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Diet and leishmaniasis in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract In Ecuador's Amazon, Indigenous communities affected by leishmaniasis often modify their diets as part of their health‐seeking practices. Drawing on qualitative research with sixty‐eight participants from seven Indigenous groups, this study explores how and why patients’ diets shift in pursuit of healing from leishmaniasis.
Veronica Cristina Vargas Roman
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Shamans study shamanism: The world in the podcasts of Mongolian shamans
Etnografia. Praktyki, Teorie, DoświadczeniaThe article analyses the social media activity of selected Mongolian shamans intended for dissemination of what they believe to be the correct knowledge about Mongolian shamanism. The Internet is a tool that, combined with their own creativity, allows themto convey aspects of this phenomenon that are difficult to verbalize. On the one hand, the shamans
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Lonergan, Decolonization and First Nations Peoples: An Apologetic from an Insider on the Outside
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract The purpose of this article is to respond critically to a research project initiated out of the Board of the Lonergan Research Institute that seeks to expose colonialist assumptions in Lonergan's thought. Some of the initiatives seek to link Lonergan with complicity in Canadian residential schools, spiritual violence, and cultural genocide ...
John D. Dadosky
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Religious Practitioners in Sarahama, Okinawa : The Relation Between Priest and Shaman [PDF]
Religious practitioners in Okinawa are divided into two types, priest and shaman. Noro (or Tukasa) who perform rituals for community is regarded as a priest, Yuta (or Kankakarya) who meet personal demands is regarded as a shaman.
川上, 新二 +2 more
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The Specificity of the Uzbek Shaman Ceremony Folklore
, 2022 In this article, the characteristic features of shamanic ritual folklore, the role of shamanism in the cultural life of the Uzbek people, and its impact on the development of artistic thinking have been determined.
Kayumov, Olim Sadiriddinovich
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To become a medium: Relatedness and apprenticeship in Australian spiritualism
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract Within the modern Spiritualist movement, mediums are central figures who work to connect physical and spirit worlds. By attempting to provide evidence of the survival of the human spirit after physical death, conveying caring messages from the spirit world, and giving hope to recipients, mediums pursue a spiritual mission.
Charlotte Tribouillois
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I Am a Shaman: A Hmong Life Story with Ethnographic Commentary. [PDF]
, 1989 The life story of a Hmong shaman, Paja Thao, living in Chicago in 1984, is presented here in the form of an epic poem, translated into English. Conquergood provides an accompanying ethnographic commentary on the role of the shaman in Hmong society ...
Conquergood, Dwight, Thao, Paja
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Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract This manuscript documents a systematic ethnomycological analysis of ethnographic archives. Focusing on texts describing human–fungi interactions, I conduct a global, cross‐cultural review of mushroom use, covering 193 societies worldwide. The study reveals diverse mushroom‐related cultural practices, emphasizing the significance of fungi ...
Roope O. Kaaronen
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Who Speaks for the River?: The Oldman River Dam and the Search for Justice by Robert Girvan [PDF]
, 2015 Cory T.
Shaman, Cory T
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The Shaman Automatic 802.11 Wireless Diagnosis System [PDF]
, 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
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