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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Ethnological"”.
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Aboriginal Britain: Ethnological folkloristics and the origin of the nation in the work of Sir George Laurence Gomme, Sir John Rhŷs, and Alfred Nutt
… history and demonstrates the extent to which an ethnological discourse, often considered solely in a colonial context, was central to the period’s interpretations of Britain’s national genealogy and historical identity. Part One demonstrates the pivotal role Sir George Laurence Gomme played in …
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An American Indian Museum
… economy. The most important aspect of an ethnological and sociological entity is the growing organization of its structure and progression. Its dynamics are fostered by the perpetual adaptation to its environment. This master thesis investigate a design expression generate by the …
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Dr. Augustin Krämer: a German ethnologist in the Pacific
… and founder of the Ethnologisches Institut (Ethnological Institute) at the University of Tübingen in 1931. As such, Krämer has to be described as a pioneer ethnologist. However, whereas Krämer’s work is still held in high regards among Pacific Islanders and scholars interested in Oceania …
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Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachian Fiction.
… past. The authors studied here have performed an ethnological role in collecting and preserving with great care and authenticity many of the Appalachian regionÆs folk medical beliefs and practices.</p>
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The despotism of fact: Celticism and the transnational critique of capitalism in England and Ireland, 1865-1954
My dissertation examines the history of the ethnological theory of Celticism, tracing its mediation of a broad range of concerns relative to the economic dimension of the colonial relationship between England and Ireland from 1865 until 1954. I argue that by propagating a conception of the Irish …
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Vijayanagara in foreign eyes: a study of travel literature and ethnology in the Renaissance (1420-1600)
… with the contemporary process of formation of ethnological languages in Europe. The conclusion argues for the understanding of travel literature as a possible form of cultural translation. It also defines the fundamental assumptions of Renaissance ethnology as the understanding of human …
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Scars of an Empire: A Juxtaposition of Duncan Campbell Scott and Jacques Soustelle
… Scott’s poetry and fictional prose; Soustelle’s ethnological works concerning Mexico; archives of the Canadian Indian Department during Scott’s tenure; Canadian literary archives concerning Scott’s career and the post-Confederation development of arts and letters in Canada; French governmental …
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The idea of antiquity in visual images of the Highlands and Islands c.1700-1880
… might now be classified as the archaeological, ethnological and geological motives for visualising the Highlands and Islands, and the bias in favour of antiquity which resulted from the spread of intellectual influences into the fine arts. The shadow of time which hallmarked visual …
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THE USE OF HYPNOSIS AS AN AUTO-ETHNOGRAPHIC MODALITY IN THE EXPLORATION AND MANAGEMENT OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY - SELECTED CASE STUDIES
… might have wider application for use as an ethnological modality in sociology and health studies more generally.
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The history of Boné A.D. 1775-1795: the diary of Sultan Ahmad as-Salleh Syamsuddin
… chapter provides historical, geographical and ethnological information about South Sulawesi; it introduces the Bugis and the regency of Boné, and discusses Bugis written tradition and the knowledge it reflects. Chapter Three is concerned with the Bugis language, its origin and the development …
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Cosmopolitan Visions and Municipal Displays: Museums, Markets, and the Ethnographic Project in Germany, 1868--1914
… to fashion their world views, and their ethnological efforts were driven by a strong liberal humanism and a powerful historicist tradition. They created museums to support their search for global explanations about the essential nature of what they regarded as a unitary humanity, and they …
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Richard Thurnwald and the Transimperial Fate of German Colonial Ethnology, 1896-1926
… of "scientific colonialism" which combined ethnological expertise with rational governance in pursuit of Sacred Trusteeship – an intellectual approach that I term “Mandate Governmentality” – to secure its right-to-rule against the imperial ambitions of its Great Power rivals. This …
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Fourth Dimension
… of other objects, leaving behind an empty Ethnological Museum in the middle of Berlin. Once a People’s Palace, now a conglomerate of private-turned-public Wunderkammers, the recently completed Humboldt Forum building was the result of hundreds of millions of federal, city, and non-profit …
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Tribal Margins: Dalit Belonging and State Recognition in the Western Himalayas
… discursive loop between government-administered ethnological paradigms for positive discrimination and its effects on ethnic belonging and spirituality.</p> <p>These dynamics are located among the Gaddis of Himachal Pradesh, a heterogeneous tribal/Dalit community traditionally associated with …
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Please Be Patient : A Cultural Phenomenological Study of Haemodialysis and Kidney Transplantation Care
… and phenomenological in character, drawing on an ethnological and anthropological understanding of culture as processual and relational, and on a phenomenological understanding of personhood as embodied and intertwined with the surrounding world. The thesis shows that patients’ encounters and …
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Ancestor Worship in the Middle Sicán Theocratic State
… which may be overlooked in cross-cultural, ethnological arguments about the nature, role, and capacity of ancestors. It also provides a wealth of information not only to determine what types of activities took place, but also to explore the intangible symbolic significance behind those …
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Traditional leadership in South Africa: a critical evaluation of the constitutional recognition of customary law and traditional leadership
The main objectives of this study were to identify the role that customary law and traditional leadership can play, without compromising their current positions or future recognition through legislation, in creating a better life for their constituents. The study analysed diverse issues such as …
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'n Analities-deskriptiewe uiteensetting en evaluasie van die KwaZulu wet op die wetboek van Zoeloereg 16 van 1985 =an analytical descriptive explanation and evaluation of the KwaZulu Act on the Code of alternate law 16, of 1985
… the views, opinions and decisions of legal and ethnological literature and court decisions, interpreted juridically. A few sections have not been discussed by our legal writers, nor have they been subjected to judicial investigation. These too are interpreted juridically. Some of the provisions …