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Philippine and South African Experiences on Folk Literature Research: Relevance, Gains, and Challenges

open access: yesJournal of Languages and Language Teaching
Folkloric studies have accelerated in the Philippines and South Africa because the Academe acknowledged the urgency to collect, preserve, and publish the oral traditions of indigenous communities.
Connie Makgabo, Genevieve J Quintero
doaj   +1 more source

Las tradiciones orales manabitas como aporte al desarrollo de la comprensión lectora en estudiantes universitarios

open access: yesRevista de Lenguas Modernas, 2017
La comprensión lectora constituye un problema didáctico no resuelto en la educación superior ecuatoriana. Los estudiantes universitarios arras- tran di cultades en la interpretación de textos escritos por diversas cau- sas.
Rossy Jeanette Alarcón Chávez
doaj   +1 more source

A culture of silence: modes of objectification and the silencing of disabled bodies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Throughout history different practices have attempted to silence the experiences of disabled people. In this paper we explore some of these practices including the medical, familial, and self-subjugating practices English-speaking Canadian polio ...
Fady Shanouda   +13 more
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Effectiveness and Safety of Baricitinib for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis–Associated Uveitis or Chronic Anterior Antinuclear Antibody–Positive Uveitis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of baricitinib in pediatric patients with active juvenile idiopathic arthritis–associated uveitis (JIA‐U) or chronic anterior antinuclear antibody–positive uveitis, who had an inadequate response to methotrexate (MTX) or biologic disease‐modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs).
Athimalaipet V. Ramanan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relations between humans and non-humans in Amazigh North African oral literature

open access: yesTydskrif vir Letterkunde
In this article, I examine the representation of environmental issues in Amazigh narratives. I focus on texts that address the relationships between humans, society, the environment, and colonial greed.
Anna Maria di Tolla
doaj   +1 more source

Meteoritics and cosmology among the Aboriginal cultures of Central Australia

open access: yes, 2011
The night sky played an important role in the social structure, oral traditions, and cosmology of the Arrernte and Luritja Aboriginal cultures of Central Australia. A component of this cosmology relates to meteors, meteorites, and impact craters.
Hamacher, Duane W.
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The Structure and Changing Functions of Oral Traditions [PDF]

open access: yes, 1987
The transmission of knowledge by means of oral literary forms, so strongly attacked by Plato in the fourth century B.C., has not disappeared completely.
Mariscal de Rhett, Beatriz
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Temporal Trends in and Associations With Nonsteroidal Anti‐inflammatory Drug Prescription in Adult and Pediatric Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Recent inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treatment guidelines have recommended against nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drug (NSAID) use despite prevalent musculoskeletal symptoms and opioid overuse in this population. Given the discordance between changing national guidelines and potential clinical utility, we sought to assess national temporal
Adam S. Mayer   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Benefitting from differences in knowledge, practice and belief: Māori oral traditions and natural hazards science

open access: yes, 2010
. This paper builds upon earlier work that argued the information and experience contained within the knowledge-practice-belief complex of Mātauranga Māori [Māori knowledge] is a valuable and neglected area of information and understanding about past ...
D. King, J. Goff
semanticscholar   +1 more source

From Oral Literature to Technauriture: What’s in a Name? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Russell H. Kaschula is Professor of African Language Studies and Head of the School of Languages at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. His doctoral research focussed on African literature, and his works of creative writing have received a ...
Kaschula, Russell, Mostert, Andre
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