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On the problem of continuity: a theory of culture beyond invention Le problème de la continuité : une théorie de la culture au‐delà de l'invention

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Anthropologists, in common with social theorists more generally, have often understood social life as an emergent phenomenon grounded in practices of creativity and improvisation. Where stasis and continuity feature, these are often presented as illusory manifestations of underlying processes of ‘invention’, or as external impositions upon otherwise ...
Paolo Heywood, Thomas Yarrow
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Curiosity, coercion and coping: psychosocial drivers of youth drug use in Sri Lanka. [PDF]

BMJ Paediatr Open
Dayasiri K, Samarasinghe M, Gawarammana I.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Boredom, despondency, and the scourge that lays waste at noon: an anthropology of acedia Ennui, abattement et le fléau qui frappe à midi : une anthropologie de l'acédie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Attentive to the ways that inertia can take hold of life, Catholic monks recognize despondency as a potential not only within the monastery, but in contemporary society more widely. Such experiences are regularly mapped onto an understanding of what early Christian monks termed ‘acedia’ (a Greek term that can be translated as ‘lack of care’). Taking as
Richard D.G. Irvine
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Diets, Fruit and Vegetable Intake, and Nutritional Status in Sri Lanka: A Scoping Review. [PDF]

Matern Child Nutr
Koyratty N, Nwabuikwi O, Silva R, Hess SY, Olney DK.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Haunting the Historiography of Slaves in South Asia from the nineteenth century to the present

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using both English and Urdu‐language records, this article traces the career of a few African and Afro‐Asian women slaves in the household‐state of Awadh during the first half of the nineteenth century. Focusing on the same records, this article compares a master‐poet's recognition of the motherhood of the African and Afro‐Asian slaves to the ...
Indrani Chatterjee
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Antimicrobial Resistance and Infant Mortality in Sri Lanka: A Retrospective Cohort Study. [PDF]

J Paediatr Child Health
Gunaratna GPS, Harrison ML, Dickson BFR, Sathanandaraja R, Perera TMR, Chandrasiri NS, Sutharson A, Baker J, Williams PCM.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

South Asian Bodies at British Borders in the 1970s: From the Ugandan Asian ‘Stateless Husbands’ to ‘Virginity Testing’

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article looks at two critical moments in British immigration – the case of the ‘stateless’ Ugandan Asian husbands, whose wives successfully argued for their entry in Britain in 1973 and the ‘virginity test’ performed on Mrs K at Heathrow Airport in 1979.
Antara Datta, Jinal Parekh
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Dietary practices among antenatal women in Sri Lanka: prevalence and associated factors. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Jayasooriya LHDD, Uthpala UHT, Rajamuni RDSG, Afridi AMM, Nawanjana NMI, Fernando HSP, De Silva DKM, Herath HMCM.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Fine Men from Afar’: Cricket and Empire on the Home Front

History, EarlyView.
Abstract During the Second World War, contrary to enduring images of bombardment and scarcity, people on Britain's ‘Home Front’ continued to take part in a broad array of sporting activities. Cricket played a more significant role in the wartime sporting landscape than many historians have previously recognized.
Michael Collins
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of hypertension and estimates of cardiovascular disease risk in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. [PDF]

BMC Cardiovasc Disord
Wijewickrama E, Fernando DR, Wickramarachchi A, Katulanda GW, Wickramasinghe VP, Katulanda P.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source