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A substantial body of anthropological research has investigated how subsistence communities engage with market‐based economies. In this study, we contribute to this body of work by examining adolescent orientations towards intensifying market integration in the Congo Basin.
Sheina Lew‐Levy +12 more
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Cultivating an Eschatological Imaginary: A Liturgical Approach to Death. [PDF]
Tenorio AS.
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THE THING ABOUT RELIGIOUS RITES AND PERFORMANCES
The objective of this paper is to provide with new insights the discussion of anthropological questions of religion, focusing on the roles of myths and rituals on the human relationship with the environment, culture and heritage. By providing a deconstruction of concepts such as myths of creation and ritualistic performances, this work will discuss ...
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What do communicating with a baby, with an animal, and with an ancestor have in common? In all three cases, people engage in opaque communication that is far from the standard psycholinguistic model of transparent interaction based on shared intentionality.
Charles Stépanoff
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Death and dying in Ghana: Implications for palliative and end-of-life care. [PDF]
Okyere J.
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Hair is an integral part of the skin's interface and has sensory capacity. It actively contributes to processes of bodily materialization and facilitates transactional exchange with other social actors and environments, particularly regarding energies and vibrations that can be perceived as subtle matter.
Sinah Theres Kloß
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An examination of communication mechanism of ancestral hall sacrifice rituals in rural southern China. [PDF]
Zhang Y, Jiang Y.
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While death remains a popular topic for anthropology, relatively few ethnographic accounts consider the modern bureaucratic processes accompanying it. One such process is public health autopsy, which scholars have largely taken for granted. Existing analysis has regarded it as a form of ‘cultural brokering’ and autopsy reluctance in communities is seen,
David M.R. Orr
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Socio-cultural challenges and mental health needs of female sex workers in Bangladesh: a call for culturally sensitive interventions. [PDF]
Rahaman MA, Shamma FT.
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This article argues that the current way of thinking about ethics in sport in primarily biomedical terms, and in particular in terms of the presence of particular pharmaceutical substances, fails to account for broader notions of sporting ethics and fairness in the Global South.
Michael Crawley, Uroš Kovač
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