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Tactile tensions: uncertainty, mutuality, and therianthropic nightmares in Highland Odisha Tact et tensions : incertitude, mutualité et cauchemars thérianthropiques dans les hautes terres de l'Odisha

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In the central highlands of Odisha, India, Kutia Kondh families navigate a precarious reality shaped by productive autonomy, decentralized authority, and material and relational uncertainty. Abundance and destitution are finely balanced in a world where humans, animals, ancestors, and spirits are co‐present and co‐dependent but also opaque and ...
Sam Wilby
wiley   +1 more source

Propitiating the \u3ci\u3eTsen,\u3c/i\u3e Sealing the Mountain: Community Mountain-closure Ritual and Practice in Eastern Bhutan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This interdisciplinary study examines a community ritual in Mongar, eastern Bhutan, in connection to its socio-ecological context. We provide an in-depth documentation of the tsensöl (btsan gsol) deity-propitiation ritual to ‘seal’ territory and prohibit
Gyeltshen, Dorji, Kuyakanon, Riamsara
core   +1 more source

Qualitative analysis of young adult ENDS users' expectations and experiences. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
ObjectivesDespite extensive research into the determinants of electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) uptake, few studies have examined the psychosocial benefits ENDS users seek and experience.
Hoek, Janet   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Taqâlîd al-Zawâj fî al-I’tiqâd al-Jâwiy (al-Dirâsah al-Naqdiyyah).

open access: yesJournal of Comparative Study of Religions, 2020
This research focuses on solutions to the Javanese Muslim community in order to be able to carry out marriages with Javanese customs which are suitable with Islamic values and avoided from shirk.
Adib Fuadi Nuriz, Azzamul Azhar
doaj   +1 more source

Sentientist Political Liberalism

open access: yesPacific Philosophical Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper introduces sentientist political liberalism. Elaborating on the fundamental ideas in John Rawls's political liberalism, we propose that the scheme of fair social cooperation among persons should be understood as embedded within a broader system of social coexistence between persons and other sentient beings.
Eze Paez, Pablo Magaña
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical progress note: Varicella Zoster

open access: yesJournal of Hospital Medicine, Volume 20, Issue 12, Page 1348-1350, December 2025.
Abstract Varicella Zoster virus (VZV) is the etiologic agent responsible for varicella and herpes zoster (shingles). Nonimmune children and adults acutely infected with VZV typically experience a vesicular and pruritic rash that progresses from the face and trunk and generalizes to the extremities, accompanied by an oral enanthem along with symptoms of
Sirey Zhang, Adam L. Hersh, T. W. Jones
wiley   +1 more source

Bentuk Penyajian Kesenian Senandung Bertelur Kau Sinangin Sebagai Ritual Nelayan Kota Tanjungbalai

open access: yesGrenek: Jurnal Seni Musik, 2020
Kesenian Senandung Bertelur Kau Sinangin merupakan kesenian seni musik yang digunakan oleh para nelayan sebelum berangkatmelaut. Mereka bernyanyi dan memukul gendang sebagai ritual agar mendapatkan banyak tangkapan ikan, mereka percaya syair-syair dan ...
Arrini Shabrina Anshor, Dinda Yarsal
doaj   +1 more source

Religion, Nonreligion and the Sacred: Art and the Contemporary Rituals of Birth

open access: yesReligions, 2021
This paper looks at the role of art and material culture in the rituals of birth, first taking into consideration research on material culture in traditional rituals of birth and then turning to the primary topic, which is how art in the contemporary ...
Anna M. Hennessey
doaj   +1 more source

Medicinal Mandala: Potency in Spatiality [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This article explores the complexities of accomplishing potency, nüpa (nus pa), within a Tibetan healing, rejuvenation, and longevity ritual practice known as ‘medicinal accomplishment,’ mendrup (sman sgrub).
Sehnalova, Anna
core   +1 more source

Barriers to and facilitators of antiretroviral therapy adherence in Nepal: a qualitative study. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Patient's adherence is crucial to get the best out of antiretroviral therapy (ART). This study explores in-depth the barriers to and facilitators of ART adherence among Nepalese patients and service providers prescribing ART. Face-to-face semi-structured
Freeman, J.V.   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

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