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WITCHCRAFT IN COURTROOMS. SOME REFLECTION ON POST-COLONIAL AFRICA
Гуманитарные и юридические исследования, 2021 Today witchcraft and occult practices are significant part of social interactions, economic and political processes in Africa. The theoretical basis of the given article are the ideas of modern ethnologists and anthropologists, which consider magic and ...
P. . Schirripa
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Variable‐Rate Texture Compression: Real‐Time Rendering with JPEG
Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.Abstract Although variable‐rate compressed image formats such as JPEG are widely used to efficiently encode images, they have not found their way into real‐time rendering due to special requirements such as random access to individual texels. In this paper, we investigate the feasibility of variable‐rate texture compression on modern GPUs using the ...
Elias Kristmann +2 more
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Čarovništvo – diskurz ali praksa?
Studia Mythologica Slavica, 2020 This paper challenges a generally accepted view that witchcraft is always a matter of discourse, and the witch a fictitious person who is ascribed bewitchment but, in fact, performed none. It discusses the hints that point to bewitchments being, at least
Mirjam Mencej
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MultiCOIN: Multi‐Modal COntrollable INbetweening
Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.Abstract Video inbetweening creates smooth transitions between two frames making it an indispensable tool for video editing and longform video synthesis. Existing methods struggle with large or complex motion and offer limited control over intermediate frames, often misaligning with user intent.
M. Tanveer +6 more
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Taxes, lawyers, and the decline of witch trials in France [PDF]
This paper explores the rise of the fiscal state in the early modern period and its impact on legal capacity. To measure legal capacity, we establish that witchcraft trials were more likely to take place where the central state had weak legal insti ...
Johnson, Noel D, Koyama, Mark
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Reflecting on loss in Papua New Guinea [PDF]
, 2006 This article takes up the conundrum of conducting anthropological fieldwork with people who claim that they have 'lost their culture,' as is the case with Suau people in the Massim region of Papua New Guinea.
Albert Steve +38 more
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Snapshots from a Fast‐Moving Train: Religious History 1960–2025
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Alexandra Walsham
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Ecologization Is Not a Metaphor: Museums in the Web of Life
Curator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article documents and critiques emerging accounts of museum “ecologization”. Drawing on political ecology, materialist theory, and contemporary museum practice, we challenge dominant frameworks of ecological modernization and advocate for a more critical understanding of museums in the web of life.
Colin Sterling +2 more
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Gendered endings: Narratives of male and female suicides in the South African Lowveld [PDF]
, 2012 This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11013-012-9258-y. Copyright @ Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012.Durkheim’s classical theory of suicide rates being a negative ...
Adam Kuper +38 more
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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
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