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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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Oral traditions in Malaysia A discussion of shamanism
Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia, 2010 The article discusses Malay oral traditions and emphasizes the shamanistic aspects of these traditions. Shamans often recite mantras in the execution of their role in society.
Haron Daud
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Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
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Problem of Definition of Shamanstvo (the current approaches in Religious Stu dies)
Oriental Studies, 2018 The article is devoted to the analysis of some approaches in the modern researches on shamanism in connection with definition of essence of institute of modern «knowing» (medlgchi) in Kalmykia.
Elza Bakaeva
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Area, EarlyView.Short Abstract This paper draws on the concepts of ‘researching up’ and ‘researching down’, often used to distinguish between relative ‘power over’ or ‘power under’ interlocutors. It suggests that by mobilising these concepts through feminist geography as a relational analytic rather than oppositional categories, we can generate new insights into our ...
Jennifer C. Langill
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The correlation between faith and self-esteem with shamans and supernatural power
Masyarakat, Kebudayaan dan Politik, 2019 This research aims to provide empirical data about the relation between faith and self-esteem with shamans and their supernatural power among the tribal-based religious community in North Sumatra.
Godlif Sianipar
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Maps and Diaspora: Affect, Agency and Epistolary Praxis
Area, EarlyView.Short Abstract Following discussions, interactions and reflections during the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) conference ‘Map Room Conversations’ sessions, this paper examines maps and diaspora through an affective lens. By utilising an auto‐ethnographic epistolary praxis of letter writing and employing the therapeutic prompt, ‘What came up for ...
Rohini Rai, Iqbal Singh
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Shamans, Portals, and Water Babies: Southern Paiute Mirrored Landscapes in Southern Nevada
ArtsDelamar Valley is a unique landscape located in southern Nevada that contains places associated with ceremony and Southern Paiute Creation. This ceremonial landscape is composed of volcanic places, a large Pleistocene Lake, and an underground ...
Kathleen Van Vlack +2 more
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Back to the Land: Museum Practices, Collections, and Other‐Than‐Human Politics in Southern Chile
Curator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Since the 2000s, Mapuche communities' participation has transformed the Mapuche Museum of Cañete. This participation shifted the institution's concept, curation, and conservation practices. From the second half of the 2010s onwards, other‐than‐human politics reshaped the participatory process.
Lucas da Costa Maciel
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CULTURE, RITUALS AND NATURE: EXPERIENCES OF MYSTICAL TOURISM IN NORTHERN PERU [PDF]
Geo Journal of Tourism and GeositesThis study explored cultural tourist experiences of Andean rituals on Peru's northern coast using ethnographic methods. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 65 participants, field notes, and observations of interactions among ...
Miguel Angel RUIZ-PALACIOS +5 more
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