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Shamanic and\or cognitive evolution

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2006
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
doaj   +1 more source

Do cultural taboos regulate hunting in transitioning Indigenous communities? The case of the Idu Mishmi of Northeast India

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 10, Page 3402-3415, October 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Shamanism in Cross-Cultural Perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
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]

open access: yes, 2022
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

open access: yesEspaço Ameríndio, 2012
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

open access: yesScripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1967
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
doaj   +1 more source

The ecstatic body: notes on Shamanism and corporeity in Nepal

open access: yes, 2008
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

open access: yesMäetagused, 1999
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

open access: yes, 2012
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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Shamanism or science?

open access: yesAnais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2002
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
doaj   +1 more source

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