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Integrative Conservation, EarlyView.This study examines the Mawphlang Sacred Forest in Meghalaya as a culturally embedded model of community‐led conservation. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork, it highlights how spiritual reverence, sacred taboos, and ancestral authority shape ecological stewardship, complementing formal governance systems.
Mrinal Saikia
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Our Place in New Zealand Culture: How the Museum of New Zealand Constructs Biculturalism [PDF]
, 2003 The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa opened in 1998 amidst controversy but has been a huge popular success and has become an icon of national identity.
Goldsmith, Michael
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Positive Freedom and the Social Meaning of Money
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Semiotic objections to markets hold that buying and selling certain things – for example, sex, body parts, votes, surrogacy services – expresses that those things are fungible with money, which has only profane value. This article offers a more fundamental challenge to semiotic critiques of market.
Andrew Allison +2 more
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Sacralizing the Tomb and Spring of Bagusan in the Development of Religious Tourism Village
Mimbar, 2018 This article aims to criticize the development of religious tourism which tends to create economic-oriented goals and neglect the sacredness of both religious sites and rituals.
Achmad Zainal Arifin
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Journal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To qualitatively explore the lived experiences of fasting during Ramadan and the Iftar meal in Muslim adults with low self‐regulation (i.e., low ability to control) eating behavior. Methods Semistructured interviews were conducted with Muslim young adults, scoring below the threshold for low/moderate self‐regulation on the Self ...
Alina Zubair +3 more
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Sacred, secular, or sacrilegious? prehistoric sites, pagans and the Sacred Sites project in Britain [PDF]
, 2008 This paper explores issues and tensions developing within today's Britain around prehistoric 'sacred sites' and their appropriation by a wide range of interested or concerned groups. In examining and theorising competing constructions of 'sacredness' and
Blain, J., Wallis, R. J.
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Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, EarlyView.The expert assessment of fetal anatomy before 14 weeks is feasible when adopting a standardized protocol and allows an early diagnosis in most cases at risk for fetal anomaly following first trimester screening ultrasound. ABSTRACT Background To report the implementation across Fetal Medicine units and the agreement between first and second trimester ...
Grazia Volpe +11 more
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Sacredness as an Underlying Value of Cultural Heritage Law in Europe
Revue du Droit des Religions, 2017 As it is illustrated in the various legal instruments presented here, “sacredness” is a rather ambiguous notion per se. Therefore, at first, the socio-cultural origins of the subject matter are explored, followed by an overview of the European legal ...
Theodosios Tsivolas
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The Politics of Faith in the Work of Lorna Dee Cervantes, Ana Castillo, and Sandra Cisneros [PDF]
, 2003 If Chicanas are perceived as a communal threat because they are closer to the carnal, according to the Church, they paradoxically are worshipped as the female divine within indigenous practices like Yoruba or Mexica as well.
Pagan, Darlene
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Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Purpose To evaluate 6‐month knowledge retention and long‐term satisfaction after two pedagogical escape games (PEGs) addressing foundational (3D printing) and clinical (pediatric dentistry) content in a dental curriculum. Methods In this monocentric serial cross‐sectional study, immediate post‑PEG knowledge was assessed in fifth‑year dental ...
Lina Grich +8 more
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