China
A new interpretation of the “mushroom madness” of New Guinea
Bimin-Kuskusmin, China, ethnomycology, hallucinogenic mushrooms, Kuma, mushroom madness, New Guinea, YunnanBy: GIORGIO SAMORINI – Among the ethnographic data concerning psychoactive mushrooms, the most enigmatic case is that of “mushroom madness”, a bizarre behaviour that periodically affected a part of the Kuma population and other ethnic groups of eastern New Guinea, and which according to the natives was due to the consumption of certain species of…
Religions, Trade Networks and their Marketing Infrastructure in Asia
By: RUCHI AGARWAL – A number of researches outlines the relations between religions and trade but few focus on the two-way relationship shared between religions and trade networks and the role of the marketing infrastructure in facilitating this relationship. This article aims to fill this gap by examining the role of trade networks in the…
Le incognite della crescita cinese
By: PIERREMARIE DAVOLI – Pur se in via molto approssimata, è possibile oggi avere una valutazione quantitativa del peso demografico di nazioni o regioni anche in epoche nelle quali l’uomo non aveva la possibilità di rendersi conto, se non molto grossolanamente, di questi rapporti.