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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Fungal systematics can feel overwhelming given the vast species diversity within this kingdom, with numerous subgroups at every taxonomic rank. This often creates a disconnect between the undertsnidng of fungal taxonomic diversity and their societal relevance.
Anna Vaiana +4 more
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Narratiiv kui ravi: riituse-etendus ja narratiivi aktualiseerumine kogemusena [PDF]
Mäetagused, 2010 This paper addresses theoretical issues of narrative in an attempt to approach the semantics of understanding underlying the performance of certain healing rites. The first section of the paper introduces the term narrative power to refer to the cultural
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.This article examines how emerging generative AI technologies in Europe and North America are being used to reanimate the dead, prompting users to define the ‘edges’ of self and personhood through coding practices. These technologies invite new engagements with fundamental questions of relatedness and the construction of the self, challenging and ...
Jennifer Cearns
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Epidemic dynamics of respiratory syncytial virus in current and future climates. [PDF]
, 2019 A key question for infectious disease dynamics is the impact of the climate on future burden. Here, we evaluate the climate drivers of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), an important determinant of disease in young children.
Baker, Rachel E +8 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.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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The Mechanisms of Psychedelic Visionary Experiences: Hypotheses from Evolutionary Psychology
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2017 Neuropharmacological effects of psychedelics have profound cognitive, emotional, and social effects that inspired the development of cultures and religions worldwide.
Michael J. Winkelman
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Gods and Things: Is “Animism” an Operable Concept in Korea?
Religions, 2021 Shamanship is a thing-ish practice. Early missionary observers in Korea noted that features of the landscape, quotidian objects, and specialized paraphernalia figure in the work of shamans (mansin) and in popular religious practice more generally ...
Laurel Kendall
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.The Shuar of Ecuadorian Amazonia once pursued eminence through warfare and vision quests. While vision quests have been retained, today – settled in villages – they seek eminence through economic success and political leadership. This article examines an apparent paradox: whilst envy suspicions pervade public life, they legitimize rather than level ...
Natalia Buitron, Grégory Deshoullière
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Mäetagused, 1996 When the shaman felt the spirit's arrival, he began to sing on its melody. A song consisted from the fragments of different length (from couple to several hundreds of lines), each started with words tamany, tamany - a sign that the shaman, who between ...
Aado Lintrop
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Pajé: reconstrução e sobrevivência Pajé: reconstruction and survival
História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2006 Entre os séculos XVI e XVIII assinalou-se, no litoral brasileiro e na Amazônia, a presença dos pajés na solução dos problemas, nos quais a cura das doenças era apenas um dos itens.
João Bosco Botelho +1 more
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