"Exploring an ambiguous region between recognized findings and unfettered imagination, Starstruck explores the multifaceted, far-reaching, and often contentious attempts of people with contrasting worldviews to develop convincing and satisfying interpretations of rapidly accumul…
Dobie began systematically collecting lore about the rattlesnake world many years ago, using some of it in such regional publications as Southwest Review and incorporating much of it into essays with the intention of eventually putting together a book about rattlesnakes. Now, in…
O presente Relatório concebe-se como uma componente de avaliação na Unidade Curricular de Prática de Ensino Supervisionada, em conformidade com o plano de estudos do curso de Mestrado em Ensino do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico e de Português e História e Geografia de Portugal no 2.…
This project charts the development of a brand inspired by the symbol of three rabbits with interlocking ears. The process documented in this book details the evolution of the brand, charting its history and the deciphering of its language. The symbol is explored through a colle…
O objectivo desta dissertação consiste em retratar de forma clara o dragão no imaginário nórdico medieval, procurando esclarecer sobre este três questões gerais: qual a morfologia da criatura no imaginário nórdico; quais as principais obras, lendas e motivos narrativos em que ap…
La presente investigación tiene como objeto de estudio la representación de Carlomagno y los doce pares de Francia , fiesta de moros y cristianos de la comunidad andina de Quipán en Canta. Sostenemos que actualmente la fiesta de moros y cristianos es una forma teatral que funcio…
Contained in the earliest human stories and into present day exist multiple references to hearing the “voice” of nature, usually expressed musically and/or through feeling, motion, or presence. Recent research shows that these experiences are quite common and only rarely associa…
Tarihin karanlık dönemlerinden itibaren yaşamlarını devam ettiren Türkler, dünyanın farklı coğrafyalarına yayılarak bugün dünya üzerinde Türk adıyla varlığını sürdüren iki yüz milyona yakın bir millettir. Kadim dönemlerde göçerevli hayat şartlarının gerektirdiği şekillerde yaşam…
Her toplumun tarihsel, ekonomik, kültürel deneyimler neticesinde kendine has bir dindarlık tarzı oluşmaktadır. Bu bağlamda sahip olduğu inanç ve uygulamalar o toplumun halk dindarlığı görümünü meydana getirir. Halk dindarlığı hem geleneksel hem de modern toplumlarda hayatiyetini…
Over the last two decades, cacao has become a sacrament within increasingly popular syncretic religious ceremonies that promote the energetic healing of the sacred self. Cacao is a psychoactive substance that is regarded by members within some new religious communities as a plan…
This paper proposes the “uncolonial” as an alternative Philippine ontology to the traditionally dualistic terrain of coloniality often associated with the archipelago. While much traditional research has provided insight into the ways in which colonial governance, bolstered by C…
My thesis is an excerpt from a historical fiction and magical realism novel. Ran, a young Korean girl, grows up in Japan-occupied Korea during the late 1930s and early 1940s. When she comes of age at thirteen, she discovers she can transform into a gumiho, or nine-tailed fox, a …
This thesis examines how the medical funeral ceremony shapes the performance and its functions of piphat-mon music in the medical funeral ceremony of the Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University (SWU) in Bangkok, Thailand. Modern Thai society has influenced many aspects …
İnsanoğlu tarih sahnesinde kendini gösterdiğinden beri kutsal olan her şeye ilgi duymuş, onunla çeşitli ilişkiler kurmuştur. İnsanoğlunun kutsalla kurduğu bu ilişki, içinde korku ve saygı unsurlarını barındırmaktadır. Ortaya çıkan bu korku ve saygı unsurunun sonucunda içinde kut…
Over several centuries (c. 1500-1900) residents of the agrarian valleys west of the Indus river in the Peshawar region (in today's Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan) experienced imperial expansion, technological innovation, and the growth of state institutions as they simu…
This study addresses a vital form of the religious expressive experience: madih nabawi (poetry in praise of Prophet Muhammad). It is an intensive examination and analysis of the roles madih poetry plays in the lives of two northern Sudanese riverain communities; the Bidairiyyah …
Folklorists and Anthropologists have historically examined the relationship between art and community. The interrelationship of art and community offers a rich field of study for examining cultural expressions of faith, social complexity, and aesthetic preferences. Folklorists h…