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Narratiiv kui ravi: riituse-etendus ja narratiivi aktualiseerumine kogemusena [PDF]

open access: yesMäetagused, 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
Frog
doaj  

Week 52 Influenza Forecast for the 2012-2013 U.S. Season [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This document is another installment in a series of near real-time weekly influenza forecasts made during the 2012-2013 influenza season. Here we present some of the results of forecasts initiated following assimilation of observations for Week 52 (i.e ...
Karspeck, Alicia   +2 more
core  

Epidemic dynamics of respiratory syncytial virus in current and future climates. [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +2 more sources

Do cultural taboos regulate hunting in transitioning Indigenous communities? The case of the Idu Mishmi of Northeast India

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract There is rising recognition of resource‐use rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) within wildlife conservation. Historically, sociocultural institutions ensured wildlife sustainability in many IPLC areas. However, the future viability of such institutions is uncertain as IPLCs change in response to external pressures and ...
Sahil Nijhawan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The birth of an earth being: ‘Rights of nature’ in Brazilian Amazonia and elsewhere Naissance d'un être de la terre : « droits de la nature » en Amazonie brésilienne et ailleurs

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
wiley   +1 more source

The Mechanisms of Psychedelic Visionary Experiences: Hypotheses from Evolutionary Psychology

open access: yesFrontiers 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
doaj   +1 more source

Gods and Things: Is “Animism” an Operable Concept in Korea?

open access: yesReligions, 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
doaj   +1 more source

Linguistic Evidence Suggests that Xiōng‐nú and Huns Spoke the Same Paleo‐Siberian Language

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract The Xiōng‐nú were a tribal confederation who dominated Inner Asia from the third century BC to the second century AD. Xiōng‐nú descendants later constituted the ethnic core of the European Huns. It has been argued that the Xiōng‐nú spoke an Iranian, Turkic, Mongolic or Yeniseian language, but the linguistic affiliation of the Xiōng‐nú and the ...
Svenja Bonmann, Simon Fries
wiley   +1 more source

Tubjaku Kosterkini loitsud

open access: yesMäetagused, 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
doaj  

Pajé: reconstrução e sobrevivência Pajé: reconstruction and survival

open access: yesHistória, 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
doaj   +1 more source

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