2013
Volume 9, Number 1
Gene Diversity Analysis and Microdifferentiation Process in North Indian Muslim Populations
By: RUQAIYA HUSSAIN, AHSANA SHAH, MOHD FAREED, MOHAMMAD AFZAL – Indian population is well known for its genetic diversity, ethnicity and microdifferentiation process. The present work deals with the distribution of A1A2BO, Rh (D), PTC tasting ability and Red green Colorblindness to study the genetic structure, fitness and microdifferentiation process among different Muslim populations of…
Colombo e la nudità dei “selvaggi”
By: GILBERTO MAZZOLENI – Siamo ben lontani dalle monolitiche definizioni dell’età di Colombo, Cortéz e Pizarro. Trascorsi secoli di speculazioni (sempre più razional-positivistiche) l’equazione biblica di nudità = vergogna non è più meccanicamente accettata e condivisa, mentre vari movimenti contemporanei (vedi il cosiddetto nudismo) arriverebbero ad apprezzare la schietta e presunta naturalità di quelli che…
Health Awareness Patterns. A Cross-Cultural Comparison between Muslim and Horizon Communities in Rajshahi Metropolitan City of Bangladesh
By: AFZAL HOSSAIN – Health is one of the very important elements of human capital. The knowledge of health awareness enhances human being to get proper healthcare facilities all over the world. In Bangladesh health is one of the main fundamental rights of every citizen, which is ensured by the constitution. The present study, the…
Birth and the Evil Eye in the Amazigh Culture in Morocco: The Case of Ayt Merghad
By: FATIMA GADDAR – During the last decades, many beliefs in the Moroccan culture have undergone profound changes. However, people’s attitudes towards the evil eye as a destructive power have not changed that much. The belief in its notion is still a significant aspect of the Amazigh culture which is the concern of the present…
Community Condom Outlet. The Magical Man to Prevent HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh
By: NASIR UDDIN, MAKSUDA KHATUN, MUSFIKUR RAHMAN, AFSANA AKTER – Bangladesh is believed to be a low HIV prevalent country although the potentiality of spreading HIV remains high because of several contributing factors. There is many sex –workers active with highest sexual contacts and partner exchange but low condom use by both sex workers and…
Prevalence of Under-nutrition among the Juangs. A study on a particularly vulnerable tribal group of Odisha, India
By: MONALI GOSWAMI – This study is undertaken to determine the overall prevalence of under-nutrition based on body mass index (BMI) of the Juangs, a vulnerable tribal population of Odisha, India. A total of 414 adult males and 423 adult females (≥18 years) were considered for anthropometric data from fifteen villages under two blocks of…
La mummia nelle farmacopee medioevali
By: FEDERICO LUGLI – Le mummie non sono solamente corpi umani imbalsamati sopravvissuti allo scorrere del tempo ma appartengono anche al mondo della storia della medicina in quanto utilizzate come medicinale a partire dall’Età Medievale. Sono state sfruttate come rimedio ad un elevato numero di patologie e hanno ricoperto il ruolo di baluardo della scienza…
La silenziosa protesta degli Hikikomori
By: DARIO MELIGRANA – Hikikomori. Una parola decisamente esotica, che significa ritiro e che da una decina di anni a questa parte caratterizza un fenomeno sociale molto diffuso nel Giappone e che sembrerebbe non avere eguali nelle società Occidentali e definisce, nello specifico, quel gruppo di adolescenti e giovani adulti (14-25 anni) che per un…
Socio-Economic factors influence the age at first marriage of Muslim women of a remote population from North-East India
By: ANJALI HALOI, DHRUBA KUMAR LIMBU – The present cross sectional study was undertaken among the Assamese Muslim women of Kamrup district, Assam, one of the North-Eastern states of India with a view to understand the differences in the age at first marriage of women and socio-economic factors influencing it. The findings of the present…
The Role of Art in Two Neighborhoods and Responses to Urban Decay and Gentrification
By: GEOFFREY SKOLL, MAXIMILIANO E. KORSTANJE – One of the most troubling aspects of cultural studies, is the lack of comparative cases to expand the horizons of micro-sociology. Based on this, the present paper explores the effects of gentrification in two neighborhoods, Riverwest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA and Abasto in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Each neighborhood…
The Ban of Non-Timber Forest Products collection effect on Soligas migration in Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary, India
By: C. MADEGOWDA, C. USHA RAO – The livelihood of tribals depends on forest resources and they have been living in the forest from time immemorial. The major sources of income for the Soligas are from Non –Timber Forest Products, subsistence agriculture, and labour. The Non –Timber Forest Products collection was banned in 2006 under…
The Invisible Hunger: Is Famine Identifiable from the Archaeological Record?
By: JOHANNA MORGAN – Famine, as defined by an acute (short-term) or chronic (long-term or cyclical) period of starvation, is identifiable in the historical period from written records and potentially with archaeological corroboration, but in prehistory other approaches must be employed. Several of these are discussed including studies of diet and nutrition, paleodemography, environmental catalysts,…
Space and Identity. A Study on the Tradition and Change of the Gujars of Himachal Pradesh
By: DIPANKAR CHATTERJEE, ARNAB DAS – The unique life-ways of the ‘Gujar’ pastoral community of India have evoked significant interest in recent time as they are struggling hard to retain their cultural identity against the increasing pressure of different forces of change. The ‘Gujars’ are wedded to herding buffaloes since long past and nurturing a…
Dementia and Epilepsy. Family and Kinship care Analysis
By: RAVINDER SINGH, VIBHA SHARMA, UPMESH KUMAR – 38 interviews of epilepsy patients and 22 interviews of care givers of Dementia (Alzheimer Disease) were conducted between August 2006 and July 2007 in neuropsychiatric hospital. The content analysis of these interviews is illuminated here in the paper. The cultural dimensions of epilepsy and dementia reveal social…
Community Participation in Disaster Management: Role of Social Work to Enhance Participation
By: ANWAR HOSSAIN – Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable areas to natural disasters in the world. Almost every year different types of natural disasters occur in Bangladesh and destroy many lives and resources of people. Although it is not possible to prevent the occurrence of disasters influenced by natural causes, proper plan, management…
Chirurgia estetica e “bello sociale” contemporaneo. Come la società contemporanea plasma se stessa
By: DENISE CAPPADONIA – L’articolo che segue prende le mosse dalla necessità di comprendere le ragioni che spingono gli attori sociali – inscritti nella contemporaneità occidentale – a ricorrere alla chirurgia estetica al fine di corrispondere a un ideale prestabilito di bellezza fisica. Questo ideale (definito in questa sede “bello sociale”) appare diffuso in maniera…
Biochemical Polymorphisms in Reddy Population of Visakhapatnam District in South India
Andhra Pradesh, Blood groups, Caste population, India, Polymorphism, Red cell enzymes, Serum proteinsBy: KONATHALA G. KUMARI, M. RAMESH, T.L. PATHI, GODI SUDHAKAR, DHRITIMAN SARMA – Introduction: The investigation of human blood genetic markers is a convenient tool to study genetic variation within and between human populations. The present investigation reports the variation in the distribution of some genetic markers (blood groups, plasma proteins and red cell enzymes)…
Indigenous Knowledge on Medicinal Plants among the Iruliga tribal population of Western Ghats areas, Karnataka, India
By: S.L. GURUPRASAD, N. NINGAIAH, M.R. GANGADHAR – This article is on the Folk and indigenous knowledge system of the tribal community of Western Ghats of Karnataka particularly on medicinal plants and their socio-economic dependence on the forests. There are numerous herbs available in their surrounding where the tribes are living and that herbs are…
The Tree of Life Design. From Central Asia to Navajoland and Back (With a Mexican Detour) Part 1
By: SANDRA BUSATTA – The Tree of Life design is thought to be originated in Central Asia possibly from shamanic cultures, and can be seen as a favorite pattern in many carpets and rugs produced in a huge area, from Afghanistan to Eastern Europe. From the Middle East, together with other Christian and Moorish designs,…
The Colonization of Space. An Anthropological Outlook
alien communication, colonization, cultural adaptation, interstellar travels, physical adaptation, Space AnthropologyBy: MORENO TIZIANI – The colonization of space implies an adaptation of both physical and cultural type. The human species is characterized by a great adaptive capacity that, in a basically extreme environment, reveals all its plasticity. However, this capacity must be aided by appropriate technological solutions that identify the problems related to long stays…
La colonizzazione dello spazio. Una prospettiva antropologica
adattamento culturale, adattamento fisico, Antropologia dello spazio, colonizzazione, comunicazione aliena, viaggi interstellariBy: MORENO TIZIANI – La colonizzazione dello spazio implica un adattamento di carattere sia fisico sia culturale. La specie umana è connotata da una grande capacità adattativa che, in un ambiente fondamentalmente estremo, rivela tutta la sua plasticità. Tuttavia, tale capacità deve essere aiutata da soluzioni tecnologiche adeguate che individuino le problematiche connesse alle lunghe…