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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Ontological turn"”.
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Exploration of Proyecto Arqueológico Chihuahua (PAC): a zooarchaeological approach to the ontological turn
Faunal remains can be used to inform research on many aspects of prehistoric life. This thesis explores the importance of faunal analysis in understanding prehistoric human-animal relations, using faunal evidence collected by the Proyecto Arqueológico Chihuahua (PAC) in the Casas Grandes region of …
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Verso una nuova postura poetica: rinascere a ogni istante
… anthropologists associated with the so-called “ontological turn” in anthropology on the theme of the Nature-Culture opposition paradigm that has shaped our entire modern Western tradition. In particular, the work of Philippe Descola, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, Anna Tsing and Tim Ingold was …
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Configuring Local Resilience to Coastal Erosion in Togo
… in their fight against coastal erosion. The ontological turn shows how native knowledge in the Amazonia and beyond offer alternative ways of being and knowing; however, this literature fails to answer the fundamental question of how this form of knowledge can influence our collective response …
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The Other Body: Persons in Viking Age Multiple Burials in Scandinavia and the Western Diaspora
… a perspective grounded in relationality and the ontological turn, which focused on the relationships between various components of the burials, and how persons were produced through these interactions. The analysis centred on three types of beings— humans, animals and things— to explore the ways …
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A return to the ground: movement, land, and modes of existence in Nkambeni, South Africa
… it. Thus, the study critically reflects on the ontological categories of space and place, time, and ideas of power embedded in fixed binary hierarchies. Here, the title, A Return to Ground, becomes a discursive and recursive motif that continuously questions the starting point from which to …
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Spirit houses in the archaeological landscape of Vat Phou-Champasak: Reimagining cultural landscapes in mainland Southeast Asia
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-19 without embargo terms
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The nature and value of teaching and learning Mandarin Chinese as a school subject in South Africa: a case study of language and literacy ideologies in a public secondary school in South Africa
… of denota9ve communica9on characterised by an ontological equivalence, it follows that they can be easily compared, hierarchised and exchanged according to their instrumental value, namely their high or low likelihood of enabling speakers (and readers/writers) to communicate widely and access …