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Book reviews: On commodifying intangibles [PDF]
, 1998 Book reviews of: 1) James Boyle, Shamans, Software, and Spleens: Law and the Construction of the Information Society. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1996. Pp. xvi, 270. $35.00 (cloth), $15.95 (paper).
Gordon, Wendy J., Postbrief, Sam
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Toward a neurophysiological foundation for altered states of consciousness [PDF]
, 2018 Singh's cultural evolutionary theory posits that methods of inducing shamanic altered states of consciousness differ, resulting in profoundly different cognitive states.
Jennings, Carolyn, Tabatabaeian, Shadab
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.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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On beliefs in non-shamanic guardian spirits among Saamis
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1987 Often the saiva (or saivo) spirits have been defined as the guardian and helping spirits of the shaman. In this way, Saami shamanism appears as a counterpart to shamanism in Siberia and North America where guardian-spirit beliefs have similarly played a ...
Åke Hultkrantz
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Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 2022 The emergence of “shamanic tourism” in some Shipibo-Konibo villages and urban areas has led to a recrudescence of vernacular witchcraft practices, now integrated into the new sociological context of the commercialization of local vegetalist shamanism ...
Doriane Slaghenauffi
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Traditional Healers and Mental Health in Nepal: A Scoping Review. [PDF]
, 2019 Despite extensive ethnographic and qualitative research on traditional healers in Nepal, the role of traditional healers in relation to mental health has not been synthesized.
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.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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Shamanic Attributes of Anthropomorphic Characters in the Rock Art of the Middle Yenisei
СибСкриптThe rock art of the Middle Yenisei often depicts shamans with various shamanic attributes. The local shamanism has its roots in the Bronze Age. It influenced the plots and patterns of the Middle Yenisei rock art.
Alexandr L. Zaika, Ivan V. Siryukin
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.The Shuar of Ecuadorian Amazonia once pursued eminence through warfare and vision quests. While vision quests have been retained, today – settled in villages – they seek eminence through economic success and political leadership. This article examines an apparent paradox: whilst envy suspicions pervade public life, they legitimize rather than level ...
Natalia Buitron, Grégory Deshoullière
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Los cuna y sus saberes médicos. La “ciencia” de los “bárbaros” bajo la mirada del mundo ilustrado
Historia Crítica, 2012 This article analyzes some aspects of the medical knowledge of the Cuna indigenous people during the 18th century. It explores topics such as the representation of the phenomenon of health/ illness, the specialization of medical authorities, the ...
Jaime Andrés Peralta Agudelo
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