2014
Volume 10, Number 2
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…
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…