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Shamanic and\or cognitive evolution
Many misconceptions have been associated with shamanism. Recent studies, however, show a way to reinterpret basic concepts concerning shamanism. New field data from ethnology/anthropology, and studies on cognitive evolution have provided new results to ...
Mihály Hoppál
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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
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Shamanism in Cross-Cultural Perspective [PDF]
This article reviews the origins of the concept of the shaman and the principal sources of controversy regarding the existence and nature of shamanism. Confusion regarding the nature of shamanism is clarified with a review of research providing empirical
Winkelman, Michael, Michael Winkelman
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Elements of shamanism in the “baopuzi” (抱朴子) text’s inner chapter 18 “dizhen” (地真). [PDF]
The subject of the bachelor's thesis is the elements of shamanism in the inner chapter 18 “Dizhen” of the “Baopuzi” text. The aim of the thesis is to find the differences and similarities between Shamanism and Taoism in the “Baopuzi” Text’s Inner Chapter
Čupaila, Robert,
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INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF THE AMERICAS’ COSMOLOGY, SHAMANISM AND ETHNOGRAPHY -- A POSTCOLONIAL CRITIC
This paper reviews some general assumptions about the anthropological research on shamanism from a postcolonial approach. The latter aims at decentering the eurocentric locus of enunciation of the Western suject of knowledge, questioning the ontological ...
Pablo Wright
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Shamanism as a research subject: some methodological viewpoints
There is hardly any other ethnological or historico-religious subject that has had such a great power of attraction on scholars or on other more or less popular writers as shamanism, particularly in its North-Eurasian version, the one dealt with in this ...
Gustav Ränk
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The ecstatic body: notes on Shamanism and corporeity in Nepal
Based on a series of ethnographic and photographic investigations carried out in Nepal between 2000 and 2007, this essay analyses the role of the body and corporeity in Himalayan shamanism, with special reference to the ecstatic condition.
Nicoletti, Martino
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Ussi ja siksaki motiivid Soome kaljumaalingutel ja Saami trummidel
The main problem with the interpretation of Finnish rock paintings is the significance of shamanism. After surveying the most shamanistic motifs in the rock art and Saami drums E.
Eero Autio
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Literate Shamanism in Southwestern China: Bimo Religion, the State and Christianity
International audienceLiterate Shamanism in Southwestern China: Bimo Religion, the State, and Christianity aurélie névot centre for himalayan studies, cnrs, paris The classical definition of shamanism is based on the Siberian example, which excludes the ...
Névot, Aurélie
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The interconnection of the three organismic levels, metabolism, morphology, and biogeography, can now be amplified into a multipart architecture, introducing plant bioactivity through ethnobotany-oriented descriptions. Only via such an integrative model,
OTTO R. GOTTLIEB +1 more
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