to incorporate social equity into conservation decisions
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Many conservation challenges require negotiating trade‐offs between the needs of different actors. Global frameworks such as the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework explicitly call for diverse participation and social equity in conservation decision‐making.
Emily Massingham +2 more
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The 1858 trial of the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah II Zafar for crimes against the state [PDF]
, 2007 Deposited with permission of the author. © 2004 Lucinda Downes BellIn 1857, hostilities broke out against the ‘rule’ of the East India Company (EIC) in northern India.Measures to suppress the hostilities, known as the 'Mutiny', 'Rebellion' or 'War' of ...
Bell, Lucinda Downes
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The Legal Adaptation of British Settlers in Turkey [PDF]
, 2012 This article is based on a fieldwork project conducted by the authors in the Muğla region of western Turkey. The region is the locale for a significant level of settlement by British people, within the wider context of settlement by groups of other EU ...
SHAH, P, Bayir, D
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Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, Volume 23, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT The prevalence of ‘honour'‐based abuse (HBA) in the United Kingdom (UK) continues to rise. However, identifying HBA is difficult due to survivor's cultural secrecy and low awareness among professional organisations. As the concept of ‘honour’ varies across cultures, this study examined HBA characteristics in relation to survivor's geographical
Rebecca Ritchie +4 more
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Funding Dilemma in Pakistani Libraries: Causes, Effects, Responses [PDF]
, 2006 Literature on funding problems of Pakistani libraries reveals that poor economy of the country, inflation, low priority to education and price increase of library material are the main causes of this dilemma.
Hameed, Abdul +2 more
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Ancestral Irrigation and Women's Political Empowerment
Kyklos, Volume 79, Issue 2, Page 377-398, May 2026.ABSTRACT This paper advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the adoption of irrigation agriculture during the preindustrial period is a predictor of contemporary cross‐country variation in women's political empowerment. Countries whose populations historically relied on irrigation agriculture as their primary subsistence mode tend to ...
Roberto Ezcurra
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Women in sacred spaces : an analysis of traditional Islam and Judaism in the communities of Cape Town [PDF]
, 2002 Bibliography: leaves 139-155.The New Constitution protects Muslims and Jews as part of the minority religions in a pluralistic South Africa just like the rights of women are procured in the public and private arenas.
Mataar, Yusuf
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Business Strategy and the Environment, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 848-862, January 2026.ABSTRACT Among the extensive research into various environmental strategies and their effects on competitive advantage, a gap remains regarding whether small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) can benefit from adopting a circular economy and what kinds of internal knowledge they need to embrace it effectively.
Francisco Villegas +5 more
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Governing Islam: Law and Religion in Colonial India [PDF]
, 2013 This dissertation charts how the legal regulation of Islam in colonial India fostered a conception of religion that focused on dividing it from secular economy and politics.
Stephens, Julia Anne
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