Indigenous cultures in the era of globalisation by Nnamdi Tobechukwu Ekeanyanwu

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Os etnoconhecimentos botânicos dos Paiterey e as repercussões no território: uma prévia análise na Aldeia Paiter da Linha 09 - Terra Indígena Sete de Setembro by Tássia Karina Alexandre de Medeiros, Adnilson de Almeida Silva, Gasodá Wawaeitxapôh Suruí, Isaac Costa Araújo Filho, Nicolas Floriani

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Producing a popular image of the Amazon rainforest and indigenous peoples in picturebooks in English-speaking societies by Aleksandra Wierucka

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D. A. Ọbasá: The Man and the Significance of his Cultural Activism by Adekemi Agnes Taiwo

“…The essay concludes that Obasa ̣ ́ is a lover of his indigenous culture and language. …”
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Pourquoi filmer sa culture ? Rituel et patrimonialisation en Amazonie brésilienne by Chloé Nahum-Claudel, Nathalie Pétesch, Cédric Yvinec

“…This article examines three detailed case studies (Karajá, Enawenê-nawê, Suruí of Rondônia) in which films of collective and spectacular ritual are produced as a means to display Amazonian indigenous “culture”. The article examines the reasons for the choice of particular rituals as the incarnation of culture; the political and symbolic implications of the performance of culture; the modalities through which films are produced; the choice of spectators for this culture-on-film and the play of revelation and concealment of ritual knowledge which the filmic media enables. …”
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A Shona assessment of evolving missionary Christianity in Zimbabwe by F. Hale

“…Though bitingly critical in some respects, Dangarembga came neither to bury nor to praise, and her insights amalgamate disparagement of European condescension and heavy-handedness with acknowledgment of instances of missionary respect for indigenous culture. She also emphasised that religious intolerance was not an exclusively European phenomenon. …”
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The critique of Gikuyu religion and culture in S.N. Ngubiah's A Curse from God by F. Hale

“…Ngubiah found not salvation but a burden in certain aspects of his precolonialist indigenous culture. In his novel A curse from God (1970) Ngubiah challenges obliquely but unmistakably the long-accepted position of his fellow Gikuyu (and first national leader of independent Kenya) Jomo Kenyatta, particularly as argued in Facing Mount Kenya, that a return to tribal folkways was a precondition to economic and social upliftment. …”
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Elaine Goodale Eastman, Modernist Author? Re-visiting a Border-crossing Woman Writer’s Place in Literary History by Sarah RUFFING ROBBINS

“…As an editor and co-author with her husband Charles, she contributed to the development of Native American literatures in an intense period of U.S. suppression of indigenous culture—a process in which she played conflicting roles. …”
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Migrant family, school and community in the Equatorial Andes: Permanence and change of cultural identity by Marta Rodríguez Cruz

“…Findings show that the community plays a very important part in preserving cultural identity, in spite of the weakening of the nuclear family and of the fact that the school system is not geared to preserving and protecting indigenous culture. The article concludes that there are not two, but three institutions that are crucial for the reproduction of indigenous ethnic identity: family, school and community.…”
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Native American Voices: Decolonial Perspectives on Selected Texts of Alexie and Momaday by Dr. Sadia Akram, Dr. Sadia Nazir, Saira Akhter

“…The aim is to understand indigenous culture as a prototype for retrieving the lost identity of American Indians. …”
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Effect of COVID-19 on the cultural identity of the Amazonian indigenous Waorani by Aldrin Espín-León, María Luisa Pertegal-Felices, Antonio Jimeno-Morenilla, Juan Guzmán-Montalvo

“…This study presents a comparative analysis of Waorani indigenous culture in the pre- and post-pandemic periods (2017–2022). …”
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The Relationship Between Culture and the Modifiable Risk Factors of Dementia Among Indigenous Peoples in Canada, the USA, Australia, and New Zealand: A Scoping Review Protocol by Brittany Skov, Angela M. Ashley, Ishaq Malik, Hannah Storrs, Elaine Toombs, Christopher J. Mushquash

“…Discussion: This review will synthesize and provide important insight into the relationship between connection to Indigenous culture and modifiable risk factors for dementia. …”
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Rural Indigenous entrepreneurship: Emerging Field in Iranian Rural Research by Ali Akbar Anabestani, Mehrshad Toulabi Nejad

“…Rural indigenous entrepreneurship is often carried out with intra -household livelihoods and mostly with non -economic goals such as preserving livelihoods, preserving indigenous culture, protecting the environment and spiritual goals.…”
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Coping with sand and dust storms: Developing and validating of an adaptation assessment tool by Shiva Salehi, Ali Ardalan, Abbas - Ostadtaghizadeh, Armin Zareiyan, Gholamreza Garmaroudi, Abbas Rahimiforoushani

“…Achieving such a goal requires the use of reliable, stable, and indigenous culture-based tools. The purpose of this study is to design and psychometrically assess the adaptation of Iranian society to dust. …”
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Cultural Adaptation of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Maternal and Child mHealth Intervention: Protocol for a Co-Design and Adaptation Research Study by Sana Ishaque, Ola Ela, Chris Rissel, Karla Canuto, Kerry Hall, Niranjan Bidargaddi, Annette Briley, Claire T Roberts, Sarah Jane Perkes, Anna Dowling, Billie Bonevski

“…ConclusionsA co-designed, culturally sensitive, and effective digital health intervention is likely to support Indigenous mothers and their children facing health disparities due to the disruption of Indigenous culture by colaying a foundation for a potential clinical trial and wider implementation. …”
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The Ethics of Ethnographic Attraction: Reflections on the Production of the Finno-Ugric Exhibitions at the Estonian National Museum by Svetlana Karm, Art Leete

“…When exhibiting indigenous cultures, one needs to balance ethnographic charisma with the ethics of display. …”
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Realization of Intercultural Penetration Principle in the Professional Training of Specialists in Japanese Studies by A. V. Derkach

“…The article presents a research in exposing students of Japanese to the indigenous cultural environment. The analysis of modern theories in cultural interpenetration and intercultural adaptation let the author come to the conclusion that professional training of specialists in crosscultural intercourse at professional level makes it necessary to work out new teaching technologies. …”
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Issues in the preservation of manually tanned skin materials by Torunn Klokkernes

“…The research performed in this study is an initial approach to the understanding of the complex nature of manually tanned skin materials manufactured by individual tradition bearers from indigenous cultures in the circumpolar area; it instigates a series of research topics which can be further addressed. …”
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Jeux de rôle et réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones by Eva Lemaire

“…The article discusses the value of a holistic pedagogical approach, convening reason, but also emotion, body and spirituality that helps deconstruct and rebuild students’representations of indigenous cultures, inviting future teachers to situate themselves as agents of change in the face of a societal model in crisis.…”
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Performing Paint, Claiming Space: The Santa Fe Indian School Posters on Paul Coze’s Stage in Paris, 1935 by Jessica L. Horton

“…I show that although the students could not travel in the flesh, they claimed a space for Indigenous cultural values and experiences of modernity in the French capital.…”
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