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2021
Mορμώ δάκνει… Morde il babau! Gli spauracchi femminili della Grecia antica. Storie di donne e di dolore
By: ALESSANDRA ROMEO – Unconscious fears and the desire to fix specific patterns of behavior find their natural outlet in the myth: Lamia, Empusa, Mormolice, Mormò, Accò, Alfitò and Gellò are unmarried female figures, without children and not subject to male authority. These figures find themselves in an almost subversive position of reality, threatening existing…
Beltrami’s Cradleboard and Other Stories. Beltrami’s is the Oldest Preserved Dakota Cradleboard in the World
Beltrami, Bergamo, cradleboard, Dakota, Filottrano, Fort Snelling, Glauco Luchetti, Museo E. Caffi, Santee Mdewakanton, Santee SiouxBy: SANDRA BUSATTA – This is an updated version of the article “La culla di Beltrami e altre storie”, published in Italian in 1991. The Beltrami Collection, made up of the objects he brought back from his travels, has been divided for a long time: a part was kept at the Museum of Natural History…
Small-Scale Tea Economy and Arsla Organic Tea Cooperative A Grassroots Initiative of Khasi Tribes of Meghalaya, North-East India
By: ABDUL HANNAN, NITISH MONDAL – This paper is an attempt to explore the Small-Scale Tea Economies in North-East India. Of late, it is seen that most of the tribes in the North-East have engaged into tea cultivation. As per the Tea Board of India (2019), there are 110,422 Small Tea Growers (STGs) spread over…
Human Behaviour during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Observations from India
By: ATANU GHOSH, FATIK BARAN MANDAL – COVID-19 has changed the everyday life of the human being worldwide with an unprecedented threat. Although medical science has a crucial role in combatting the disease, concerted efforts incorporating the knowledge from social and behavioural sciences are also vital to mitigate the COVID-19 induced crisis. The actions of…
Nutritional status of lactating mothers: a study among the Ahom women of Lakhimpur District, Assam
By: AVIJIT BORUAH – Women are generally susceptible to under-nutrition, especially during pregnancy and lactation period. Effective pregnancy and lactation require changes in the body for the proper functioning of various physiological systems. As such, the nutrient requirement of the body increases during these periods. Poor health and nutritional insufficiency in mothers’ during these periods…
A Comparative study of anthropometry and body composition among male athletes and non athletes of age 18-26 years of Kamrup (M), Guwahati, Assam
By: DHANMANI MEDHI, MOMON HIJAM – The purpose of this study was to describe the anthropometric characters and body composition between athletes and non athletes as well as to make a comparison between them and to assess the nutritional status through BMI. A total of 120 males were enrolled in the study, which were divided…
Prevalence of Undernutrition Based on Thinness among Birhors of Korba District, Chhattisgarh, India
By: DHANSAY, SARVENDRA YADAV, A.N. SHARMA – The rising/ escalating problem of malnutrition, commonly envisioned as double burden due to increasing rate of both under-nutrition and obesity in third world including country like India in which high prevalence of undernutrition, which is assess by thinness more precisely. Thus, the present study aims to assess the…
Immuno-Nourishing Early Cultures: Re-Evaluating Temple Rituals During Covid Pandemic
By: FRESNAL DAS, ANIL JOSE P.S., S. RAJU – People from different walks of life responded differently to coronavirus, with some completely unaware, while some lost their life. The pressing question in this context is, how humans, as a species, can be ready to combat pandemics like that of covid-19. That question as answered by…
Association between Obesity and Blood Pressure with certain lifestyle as risk factors among Chiru Males of Northeast India
By: HOSEA THANGLEN, LORHO MARY MAHEO – Hypertension and obesity are among the most prevalent non-communicable diseases, which significantly and independently increase the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases causing high morbidity and mortality worldwide. It has become the most neglected blatantly visible health challenge, reducing the overall quality of life. The study was an attempt…
Menopausal Transition and Women Health: A Study among the Mid-life Women of Kolkata, India
Bengali-Hindu community, body compositions, cardiovascular system, India, musculoskeletal system, Peri menopause, post menopause, West BengalBy: SOHELI GUPTA, JOYEETA THAKUR, MONALI GOSWAMI – Women’s mid life through and after menopause is associated with somatic problems like obesity, loss of skeletal muscle and bone mass, cardiovascular diseases and hyperglycemia. The present study is an endeavour to understand the impact of menopausal transition on cardio vascular risk factors and musculoskeletal system among…
Prevalence of Menopausal Symptoms among Rural Bengalee Women of North Bengal, India
By: MANJU SARKAR, NITISH MONDAL – Background: Menopause is an important part of a woman’s reproductive life, most of them spend the last third of their life-time after their reproductive period ends, and can cause different awkward side effects. Conclusion: This study showed that the prevalence of menopause symptoms includes hot flashes, body ache, irritability,…
Born Twins: Fascinating Fact of Nature
By: PAVAN TERDAL, JAI S.C. PRABHAKAR – Although twins born are occurring in all societies, its study continues to fascinate just because, we are not sure about the reasons for its occurrence. Therefore, right understanding of its typology, factors responsible for twinning, monozygotic and dizygotic multiples, occurrence and their distribution become prime requisite for the…
Nutritional status and parental socio-economic conditions among the adolescent boys and girls of Sombaria village of West Sikkim, Northeast India
By: PRIYASHREE GOGOI, MAIBAM SAMSON SINGH – Adolescence is a nutritionally vulnerable developmental stage. The nutritional requirements of the body during the adolescent stage increase tremendously due to rapid physical and mental growth. Poor nutritional status can make an individual susceptible to various health problems. The objective of the present study is to examine the…
Covid-19 Riddle Exacerbating Gender (in) Equalities
By: SUJATA DAS, SUMITA SAHA, NITISH MONDAL, AMLAN KANTI RAY – There are clusters of evidence of gender-based violence (GBV) have been happening across the world for more than a year or so due to the effects of restricted movement of people due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It turns out that women specially Health Care…
Stunting and its association with predictor variables among Tibetan adolescent girls of North India
By: SHWETA SINGH, NEELAM SINGH, GAUTAM KUMAR KSHATRIYA – In India, malnutrition is a major public health problem among adolescents. Amongvarious parameters of malnutrition, stunting is comparatively ignored among adolescents asits severity was thought to be limited in children up to 5 years of age, with minimal potentialfor recovery in later life. However, recent evidence…
Attitudes towards Menopause and Menopause related symptoms: A cross sectional study among the Mising Tribal women of Majuli River Island, India
By: PARISMITA SAIKIA – The main aim of the present study is to understand the attitudes of Mising menopausal women toward menopause and menopause related symptoms. For the purpose of the study, Majuli, one of the greatest river islands in the world is selected as the study area. The present study is a cross sectional…
Health Care system among the Gond Tribes of Tarandul village, Chhattisgarh, India
By: OINAM HEMLATA DEVI, RAHUL TIWARI – Health care system in India provides the facilities of public and private sectors. The services of public sector are mainly accessible to all. Tribes of India in majority rely on traditional medical practices, whereas public hospitals or services are mainly available at primary health care services level. This…
Health, social life and impact of COVID-19 lockdown: A case study among the BPO employees in Gurugram, India
By: PRITAM DAS, VIVEK NEWARC – The majority of the International BPOs in India function at night. Working on the night shift ends up in serious health issues like sleep disorder, musculoskeletal discomforts, eye strain etc. The job stressors also significantly impact social life, and the COVID-19 lockdown in India had an adverse effect on…
Socio-demographic correlates of psychological morbidity: A community based cross-sectional study among the rural elderly of North 24 Parganas
By: SAMARPITA DEBNATH – Psychological and physical health are influenced by a battery of socioeconomic, behavioural and psychosocial determinants. The purpose of this study was to look into the sociodemographic factors that influence psychological health among the rural elderly aged 60 years and above residing under the jurisdiction of Charghat and Machlandapur II Gram Panchayat…
Sex Variation of Chronic Energy Deficiency among Adult Asian Indian Indigenous Population: A Systematic Review and Meta analysis
By: SARNALI DUTTA, SADARUDDIN BISWAS, SAMIRAN BISAI – The nutritional status of an adult individual is significant for the better upbringing of their future generations. Notwithstanding, the nutritional status of the adult tribal population of India is not palatable. Consequently, an endeavour has been made in this review to get an impression of overall chronic…
Skinfolds, Behavioural and Socio-economic Risk Factors in Hypertension among the Hill and Valley Tangkhuls of Manipur
By: URAPAM ZIMIK, SOROJINI H. DEVI – Hypertension is a medical term used when blood pressure is higher than the normal level. It is a major cause of mortality in underdeveloped, developing, and developed countries causing a significant public health problem. This study investigates hypertension-associated risk factors among the Tangkhuls in Manipur. The cross-sectional study…
Anthropometric Somatotype among the Adolescent Boys of a Tribal Population in India
By: NUTSOLU LOHE, THEJAZHANO NAGI, NGARANMI MAREI, VIVOTO TSUKRU – This study aimed to determine the somatotype and BMI, as well as investigate the somatotype variations in relation with age and BMI among the adolescent boys of Mising tribe. A cross-sectional sample of 278 adolescent boys was collected from five villages of Dhemaji district of…
Leshoma, the visionary plant of southern Africa
By: LUCA PASQUALI – The bulbaceous plant Boophone disticha – known mainly by the term leshoma given by the Sotho ethnic group – is characterized by powerful hallucinogenic properties and is used as initiatory and divinatory plant among many southern African ethynes. Once known as the main compound of San arrow poisons, its psychoactive properties have been recognized by Western…
Essere Cacciatori. Analisi del significato della pratica venatoria e della relazione ambientale tra i cacciatori del Piemonte meridionale
By: MICHELE FILIPPO FONTEFRANCESCO, ELISA CORDARA – This article explores contemporary hunting in Italy and the meanings associated with this practice among hunters in southern Piedmont. Based on case-study research, the article analyzes the value system of the hunters and highlights competition between different ways of understanding the hunting practice. The hunter is understood at…
Sesso, gender ed etnia: la razzializzazione della società postmoderna ovvero come cancellare le donne
Black Movement, Black Panther Party, BLM, cancel culture, Ethnicity, ethnocentrism, feminism, FtM, Gender, gender identity, LGBT+, MtF, platform capitalism, queer, racialization, trangender, wokeBy: SANDRA BUSATTA, FLAVIA BUSATTA – Platform capitalism in its own way adopts tools used at the end of the last century by powerless people to make their critical voices heard by means of boycotting as well as alternative cultural proposals, and turns gender issues into ethnic ones. It destroys class solidarity (typical of manufacturing…
Reflections on resilience
By: FRANCO VIVIANI – In these COVID-19 agitated times the term resilience has gained widespread resonance in scientific texts and in the media. This widely used analogy in the psychological lexicon was borrowed from metallurgy (a metallic beam under stress returns to normal in a short period of time when the stressor is removed). It…
Mouriddiyya, lan la? Esquisse sullo sviluppo di un transnazionalismo del lavoro fra Senegal e Italia
By: STEFANO GALEAZZI – Muridiyya is one of the most important and powerful Sufi brotherhood in Senegal and has internationally taken the shape of a widespread transnational labour association. Indeed, work plays a strategic role within Mouride contexts, in which marabouts (the spiritual guides) and disciples are interdependent. This article develops a brief historical analysis of…
The Second Half of Leonia. Waste, Morality, Power and Reputation in a highland alpine valley
By: RICCARDO MANISCALCO – This paper is the outcome of three weeks of fieldwork in an alpine highland valley, conducted within the framework of the master’s degree in social and cultural anthropology at the University of Vienna. Adopting a political ecology perspective grounded in the notions of waste regime (Gille 2007) and mass waste (Reno…
Anthropology of Bhagavad Gītā: Death, Rebirth and Liberation
By: ANAND SADASIVAN – Vedānta philosophy is popular for its discussions on ideal action, ethics and self-realisation. Like life on earth, Vedānta gives importance to death and the transmigration of the soul. The much sought after text by aspirants of Vedānta, the Bhagavad Gītā encapsulates all these concepts. The problems that warrior Arjuna poses in…
Assessment of functional disability among a group of slum-dwelling elderly women in Kolkata, West Bengal
By: ANUSHKA GHOSH, SUSMITA MUKHOPADHYAY – The world population has been greying rapidly over the decades that increases the proportion of individuals with deteriorating functional health. It poses greater old-age dependency; and affect quality of life and overall well-being of elderly people. With this backdrop, the present study attempts to understand the burden of aging…
Reproductive behavior among the Tani tribes of Arunachal Pradesh, India
By: ASGHAR, MILLO PUBYANG, LANDI PUSSANG MONIA – Controlling Fertility is important to check the growth of the population. It is, therefore, necessary to understand the reproductive behavior and factors associated with it to control fertility. The present study aims to understand the reproductive behavior among four major tribes of Arunachal Pradesh – Nyishi, Adi,…
Sexual dimorphism of Socio-economic status, Nutritional status and hypertension among the Oraon tribe of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India
By: BISWAJIT MAHAPATRA, JHUMA DEY, SUPRIYA RAY – The nutritional status and socio-economic profile of tribal people is an important issue in India due to their marginalization from main stream population with respect to various facilities. This paper deals with the assessment of socio-economic status and health status among adult males and females of Oraon…
Knowledge and Practice of Family Planning: A Study among two less known Tribes Singphos and Wanchos of Arunachal Pradesh, India
By: CHAYA RANI HAZARIKA – Family planning plays a pivotal role in population control, poverty reduction and human development. There is a great need and necessity for family planning, particularly among the developing countries like India because of the massive population explosion. This paper reports the knowledge and practice of family planning in the two…
Indigenous Form of Terrace Cultivation among the Mao Nagas
By: DAILI NELI – The interesting question of mankind is the ascertainment of the place which man occupies on earth. In order to survive, man has to co-exist with nature and culture. They depend on nature for everything from food to shelter. However, nature does not in itself specify how resources are to be exploited…
Anthropometric characteristics of rural Bengali adolescent girls from North Bengal, India
By: ISITA SINHA, NEHA RANI PAL, NITISH MONDAL, JAYDIP SEN – Adolescence is the developmental period through which children grow into adults. Adolescents are the future generations of any country and their physical growth and nutritional needs are important for overall development of a society. The present cross-sectional investigation was undertaken to determine anthropometric characteristics…
Assessment of the Nutritional Status among the School-going Children aged 6-8 Years from Port Blair, South Andaman, India: A Cross-sectional Study
By: VEERESHWAR K. RAO, MUTHU PANDI, KAUSTAV DAS, KOEL MUKHERJEE – Regular nutritional monitoring is imperative specifically among the children for formulating more effective nutritional policies at the national level. Keeping this view, the present cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the nutritional status by using four commonly used anthropometric indicators: stunting (low height for…
Neck circumference as an alternative measure of central obesity among pre-hypertensive adults
By: SUSMITA ROY, SHREYASI ROY, JAYDIP SEN – There is a dearth of cut-offs of neck circumference (NC) to define central obesity among pre-hypertensive adults. Primary aim is to find the association of NC and waist circumference (WC) among pre-hypertensive adults and to find optimal cut-offs of NC to predict central obesity among pre-hypertensive adults.…
Double Burden of Malnutrition in the Same Households
By: PAUL PIYALI, SUMAN CHAKRABARTY – The coexistence of dual form of malnutrition in terms of mother over-nutrition and child undernutrition might be a major public health issue in developing countries like India due to rapid nutritional transition and life style change. This study was conducted in order to assess the prevalence of dual form…
Impact of Dam-Induced Displacement and Resettlement: A Case Study of Indira Sagar Project Polavaram
By: ANIL K. KUMAR, NAGARAJU CHIKKALA – Involuntary displacement from one’s land and habitat carries with it the risk of the migrant becoming poorer than before displacement, since a significant number of migrants do not receive adequate compensation for loss of their assets nor effective assistance to re-establish them and make them productive. Unless the…
Borderland: a Peril of Cultural Identities
Arunachal-Bhutan borderland, border, Borderland, Borderland Identity, cross-border Identity, Cultural Border, Indo-Bhutan Border, Kalaktang Circle, Monpas, Samdrung, Sharchops, Warrangpam, West Kameng-Bhutan BorderBy: NYATO DOJI, DHRITIMAN SARMA – The creation of a political border has led to the surfacing of many socio-cultural activities in all the borderlands across the globe, igniting the interest of social scientists worldwide. Borderland studies more than often accentuates the history of how the political border came into being and its impact on…
Is mother’s employment making a negative impact on the obesity level of their daughters?
By: DIGANGGANA TALUKDAR, GULRUKH BEGUM – The present study aims to study the nutrition of the pre-adolescent urban girls from 6-10 years of age of Guwahati city in relation to some social factors like parental education, parental occupation, family income, food habit and family type. A total sample of 222 girls were collected cross-sectionally and…
Status and Problems of Jenukuruba Tribal Students in Mysuru District of Karnataka
By: B.R. MANJUNATHA, M.R. GANGADHAR – The Jenukuruba community is a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal group of India, they are inhabiting Karnataka, Kerala, and the Tamilnad States of south India. They are geographically, socially isolated and an economically and educationally very backward community. In the after Independence period, sincere and concerted efforts were made for the…
General Mental Ability and Head Size of Children’s
By: DHANSAY, SUBAL DAS – General mental ability is a terminology that represents an individual level of learning, perceiving command, and resolve problems. Objectives of the present study are to assess the mental ability of children’s belonging to different socio-economic class; to examine the sexual difference in general mental ability and head size and to…
Distribution of ABO and Rhesus blood groups among Tribal Students of Arunachal Pradesh, India
By: PRASANTA NANDA, HAGE TUNYA, HIRANMAYA SHARMA, RATNA TAYENG – All human populations share the same known blood systems. The best-known blood type classification is the ABO system, which is often coupled with another system, the Rhesus blood type (expressed as Rh+ve or Rh-ve). Overall, in human, the O blood type (usually resulting from the…
Index of Anthropometric Failure among 2-5 years Anganwadi Children of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India
By: MANISHA GHRITLAHRE, SUBAL DAS – Background: Nutritional status of children is of paramount interest of all health surveys world-wide. Anthropometry is an important parameter for assessing nutritional status of children of growing age. Severe and acute undernutrition can be easily assessed using anthropometry. Objective: To assess the nutritional status using Composite Index of Anthropometric…
Labour Market Participation and Marital Violence against Women in Rural Bangladesh: Men Reports
By: RIPON KUMAR SARKAR, K.M. RABIUL KARIM – The main objective of this research was to examine the impact of women’s employment on marital violence in rural Bangladesh. The present study findings reveales that different factors are related to the association between women’s labour market participation and marital violence. For example, women’s age, women’s education,…