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Approaching Religion, 2023 In life, identity is based on many things. In death, people tend to be identified more on the basis of religion: separate cemeteries for Jews, Buddhists and the Plymouth Brethren, separate quarters for Muslims, Yezidis, Bahá’í and Orthodox Christians ...
Jakob Wirén
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Border harm and affective injustice: The politics of anger at the Melilla border, Spain
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines protests in a detention center in Melilla, Spain—a site where structural violence intersects with the everyday harms of confinement. Adopting a justice and dignity‐centered perspective, we analyze grassroots forms of resistance emerging at the border. The study focuses on the protests of Tunisian migrants and explores the
Corina Tulbure
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Ritual Artifacts as Symbolic Habits
Open Information Science, 2018 The concepts of manipulative abduction and of extending, disembodying, and distributing the mind can help delineate important aspects of the role of habits, rituals, and symbols in human cognition, including when new concepts are created.
Magnani Lorenzo
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The role of flowers in the personalization of Christian funerals in Denmark
Approaching Religion, 2023 Flowers are a common element in Danish funerals. Drawing on fieldnotes, interviews and survey data on funeral practices in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark as well as theories of ritualization, meaning-making and practices, this article shows ...
Henrik Reintoft Christensen
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Extending the ATP9A‐Related Phenotypic Spectrum: Indication of Schizophrenia Susceptibility
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT ATP9A, which belongs to the P4‐ATPase family of proteins, is involved in the efficient transport of vesicles from the Golgi apparatus to the plasma membrane, as well as the release of extracellular vesicles from human cells. In 2021, a loss‐of‐function variant of this gene was identified as being associated with a recessive neurodevelopmental ...
Camille Verebi +10 more
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Ceremonial Economics: A General Review
İstanbul İktisat DergisiCeremonial economics explores how traditional values, myths, and rituals intersect with economic practices and institutions. It differentiates between “ceremonial” practices based on tradition and cultural values and “instrumental” practices based on ...
Aras Yolusever
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Bröllopskoordinatorn som ceremonimästare
Kulturella Perspektiv, 2005 The growing interest in the 'white and lavish' wedding is not to be mistaken. It can be seen in the expanding bridal industry, with its special magazines, bridal shows, internet pages and vast number of products and services for the 'perfect wedding ...
Karin Salomonsson
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Ritual Reform and Ritual Behavior
Traditiones, 2012 The article focuses on the complex question of continuity and change as exemplified by ritual policies and ritual practices during the Lutheran reformation in 16th century Denmark-Norway. Thematically the article concentrates on matrimony and funeral.
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Sport, Agency and Pigeon Snaring in the Ancient Tongan Chiefdom
Archaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Pigeon snaring was an élite sport in the traditional Tongan chiefdom, undertaken on purpose‐built mounds known as sia heu lupe. LiDAR imagery combined with field survey and mound documentation on the island of Tongatapu has identified a comprehensive corpus of these sites.
David V. Burley +3 more
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Kulturella Perspektiv, 2005 Wedding rings have strong networks of actors that want them to circulate in wedding rituals, on market places and in human minds. Rings are seen as a "natural" part of wedding ceremonies but are not needed when you get married.
Eva Knuts
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