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Les chamanes contemporains – figures d’instabilité
Quêtes Littéraires, 2016 Antoine Volodine and Christian Garcin both make a distinctive use of shamanism in fictional novels. By multiplying shaman characters and intertwining the shamanistic principles and the narrative, they develop a poetic of instability noticeable through ...
Anne-Sophie Donnarieix
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Projected Global Diversity of Marine Heatwaves in the 21st Century
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 5, 16 March 2026.Abstract Marine heatwaves (MHWs)—discrete and prolonged warm ocean temperature extremes—can pose serious threats to marine ecosystems. While the previous work of authors has highlighted the diversity of MHWs, future changes in six representative MHW types, under different climate change scenarios, are unknown.
Wenjing Zhang +3 more
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The Conflicts and Compromises of the Two Cosmologies Making Korean Shamanism
ReligionsThis article explores how the unique cosmology of Korean shamanism, which continues to function as a living religion in contemporary Korea, has been shaped.
Dongkyu Kim
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Two Faces of the Manchu Shaman: “Participatory Observation” in Western and Chinese Contexts
Religions, 2018 Russian anthropologist Shirokogoroff and Chinese ethnographers have provided different understandings of Manchu shamanism. The former approach is centered in the psychological dimension based on the Western context while the latter approach focuses on ...
Feng Qu
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 499-515, March 2026.Fungal systematics can feel overwhelming given the vast species diversity within this kingdom, with numerous subgroups at every taxonomic rank. This often creates a disconnect between the undertsnidng of fungal taxonomic diversity and their societal relevance.
Anna Vaiana +4 more
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The Reflection of Shamanism in South Korean Television Series [PDF]
EonThis study explores the representation of Korean shamanism in South Korean television series (K-dramas) and examines how these productions contribute to the preservation and promotion of shamanic traditions in the context of globalization.
Paula-Grațiela CERNAMORIȚ
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La formation du chamanisme amazonien au Brésil : guérisseurs, leadership et pouvoir rituel
Brésil(s)This article examines some of the transformations in the ritual and religious life of indigenous societies over the course of the 17th and 18th centuries who lived in the Eastern Amazon.
Mark Harris
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 150-166, March 2026.This article examines how emerging generative AI technologies in Europe and North America are being used to reanimate the dead, prompting users to define the ‘edges’ of self and personhood through coding practices. These technologies invite new engagements with fundamental questions of relatedness and the construction of the self, challenging and ...
Jennifer Cearns
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Sacred, secular, or sacrilegious? prehistoric sites, pagans and the Sacred Sites project in Britain [PDF]
, 2008 This paper explores issues and tensions developing within today's Britain around prehistoric 'sacred sites' and their appropriation by a wide range of interested or concerned groups. In examining and theorising competing constructions of 'sacredness' and
Blain, J., Wallis, R. J.
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 293-312, March 2026.What do communicating with a baby, with an animal, and with an ancestor have in common? In all three cases, people engage in opaque communication that is far from the standard psycholinguistic model of transparent interaction based on shared intentionality.
Charles Stépanoff
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