South America
Kampo: ethnography of a Southamerican frog
By: GIORGIO SAMORINI – The rubbing of the secretions of certain tree frogs on skin scars is a widespread practice among at least fifteen ethnic groups in the Amazon. The most commonly used frog species is Phyllomedusa bicolor, commonly known as kampo or kambo. Over the past thirty years, this practice has spread globally, with…
The Globalization Of Fear: what is terrorism?
By: MAXIMILIANO E. KORSTANJE – Though terrorism is not a new issue new radical changes have been brought post 9/11. At some extent, this event caused parallel effects that lasted up to date. In this respect, terrorism and the process of victimization it generates, leads towards the adoption to policies otherwise would be neglected. At…