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Digital Preservation Services : State of the Art Analysis [PDF]

, 2012
Research report funded by the DC-NET project.An overview of the state of the art in service provision for digital preservation and curation. Its focus is on the areas where bridging the gaps is needed between e-Infrastructures and efficient and forward ...
Dobreva, Milena, Ruusalepp, Raivo
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Trading Zones Between Thick and Thin: Anthropological Description as Scaffold or Mosaic

American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 159-170, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Referring to the work of historian of science Peter Galison, I argue that anthropology requires thin description as an essential counterpart for thick description. Thin accounts provide the scaffolding within which thick descriptions sit. Galison uses the idea of a “trading zone” connecting different communities who, despite their differences (
David Zeitlyn
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Phonographic Recordings in Finno‐Ugric Languages in Finnish Archives

Museum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 1, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT This review discusses audio recordings made by Finnish scholars among the Russian Arctic people in the early twentieth century and stored in various archives in Finland. The background of the recordings, together with their broader meaning and the possibilities for research they offer, is brought out.
Karina Lukin
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Tajemniczy rytuał oczyszczenia. Czy Scytowie mieli szamana? (Hdt. IV 73–75) [PDF]

Studia Antiquitatis et Medii Aevi Incohantis, 2018
(Mysterious ritual purification. Did the Scythians have a shaman?): The aim of the article is to investigate the question of shamanism among the Scythians on the basis of Herodotus’ description of the Scythian ritual purification.
Paulina Kaczmarczyk
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“Seen Again”: Ethnography, Immersive Technologies, and Temporality in the Siberian Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

Museum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 1, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper proposes Virtual Reality (VR) and 360 film as promising fieldwork tools for addressing problematic temporalities in ethnographic museums and for collaborating with communities of origin. Focusing on the Maria Czaplicka Siberian collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, we examine how previous methods of display marginalized the
Anya Gleizer, Jaanika Vider, Pablo Fernández Velasco   +2 more
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Holistic Approach to Managing Sciatica (Gridhrasi) with Ayurveda: A Case Report

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
One common condition encountered in daily life is Gridhrasi, which is identified as sciatica. The main clinical signs of Gridhrasi are stiffness and jerking sensations in the back (Prishta Kati), legs (Pada), knees (Janu), and thighs (Sphik/Jangha), as ...
Nikita Rathod, Vaishali Kuchewar, Ashvini Pardhekar   +2 more
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Objects as Knowledgeable Elders: Lessons From the Reindeer Calf Halter Mȯnggu̇i

Museum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 1, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT This article presents ongoing research that reconnects a historical ethnographic collection housed in a European museum with the descendants of its source communities in the transnational Inner Asian region, specifically among the Tozhu and Tukha reindeer herders of the Tyva Republic and Mongolia.
Victoria Soyan Peemot
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Šamanismist ja tšuktši šamaanide ravimisriitustest [PDF]

Mäetagused, 2006
The article attempts to answer the question "Who is a shaman?" on the basis of the available literature and the author's observations made during his 1971 trip to the land of the Chukchi.
Ülo Siimets
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Role of Intellectual Peoperty Rights in the Benefit Sharing Arrangements: The Case of Bio-resources Development and Conservation Program in Nigeria [PDF]

The subject of this case study is the role of intellectual property rights in the benefit-sharing arrangements surrounding the work of the Bio-resources Development and Conservation Programme (BDCP) as a part of the International Cooperative Biodiversity
Gupta, Anil K.
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Reaching for Ancestral Heritage: Sakha Collections in the Museums of the World

Museum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 1, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper is devoted to the collections of old Sakha objects produced by Indigenous craftsmen in the north of the Russian Empire and now located in many museums around the world. For several centuries, objects representing Sakha material culture were taken away from their place of origin by explorers, scholars, collectors, and missionaries ...
Tatiana Argounova‐Low
wiley   +1 more source