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Makna Simbolik Ritual Pengobatan Tradisional Togak Belian di Desa Koto Rajo Kecamatan Kuantan Hilir Seberang Kabupaten Kuantan Singingi Provinsi Riau [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Ritual togak belian is one of traditional culture of Riau people. There are symbolic in ritual togak belian with special meaning that is represented by sesajen, musical instrument in ritual togak belian, and mantra in ritual togak belian.
Ardina, R. (Rani), Salam, N. E. (Noor)
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Living in the Mycelial World

open access: yesTopics 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
wiley   +1 more source

“Is This Edible Anyway?” The Impact of Culture on the Evolution (and Devolution) of Mushroom Knowledge

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Mushrooms are a ubiquitous and essential component in our biological environment and have been of interest to humans around the globe for millennia. Knowledge about mushrooms represents a prime example of cumulative culture, one of the key processes in human evolution.
Andrea Bender, Åge Oterhals
wiley   +1 more source

Selenoproteins in mammalian spermatogenesis:role of the nuclear GPx4 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The selenoprotein Phospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione Peroxidase (PHGPx/GPx4) is an enzyme unique among the various GPxs, because it is able to use protein thiols, beside glutathione, The GPx4 gene encodes for three isoforms having different ...
Maccari, Irene
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Fossil Hegemony and Capitalist Realism in Tropic of Orange

open access: yesFuture Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines Karen Tei Yamashita's Tropic of Orange (1997) through the lens of Mark Fisher's influential concept ‘capitalist realism’. Scholars of petrofiction have pointed to a political ambivalence in the representation of fossil fuels, where a better understanding of fossil capital can overwhelm as much as galvanize.
Claire Ravenscroft
wiley   +1 more source

The chatbot's real self: On the archaeology of artificial personas Le vrai soi du chatbot: vers une archéologie des personnes artificielles

open access: yesJournal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract From the beginning of widespread public interactions with ChatGPT and other large language models, some users have seen the disfluencies of chatbots as opportunities for them to go on an archaeological search for an unfettered chatbot persona that they need to jailbreak. These are not claims of sentience, but rather of personhood.
Courtney Handman
wiley   +1 more source

How to Fish With Respect: A Transformation of Human‐Fish Relations in Riverside Amazonia

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 63-72, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Riverside inhabitants of the Middle Xingu River Basin, in the Brazilian Amazonia, frequently say that it is important to respect animals and the forest spirits who protect them. In recent decades, however, the development of an iced fish industry in the region has changed what respect means and how it is expressed when it comes to fishing ...
Vinicius de Aguiar Furuie
wiley   +1 more source

Marginalization of Shamans in Reporting Gus Samsudin and The Red Magician on CNN.COM and OKEZONE.COM News Portals With Theo Van Leeuwen Analysis Model

open access: yesJurnal Sastra Indonesia
Social inequality in shaman associations in Indonesia has gained media attention. Shamanism is a popular profession in Indonesian society. This study aims to (1) describe the forms of actor partiality domination in the cnn.com and okezone news portals ...
Qurrota Neina   +2 more
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Por Thao's Funeral [PDF]

open access: yesHmong Studies Journal, 1997
It was September of 1996 and I was in Appleton, Wisconsin helping a friend of mine with a movie on a Hmong shaman. While we were there, a close relative of the shaman passed away.
Joseph Davy
doaj  

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