2014
Volume 10, Number 1
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…
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…