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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"cultural rituals"”.
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Lived Experiences of Widows in Botswana: An Ethnographic Examination of Cultural Rituals of Death, Loss, Grief, and Bereavement: Implications for Counseling
… widows in Botswana regarding the performance of cultural rituals, as they mourned their husband's deaths. The study sought to find out aspects of the rituals that enhanced or hindered healing; and how insights and knowledge gained from the results of the investigation can inform culturally …
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Post-war Britain’s First Youth Subculture: The Bebop Scene in Soho, 1945–1950
… order to question received narratives about subcultural history, it employs an interdisciplinary approach, crossing the boundaries of the following fields: music studies, race and ethnic studies, fashion studies, media studies, and subculture studies. In documenting and analysing the avant-garde …
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TeacherWork: A Journey to Recast the Reggio Emilia Approach for a Middle School Within the Context of Power, Politics, and Personalities
… to devote to such a cause, institutional and cultural rituals in the school, and a changing political climate in the town in which the reform was initiated. Despite the barriers, this group has been able to achieve a solid sense of community and has been able to stand together as an …
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Lenses of Connectivity: Adapting the Impact of Urban Highways on American Cities
… upon American cities. The collective history, cultural rituals and organic urban fabric of life has been almost completely extinguished in these cities by the false opportunity and instant gratification that comes with so-called 'technological progress.' This, yes this, epitomizes the urban …
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Māori men's positive and interconnected sense of self, being and place
… and extended family) and participation in cultural rituals, including tangihanga (traditional Māori death ritual/funeral process). This research involves two separate, yet interrelated studies, and is guided by kaupapa Māori research, Māori cultural concepts, Māori relational understandings …
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Adoption reunions: an exploratory study of the ‘lived experience’ of Irish adult intercountry adoptees who have reunions with their birth families in the digital age
… opportunities for ‘mothering’ and sharing family cultural rituals and routines. Challenges associated with the reunion including managing boundaries, financial expectations and accessing information are presented. The research findings demonstrate the importance of birth family contact and …
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The study to explore the nature and extent of culture specific nursing care in the regions G, D and H of KwaZulu-Natal
… about culture leads to inability to solve cultural problems of the patients and nurses being unable to advocate for the patients in their problems. There was a need for inclusion of cultural subjects into the curriculum of the students of nursing. As South Africa is a multicultural and …
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Cultural beliefs influencing cervical cancer screening among women in a community healthcare centre
Cultural beliefs influencing the uptake of cervical cancer screening among women in a community healthcare centre. 1.1 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND Globally cervical cancer was found to be the fourth most common cancer among women in 2012. There were an estimated 528,000 new cases and approximately …