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Hagnos, Miasma e Katharsis. Viaggio tra le categorie del puro e dell’impuro nell’immaginario del mondo antico. Convegno internazionale: Cagliari, Cittadella dei Musei, 4-6 maggio 2016

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Cronaca del Convegno internazionale “Hagnos, Miasma e Katharsis. Viaggio tra le categorie del puro e dell’impuro nell’immaginario del mondo antico” sv...

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This submission, explicitly titled and abstracted as a "Cronaca del Convegno internazionale," serves as a chronicle or report of an academic conferenc...

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Marco Giuman

Repercussa imaginis umbra est. Qualche considerazione su malia e malocchio nel mondo antico.

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Abstract: Sono poche le vicende culturali che possono vantare una continuità funzionale tanto marcata come quella che, nel corso delle  vicende u...

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This paper, titled "Repercussa imaginis umbra est. Qualche considerazione su malia e malocchio nel mondo antico," delves into the fascinating and rema...

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Marco Serra

Cave megalitiche della Sardegna

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L’importanza assunta dalle geo-risorse in antico ha indotto la realizzazione del seguente lavoro nel quale si presentano i risultati di uno studio sul...

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The paper "Cave megalitiche della Sardegna" presents a focused and important study into the prehistoric exploitation of lithic geo-resources for megal...

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Myer Samra

Buallawn Israel: The Emergence of a Judaising Movement in Mizoram, Northeast India

Anthropology

During the past forty years, a Judaising movement has taken root among the Chikim in Mizoram, Manipur, and the Chin State of North Burma. T...

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This paper introduces a fascinating and complex case study of religious emergence and transformation in Northeast India and North Burma, focusing on t...

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Wojciech Dabrowski

Not by Word Alone: Cross-cultural Communication between Highlanders and Missionaries (SVD) in the Jimi Valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea

Anthropology

Is communication (especially of complex religious ideas!) between peoples of different cultures possible and if it is, then under what cond...

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This paper promises a timely and critically engaged examination of cross-cultural communication, particularly concerning the transmission of complex r...

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Michael Allen

Rethinking Old Problems: Matriliny, Secret Societies and Political Evolution

Anthropology

MY EARLY INTEREST in the comparative study of male initiation rites and secret societies in Melanesia (Allen 1967) had been in large measur...

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The paper, *Rethinking Old Problems: Matriliny, Secret Societies and Political Evolution*, proposes a critical re-examination of enduring anthropologi...

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Michael Allen

Rank and Leadership in Nduindui, Northern New Hebrides

Anthropology

THE IDEAL MODEL of the Melanesian big-man system of leadership is now well established in anthropological literature and has figured promin...

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This paper, titled "Rank and Leadership in Nduindui, Northern New Hebrides," establishes its theoretical grounding by immediately engaging with the we...

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Michael Allen

Male Cults Revisited: The Politics of Blood versus Semen

Anthropology

IN 1957, as a fourth-year honours undergraduate at SydneyUniversity, I carried out a library-based study of male initiations inMelanesia, t...

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This paper, titled "Male Cults Revisited: The Politics of Blood versus Semen," offers a fascinating historical and analytical re-examination of the au...

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Michael Allen

Ritualized Homosexuality, Male Power and Political Organization in North Vanuatu: A Comparative Analysis

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THE ISLAND of Malekula, in north Vanuatu, has for long been recognized as a locus classicus for the occurrence of organized male homosexual...

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The paper embarks on a fascinating and historically significant topic, revisiting the "locus classicus" of organized male homosexuality in North Vanua...

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This paper offers a compelling and nuanced re-evaluation of social stratification within Newar society, moving beyond simplistic notions of 'pure' cas...