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2014
The Continuum of Violence
By: PHILIPPE SCHWEIZER – Here we will go beyond the variety of violence to show its unity, common points and continuities. For although there are multiple forms of violence, they are interrelated: they define a continuum from trivial to extreme violence. Violence against oneself, things, living things such as plants and animals, other nations, the…
The Allegory of History: Memory, Terror and Control
By: MAXIMILIANO E. KORSTANJE – The problem of terrorism after the attacks in American soil in September 2011 has changed the philosophical grounds in ethics and human rights fields. The question of torture and human rights violation was placed on the tapestry of the discussion. Is good or not by torturing terrorists?, are terrorist simple…
Impact of Flood and Siltation on Socio-Economy A Case Study of Dhemaji Revenue Circle, District Dhemaji, Assam
By: MANDIRA BURAGOHAIN, MONIMUGDHA BHUYAN – Dhemaji district of Assam is very prone to flood and siltation because of various hydro-meteorological and topographical characteristics of the basin in which it is situated. Jiadhal, the main river of Dhemaji district, has long been considered as a problematic river in the history of Assam due to re-current…
Warmth, Competence e Morality. I fondamenti della percezione sociale
By: STEFANO MENICOCCI –
Age Estimation from the Rib by Components Method Analysis in Indian females
By: MAHESH CHAND MEENA, YASHODA RANI, G.K. SHARMA – The sternal ends of the ribs are a reliable method of age estimation from late adolescence to old age. Iscan et al developed a phase analysis method based on the morphologic changes at the sternal extremity of the fourth rib, is one of the best effective…
Femininity as Divinity. Depiction of Goddesses at Kailash Temple Ellora
By: RAJPAL, KUSHAL PARKASH – The sculptural representation of the Indian goddesses carries divine procreative powers in exaggeration of the globular pendulousness of breasts. Accordingly, there is an emphasis on heavy hips and pudenda. There are inherent movements and livelihood in Indian sculptural art. They are depicted sometimes in a posture of dancing quite often…
The Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Soliga Tribe on Eradication of Lantana Camara and their Livelihood
By: C. MADEGOWDA, C. USHA RAO – The Lantana camara weed is wildly spreading in Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary and it has made a negative impact on animals and plant species, because these animals are facing food insecurity. The Soliga tribals livelihood depends on the forest for Non–timber forest products and the daily consumption…
How much mobile we are?
By: MAXIMILIANO E. KORSTANJE, FRANCISCO MUÑOZ DE ESCALONA – The social sciences have adopted the paradigm of mobility as unquestionable. This becomes in an ideological instrument to justify many practices and covering others. Nonetheless, the capitalist ethos is far away of promoting mobility, strengthens its forms of production on sedentary logic. Travels are only circular…
Some Characteristics of Ethnic Identity Case Study: Migrants from Serbia and Montenegro to Denmark
By: GORAN RAJOVIĆ – The following text is a contribution to the study of migration, in order to be closer to the main problems of contemporary migration flows from Serbia and Montenegro to Denmark, through the presentation of various data and results obtained in the current studies of the phenomenon of migration. Attention is paid…
Paleopatologia e marker occupazionali dei reperti scheletrici rinvenuti nella Cappella di San Floriano, Rio di Pusteria (V-XVII sec.)
By: ALBERTO ZANATTA – Nel 1998, durante dei lavori di restauro della cappella di San Floriano a Rio di Pusteria (Bz) sono stati trovati 30 m3 di reperti ossei disposti caoticamente e non in connessione anatomica risalenti al periodo che va dal V al XVII secolo. Le indagini antropologiche si sono concentrate sull’analisi degli 8484…
The Perception of Color and The Meaning of Brilliance Among Archaic and Ancient Populations and Its Reflections on Language
By: SANDRA BUSATTA – Introduction; Yellow-blue and red-green; Radiant-not radiant, appearance, skin, hair and surface; The blue-green problem; Green stones: jadeite, nephrite, serpentinite…; An aesthetics of color and brilliance? ; Sources of natural colors; Purple and purple; Hebrew textiles, Phoenician porpores and biblical blues; The colors of the Greeks; Blue, glass and faience pottery; Color…
La Percezione del Colore e il significato della Lucentezza presso popolazioni arcaiche antiche e i suoi riflessi linguistici
By: SANDRA BUSATTA – Introduzione; Giallo-blu e rosso-verde; Radiante – non radiante, aspetto, pelle, pelo e superficie; Il problema del verde-blu; Pietre verdi: giadeite, nefrite, serpentinite…; Un’estetica del colore e della brillantezza?; Fonti dei colori naturali; Porpora e purpureo; Tessuti ebraici, porpore fenicie e blu biblici; I colori dei greci; Il blu, il vetro e…
Socio Cultural Barriers of Girls’ Educational Attainment. Experiences From Rural Bangladesh
By: RIPON KUMAR SARKAR, MOHOSHIN REZA, ELIAS HOSSAIN – Girls’ education is known as an essential component to skilled human resource development and for enhancing their socio-economic status in all societies across the world. It has been recognized as panacea to sustainable social development. Using qualitative research methodology, this research was aimed at exploring socio-cultural…
Body Mass Index and Chronic Energy Deficiency among Adult Male Lodhas and Kharias of Mayurbhanj, Odisha. Comparison with other tribal populations of Eastern India
By: MONALI GOSWAMI – Odisha is one of the most backward states in India. Naturally its reflection will be felt in the tribal communities also. There exists scanty information of the prevalence of under-nutrition among the tribal population of Odisha. In view of this, the objective of the present study is to report the anthropometric…
Parlare per Gioco
By: MARCO MENICOCCI – Alla nostra coscienza il gioco si presenta, in senso immediato, come un riflesso impoverito della realtà. Questo sia a livello sociologico – è una cosa da bambini – sia, per così dire, ontologico: un videogioco sul tennis è solo una versione sintetica e ridotta di n vero incontro sportivo di tennis.…
Modernization and Individualism in the Ayt Merghad Community
By: FATIMA GADDAR – In an attempt to build a modern state, Morocco has embarked on a process of social, economic and political development since its independence in 1956. Numerous projects of development have been implemented both at the national and local levels. These projects have produced new patterns of life which are governed by…
The Walking Dead and Bottom Days
By: GEOFFREY SKOLL, MAXIMILIANO E. KORSTANJE – Undoubtedly, the industry of movies and other cultural entertainments bespeak of us as a society. Many anthropologists have focused on the analysis of cinema as a form of understanding the social fabric. In this vein, this paper not only explores the roots of the Walking Dead, a cablevision…
Awareness of Safe Motherhood Patterns. A Cross-Cultural Comparison between Muslim and Horizon Communities in Rajshahi Metropolitan City of Bangladesh
By: AFZAL HOSSAIN – Safe motherhood is one of the very important elements of human, economic and social investment. The awareness of safe motherhood enhances human being to get proper mother and child healthcare facilities all over the world. In Bangladesh health is one of the main fundamental rights of every citizen, which is ensured…
The Tree of Life Design. From Central Asia to Navajoland and Back (with a Mexican Detour) Part 3
By: SANDRA BUSATTA – The Tree of Life design or Bird Pictorial in Navajo rugs first appeared around the turn of the 20th century. Usually this style portrays either a cornstalk or a tree growing from a basket. Birds are perched on them, and flowers, bees, and butterflies rabbits, squirrels or even farm animals may…
An Ethnographic Profile of the Tamil Settlers in a City of West Bengal, India
By: AVIK ROY, GOPALKRISHNA CHAKRABARTI, ARNAB DAS – This article intends to explore the processes involved in the production and sustained expression of ethnic identity of the Tamil Brahman settlers at an urban locality of Howrah (a district of Indian state of West Bengal). Much of the works on ethnicity have been rooted in understanding…
Socio-Economic Life of Iruliga Tribe in Karnataka
By: B.R. MANJUNATHA, M. ANNAPURNA, K. SHYLAJA – The objective of this research paper is to find out the socio-economic condition of the Iruliga tribe in Karnataka. To suggest the ways and means, for their overall development. This study is mainly based on the primary and secondary data. Primary data is collected through the field…
Dans un monde romani. Approche en immersion de sociabilités roms roumaines en contexte migratoire
By: SÉBASTIEN DION – Selon l’opinion avancée par une multiplicité d’acteurs institutionnels ou d’ONG présents dans l’accompagnement des Roms en migration en Europe occidentale, ceux-ci ne seraient pas “intégrables” socialement1, souvent parce qu’ils ne sont pas déjà insérés par le logement, la santé ou l’activité professionnelle, et les enfants par la scolarité. Ce défaut d’insertion…
L’infanzia negata. Sessualizzazione della cultura e innocenza dell’infanzia
By: DENISE CAPPADONIA – Nel mondo contemporaneo la diffusione sempre più massiccia di immagini che richiamano al mondo della sessualità colpisce anche le giovani generazioni. Modelli estetici vincolanti e codici comportamentali estremamente sessualizzati approdano anche tra i giovanissimi. L’articolo che segue opera un breve resoconto delle modalità in cui la società va in contro alla…
Post-Colonialism: The So-Called Malaise Creole in Mauritius
By: SYLVIE MAURER – Mauritius is a former French and British colony in the Indian Ocean. Now, this island has become a multicultural and multi-ethnic society due to several waves of immigration from Europe, Africa and Asia, all through the past three centuries. Each wave of immigration brought in new people along with their cultures,…
A Neglected Tribe of Orissa, India
By: BHUBANESWAR SABAR, CHUKTIA BHUNJIA – The name of ‘Bhunjia’ as a tribe is not found in anthropological writings except during numbering the Orissa’s tribal groups. No reasons are found behind the invisibility of writings/studies rather than un-enthusiasm of anthropologists may be due to lack of historical documents. It is fact that most of the…
Cup-and-Ring Marked Stones in Ancient Mesoamerica
By: ARNAUD F. LAMBERT – This paper presents an overview of all documented examples of cup-and-ring marked stones from Mesoamerican archaeological sites in order to evaluate previous interpretations of the meanings of these enigmatic symbols. Comparisons of their site-specific contexts demonstrate that while the aquatic symbolism of these marks is perhaps their most common attribute,…
An overview of Somatic Symptoms among the two Menopausal Groups
By: DOYEL DASGUPTA – Present study aims to find out the prevalence of somatic symptoms and the factors influencing the onset of symptoms among the Bengali speaking Hindu menopausal women of Eastern India. A total number of 371 women (30-55 years) were selected as study participants and they were divided into two groups on the…
Violenza e simulacro. Imprese minerarie transnazionali a Wirikuta: scenario di una tragedia nazionale
By: ARTURO DEL ÁNGEL GUTIÉRREZ – Questo articolo analizza la stretta relazione che esiste tra il popolo messicano degli Huichol, e una zona desertica che si trova nello stato di San Luis Potosí. Ogni anno, gli Huichol realizzano un pellegrinaggio al deserto alla ricerca del cactus peyote. Questo pellegrinaggio e le modalità in cui è…
I Desaparecidos della Dittatura argentina (1976-1983)
By: MARIELA ARRIAGADA – This paper explains in general terms what was the last dictatorship in Argentina that began in 1976 and ended in 1983 with the arrival of democracy. Where the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo begin a long career in pursuit of truth for the recovery of their family and kidnapped grandchildren. It…