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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES"”.
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Captured Image: Creating Textual Images of First Peoples
… that the very act of writing about non-literate societies is fundamentally unfair and harmful to them since they do not have the tools to participate in their own imagistic constructions. The larger application is that literate societies must respect the right of non-literate societies to …
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Rites of conflict among North American Indians
… regularly and dramatically challenged in certain traditional societies by rites of conflict, North American Indian tribes, mostly within the United States, are studied herein as traditional societies of cultural and ecological diversity, The life of the Indian was rich in ceremony. Pueblo males …
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ΝΕΟΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΛΑΙΚΑ ΑΙΝΙΓΜΑΤΑ. ΜΟΡΦΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΚΑΙ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΚΗ ΑΝΑΛΥΣΗ
… FOLK LITERATURE RESULTING FROM ITS VERY ORAL AND TRADITIONAL CHARACTER; THE EARLY METHODS OF APPROACHING THE RIDDLE (HISTORICAL-PHILOLOGICAL AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES); THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FOLK AND LITERARY RIDDLES; THE DIVERSE NOMENCLATURE OF THE RIDDLE INTHE VARIOUS GREEK TRADITIONAL …
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Shamanism and alien abductions : a comparative study
… compared with shamanic initiation experiences in traditional societies in that both types of experience may be similarly transformative, leading to a more spiritual or animistic world-view, a deep concern for the environment and the development of paranormal abilities such as healing. This …
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Death as an Expression of Worldview in a Ballad Culture: The Evidence of Newfoundland
… life. While this attitude is found expressed in traditional societies as well as in classical balladry, it pervades past and modern local tradition, and seems particularly appropriate to Newfoundland's maritime culture. The striking prominence of revenant types in the classical ballad repertoire …
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Courtroom characters, architectural actors : a play in several acts
… in both architectural history and masks of traditional societies such as symmetry and anthropomorphism, are used to simultaneously construct and question both the institutions of society and its architectural objects.
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Desecularization of the state as a resistance to the globalization: a case study of the criminalization of blasphemy in Russia.
… international policies. The westernization of traditional societies (e.g. India, Russia) introduces liberal principles along with a complete secularization of the society and political life. This incites an opposing reaction of the Church and state coming together in Russia to secure Russian …
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The impact of kinship systems in the generation of house types
… had a critical influence in the structuring of traditional environments. Subsequently it could be broadly viewed as an attempt at developing a more inclusive framework of inquiry and analysis of built form and the structuring of built environments undergoing processes of transformation. The …
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Gender, survival and self-respect: dimensions for agency for women within a poor rural Indo-Fijian community
… can be understood and interpreted. Women in traditional societies are likely to make choices which are essentially disempowering and also detrimental to their economic well-being. This is because deeply entrenched rules, norms and practices often influence women's behaviour, define values and …
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Gender, survival and self-respect: dimensions for agency for women within a poor rural Indo-Fijian community
… can be understood and interpreted. Women in traditional societies are likely to make choices which are essentially disempowering and also detrimental to their economic well-being. This is because deeply entrenched rules, norms and practices often influence women's behaviour, define values and …
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NAVIGATING GENDERED SPACE: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF LABOUR MARKETS IN PAKISTAN
… of women workers is not found in some, more traditional, societies. I explore linkages between social, economic and political processes and fundamentals of inclusion and exclusion within spaces and places. Women's absence from industrial settings in Pakistan corresponds to an institutionally …
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Development and its discontents: NGOs, women and the politics of social mobilization in Bangladesh
… source for established market agents in Western societies, the extension of credit in more traditional societies, such as Bangladesh, can often become an additional site of stress and exploitation. My research highlights how these new forms of violence in which poor men and women find themselves …
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We Humans: Nature, Culture, and Identity in the Anthropocene Age
… city-states, to modern, urban technological societies engaged in global-scale management and ecological degradation. This thesis offers a critique of the notion that all human beings are represented in the cumulative impacts that have been collectively termed “The Anthropocene.” Utilizing the …
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We Humans: Nature, Culture, and Identity in the Anthropocene Age
… city-states, to modern, urban technological societies engaged in global-scale management and ecological degradation. This thesis offers a critique of the notion that all human beings are represented in the cumulative impacts that have been collectively termed “The Anthropocene.” Utilizing the …
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Gender and Creativity: Female Artist Subplots From Hawthorne to Fowles
… the artist plot. The settings are double: both traditional societies and the forbidden worlds of bohemia are represented. The plots contain contradictory logics--the logic of the romance which works to affirm social order and of the Kunstlerroman trying to subvert it. Even the discourse is …
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Exploring the role of culture in the holiday choices of Saudi tourists
… roles of women in their family holidays in traditional societies where men are the primary decision-makers.
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The role of parents and community in the education of their children in Episcopal Church schools in Yei County in the context of a ‘post-independent conflict’ South Sudan (2011-2022) with an emphasis on the issues of role, context, and policy
… the changes between the strong communalism of traditional societies and the individualism characteristic of modern societies. This shift is visible in the discussions with the parents in PTAs concerning whether they can sustain the roles expected of them, given their lack of professional skills …
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The edge effects of mango farming on flower visitor insect communities and epigeal ant species in Northern-Eastern South Africa
This study investigates issues of gender inequality at the workplace within the Department of Education in Thulamela municipality, Vhembe district. Gender inequality is a persisting problem that hinders equal participation of males and females both economically and politically. The study further …
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A Missiological Study of the Phenomenon of Dual Allegiance in the Seventh-day Adventist Church Among the Yoruba People of Nigeria
… <p>Many Africans and members of other traditional societies of the world who still hold to a supernaturalistic and spiritualistic worldview visit diviners, shamans, spiritualistic herbalists, and the traditional medicine men and women who use enchantments, divination, charms, invocation …
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Kewenangan orang tua dalam menjodohkan anaknya perspektif hukum Islam ditinjau dari pasal 26 UU no. 23 tahun 2002 tentang perlindungan anak: Studi kasus di Desa Urek-urek Kecamatan Gondanglegi Kabupaten Malang
… through various policies to protect children. In traditional societies the child is seen as an asset and property rights so that marriage is seen as a transaction and establish good relationships with other families to do the matchmaking. Urek-urek Village Community is one example of people who …