2018
Volume 14, Number 1
Tourism as Pilgrimage?
By: SANDRA BUSATTA – Anthropologists have been debating the relationship between the tourist and the pilgrim for a number of decades, using in a somewhat loose way terms such as vacation, travel and tour. The etymologies of the words used for travel, journey, voyage and tourism, as well as vacation, holiday, feast and fair, and…
Processi di apprendimento culturale nelle cerimonie turche del mevlid: dalla cantante alla madre, dalla madre al figlio
By: MARTINA CRESCENTI – In order to understand the dynamics and contents of the political project to strengthen Islam supported by the Party for Justice and Development (AKP) in contemporary Turkey, I surveyed twenty-five mevlid ceremonies officiated by women, who were the object of a research conducted in Bursa and Gemlik in 2014. These ceremonies…
Gli Uroni e le loro anime. Immortalità, sorte oltremondana e reincarnazione nei documenti del ‘600 sugli Uroni
By: MARCO MENICOCCI – Based on the documents of the first missionaries, the scholars of Huron religion rejected the possibility of applying the Western notion of soul to this people, but accepted the declarations of the missionaries according to whom this people believed in reincarnation. The critical analysis of missionary documents shows that not only…
Persuasion with deceit elicits the “Trojan Horse Effect” in tennis players
By: FRANCO VIVIANI, MATTEO FENZA – When people decide and solve problems without complete information, often use heuristics, leading to cognitive biases. To 90 both sexes tennis players, subdivided into three levels of performance, was requested to test two identical rackets having two similar strings, apart for the brand and the price, presented to half…
I fuochi sacri dei paesi iblei: il caso dell’ampelodesma di Cassaro e di Ferla
By: GIUSEPPE GARRO – The study presented below analyzes the rituals of fire in the small towns of Cassaro and Ferla located in the prov. of Syracuse in South Eastern Sicily. Specifically, the analysis considers the use of the ampelodesma plant used during the procession of Sant’Antonio (Cassaro) and of the Holy Saturday at Ferla.…
Meanings and taboos in traditional gastronomy of Maasai communities in Kajiado County, Kenya
By: MICHELE FILIPPO FONTEFRANCESCO, LEAH LEKANAYIA – The article analyses food traditions among the Maasai of Kajiado County. It explores them on the basis of an ethnographic research conducted between 2017 and 2018. In particular, it investigates the cultural meanings and taboos associated with blood, meat and milk: key elements in the traditional Maasai diet.…
L’éthique et la pragmatique du vivant dans leurs rapports à l’avenir corporel de l’homme
emerging diseases, ethical relativism, experimentation, expérimentation, intégrité, integrity, living ethics, maladies émergentes, postmodernism éthique, postmodernisme, relativisme éthiqueBy: JACQUES J. ROZENBERG – This article analyzes the relationship between the ethics of the living as an in vivo organism, its in vitro biological studies, and the bodily future of the human being. It aims to show the inseparability between the pragmatic procedures implemented in the study of its micro-biochemical structures and its repercussions…
Pain: How does Anthropology look at it? The Suffering of Body and Mind
By: RAVINDER SINGH – This Paper attempts to explore pain, social and physical, their metaphors and its suffering in and beyond body. Further it reviews evidences for neuro-chemical and neural overlap between social and physical pain. Besides it has explored consequences of this overlap and follows sociocultural aspects of pain in the anthropological lens. It…
A comparative study of Nutritional Status among the Eastern Indian Type 2 Diabetes and Diabetic Nephropathy patients Population of West Bengal
By: PULAKES PURKAIT – To examine the association between nutritional status and type 2 diabetes disease phenotype in Eastern Indian patients’ population of West Bengal, the present study covered 718 participants, out of which 168 were type 2 diabetic nephropathy patients on hemodialysis (T2DNH), 246 were type 2 diabetes patients without nephropathy (T2DM) which were…
A study on consciousness of urban girls about their body image and body weight in north Kolkata, West Bengal. Body image and body weight among girls
body image attitude, body image perception, body weight concern, body weight related behaviour, India, urban girlBy: SUBHO ROY, NANDINI GANGULY, SANCHARI ROY – The present study explores the association between body image attitude and perception and age and actual weight status of urban girls aged between 14 and 22 years. The association of body weight concern and related behaviour with age and actual weight status of these girls were also…
Socio-Economic Status of the Bettakuruba Tribal Women: a Case Study from the Chamarajanagara District, Karnataka
By: B.R. MANJUNATHA, M.R. GANGADHAR – The objectives of this paper is to find out the socio-economic status of the Bettakuruba tribal women and to suggest ways and means for their overall development. The Bettakuruba community has a rich and cultural heritage, and strong traditions, but lacks socio-economic empowerment. They are not able to create…
Femininity in Proto-historic South Asian Art: an Analytical Study of Harappans
anklet, breast, Chalcolithic, elongate, female figurines, feminine, Harappa, necklace, posture, seals, string, terracotta, waistBy: RAJESH HOODA, RAJPAL, KUSHAL PARKASH – Women carry divine procreative powers gifted by nature. There is an inherent sophistication in the movements of a woman’s body and the livelihood of these movements has been well represented since proto-historic times. Be it either sculptural art or terracotta art, the artisan or even a novice took…
Women’s Participation in the Development Program and Household Decision Making Status among the Targeting Ultra Poor (TUP) in Rural Bangladesh
By: RIPON KUMAR SARKAR, K.M. RABIUL KARIM – Growing evidence shows that the distribution of individuals’ ownership and control of assets within a household can have important implications for women’s empowerment and children’s well-being. Interventions on specific individuals can shift intra-household dynamics, yet little evidence exists from rigorous evaluation. We studied BRAC’s Targeting the Ultra…