2015
Volume 11, Number 1
Anthropological Reflections on the Interventions on Genitalia
By: FRANCO VIVIANI – The present paper reflects on the possibility to ban and/or reduce the interventions on both male (IMG) and female (IFG) genitalia in different contexts using a pandisciplinary approach. The common hypothesis on the origins, development and effects of IFG and IMG are first considered. Then the following aspects are out-lined: the…
Type 2 Diabetes, Hypertension and Nutritional Status among an Urban Population of Southern Rajasthan
By: PULAKES PURKAIT, PREM C. SUTHAR, MITHUN SIKDAR – The increasing prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus as well as hypertension among Indian population has already become a subject matter for the health planners as well as the researchers who are engaged in mitigating the same in years to come. But lots of work has to be…
Mauritius: Culture Crossings and its Consequences
By: SYLVIE MAURER – Mauritius has been crossed by a wide variety of cultures from the inception of its population through the present. As a result of the waves of different peoples, and therefore, cultures, crossing the island, Mauritius now houses a multicultural “rainbow” population. However, the cultures in place are not given equal social…
Cognition of Communication Examined through Mobile Phone
cognitive anthropology, communication, material culture, memorization, mobile phone, non-verbal communication, utility, verbal communicationBy: SOMA BANDYOPADHYAY – Human cognition expressed through symbols, wins over the physiological process of response. Conventional ways of communication are facing challenges from upcoming technological devices. The extent of human dependence on present day technology regarding communication is studied. The study is an attempt to establish a relationship between human thought and society in…
Indigenous Knowledge on Medicinal Plants and their Socio-Economic Condition of the Hakkipikki Tribal Population of Western Ghats Areas, Karnataka, India
By: S.L. GURUPRASAD, N. NINGAIAH, S.L. MAMATHA, VIJAYLAXMI AMINBHAVI – 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 forest. There are numerous herbs available in their surrounding where the tribes are living and that herbs…
Effect of Gendered Norms on Women’s Labor Force Participation in Northern Rural Bangladesh
By: RIPON KUMAR SARKAR – Labor force participation for women is considered as an imperative sign for achieving gender equity. Like men women’s participation in the labor force can play an important role in the economic growth of a developing country like Bangladesh. However, due to socio cultural factors and slow growth in the rates…
Rang Taiba’s Stone: A Study of a Megalith in Maram Khullen, Manipur, India
By: S. CHONGLOI, Q. MARAK – Megaliths, large stone structures, are seen aplenty in some regions in Northeast India. This paper discusses the megaliths found in the Maram areas in Manipur, India, and its cultural significance. Interestingly, these megaliths continue to have a living tradition connected to them, and hence are considered history markers to…
Potbelly Sculptures as False Mortuary Bundles
By: ARNAUD F. LAMBERT – The present paper investigates the possibility that the potbelly sculptures of southeastern Mesoamerica may have served as false (or effigy) mortuary bundles in public rituals tying ancestor veneration to emerging forms of rulership among the Preclassic Maya. Correspondences between potbelly sculptures and the artistic and archaeological evidence for the use…
Ciocche e trecce: la donna tra i suoi nodi
By: NADIA BERTI – This work shows the role of women’s hair in society and in history. The work was presented at the ninth edition of the festival “The violence illustrated” of Bologna, within Open (h) Air, a Paola Luciani project. Hidden under the hair’s symbol there is the image of a woman free to…
Il matrimonio lucano e il suo universo culturale: lo specchio di una società che cambia
By: MICHELA FORGIONE – This survey, commissioned by the province of Potenza (Basilicata) for the “Basilicata Factory” Project, analizes the exchange of knowledge between generations through the transfer of cultural heritage in the post WW2 war Lucan wedding. The fieldwork produced a documentary account about the various steps of it. The rituals’ analysis prompted a…
Compendio e riesame delle indagini di superficie di un nuovo insediamento nella Puglia centroccidentale: Murgia e Grotta San Pellegrino (Laterza – Taranto)
By: VINCENZO STASOLLA – The article summarizes the results of published surveys about the archaeological material found on the surface outside San Pellegrino Cave, Taranto-Apulia, inhabited from the middle and upper Palaeolithic, through the Imperial Roman Age. A quite good lithic industry and large pottery sherds show that the documented materials date as far back…
Antropologia ed evoluzione umana nel Museo Sardo di Antropologia ed Etnografia. Finalità didattico-educative
Human Evolution, Italy, Laboratory of Anthropology, Museo Sardo di Antropologia ed Etnografia, Museum Education, Physical anthropologyBy: MARCO SARIGU, ROSALBA FLORIS, GIOVANNI UMBERTO FLORIS, VALERIA PUSCEDDU – The Anthropological room located in the Sardinian Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of Cagliari University, exhibits a permanent collection of human skeletal remains and replicas of fossil hominids related to human evolution. The educational role of the museum is supported by several exhibitions and…
