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Oral traditions in Malaysia A discussion of shamanism

open access: yesWacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia, 2010
The article discusses Malay oral traditions and emphasizes the shamanistic aspects of these traditions. Shamans often recite mantras in the execution of their role in society.
Haron Daud
doaj   +1 more source

Global Indigeneity on the Move

open access: yesTemenos, 2023
In October 2006 a drum embarked on what is possibly the most extensive journey of any drum at any time. The journey’s ambitions were similarly grand: to serve as a wakeup call to the needs of Mother Earth by linking people, things, and places.
Siv Ellen Kraft
doaj   +1 more source

“A Person's God Should Look Like Them”: African Traditional Religions Among Black Queer Millennials and Gen Z Americans

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How are young Black Americans practicing spirituality contemporarily? Today younger generations of Black Americans are more likely than older Black Americans to identify as religiously unaffiliated or as practicing a non‐Christian faith. Drawing on 109 interviews with Black Millennial and Gen Z Americans, I examine how some of these younger ...
Terrell J. A. Winder
wiley   +1 more source

Selkup shaman's attribute with a mammoth image

open access: yesВестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2018
The article describes an attribute of a Selkup shaman — a trimmed garment, which is kept in a private collection in Salekhard (the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug). The shamanic garment was purchased from the relatives of I.S.
Baulo A.V.
doaj   +1 more source

Canela Shamanism: Shamans’ Accounts, “Journeying,” and Delimitation of Shamanic Terms

open access: yesTipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America, 2017
In this article I recount the stories of various shamans I have worked with throughout many decades of fieldwork among the Ramkokamekra-Canela (Eastern Timbira) of central Maranhão state, Brazil. Along with their narratives, I provide ethnographic context in order to address the following questions: (1) Who is a shaman? (2) What is shamanism?
openaire   +1 more source

Does Islamic Religiosity Constrain Liberal Democratic Attitudes?

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The relationship between Islam and democracy remains contested. Although some scholars argue that the two are inherently incompatible, others maintain that they can coexist harmoniously. Although the existing literature includes a growing number of empirical studies testing these competing claims, many are constrained by limitations in data ...
Zeki Sarigil
wiley   +1 more source

The Shaman Automatic 802.11 Wireless Diagnosis System [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In this paper, we describe the design and implementation of an automated 802.11 wireless network diagnostic system called Shaman. Since the end-to-end performance of user traffic is some combination of factors across all network layers, Shaman ...
Afanasyev, Mikhail   +7 more
core   +1 more source

SEMANTIC APPROACH TO THE TURKISH SHAMANIC COSTUMES

open access: yesZeitschrift für die Welt der Türken, 2010
Siberian region being within Russian borders is host to important Shaman data from past to this date, and forms the most important region for the “Turkish Shamanism”. The subject under examination addresses main design types that reflect the style of the
Sibel KILIÇ
doaj  

Extracting vitalities: Cuts in Indigenous women's bodies‐territories (Brazil)

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I explore the connections between the medicalization of childbirth and environmental devastation through Guarani‐Mbyá understandings of life and the living. I argue that the cuts made to Guarani‐Mbyá women's vaginas (episiotomies) in Brazilian hospitals are experienced and situated on the same cosmopolitical level as the cuts ...
Maria Paula Prates
wiley   +1 more source

Justice Scalia and the art of rhetoric [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Shaman, Jeffrey M.. (2012). Justice Scalia and the art of rhetoric.
Shaman, Jeffrey, Shaman, Jeffrey M.
core  

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