Indigenous societies

Ebook "Ethno-ornithology: Birds, indigenous peoples, culture and society" looks at the significance of indigenous knowledge of birds and their cultural significance, and how these can assist in framing research methods of western scientists working in related areas. As well as its knowledge base, this book provides practical advice for professionals in conservation and anthropology by demonstrating the relationship between mutual respect, local participation and the building of partnerships for the resolution of joint problems.

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Ebook "Shaping natural history and settler society: Mary Elizabeth Barber and the Nineteenth-Century cape" explores the life and work of Mary Elizabeth Barber, a British-born settler scientist who lived in the Cape during the nineteenth century. It provides a lens into a range of subjects within the history of knowledge and science, gender and social history, postcolonial, critical heritage and archival studies.

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Ebook "Fishing, foraging and farming in the Bolivian Amazon: On a local society in transition" analyses the society-nature interaction of the Tsimane’, a rural indigenous community in the Bolivian Amazon. Following a common methodological framework, the material and energy flow (MEFA) approach, it gives a detailed account of the biophysical exchange relations the community entertains with its natural environment: the socio-economic use of energy, materials, land and time.

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The research work expresses an ongoing and evolving process that has been guided and influenced by current Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian postcolonial critical thinking and arts criticism, assisting within the development of my personal views and philosophies .This process has supported the formation of a belief system that I believe has matured throughout my research and art practices, providing a personal confidence to assert my own analytical stance on colonial history.

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This study primary research of homestead in Shatapru and it is to illustrate environmental highlight on home gardens in Shatapru. As traditional history, homestead is the backbone of almost all indigenous societies. Homestead products contain rich amount of diets. Fruits and vegetables from homesteads provide seasonally needs for human body and mental happiness.

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There had been cumulative learning from generation to generation among the tribal societies living in close vicinity of the nature. They process and prepare several type of peculiar food and beverage items which are location specific and made with the help of traditional knowledge. Keeping these issues in mind, current study was conducted among the Monpa tribe of Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh. The sample size of the study comprised of 120 respondents from this tribe.

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The purpose of this invited article is to present multicultural norms and related international findings obtained with the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) by indigenous researchers in over 50 societies. The article describes ASEBA instruments for which multicultural norms are available, plus procedures for constructing the multicultural norms.

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Traditional western economic approaches recognize and focus only two types of property, public and individual. But there is third dimension of property as common property resources (CPRs), which have been traditionally recognized by the society in Nepal. They are playing a crucial role in people's survival and community development particularly in rural Nepal. The common property resources can be recognized in two types viz, Natural property and Men made property. The nature and types of these properties vary from place to place and from one community to another.

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This study primarily aims at analyzing the socio-cultural identity of Karnali Dalits and its impact on society, with an additional motive to examine why Karnali Dalits tend to cover up their caste identity. To address the research need, structured interviews, one-to-one interviews, focus group discussion, participant observation and home visits were used.

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The paradigm of Vietnamese family values under the transition from a traditional agricultural society to a society of today has been fast changing as a result of the impacts exerted by industrialisation, modernisation and international economic integration.

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Chapter 11 - Sociology of tourism. After completing this unit, you should be able to: Appreciate inordinate social impact travel experiences make on the individual, family, or group, and society as a whole especially the host society; recognize that a country’s indigenous population may resent the presence of visitors, especially in large numbers; discover that travel patterns change with changing life characteristics and social class;...

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Survey participants completed a two‐page, English‐based questionnaire that focused on the number of  surgical and non‐surgical procedures they performed in 2010.        The  International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ISAPS)  issued an  invitation to participate  in the  study to approximately 20,000 Plastic Surgeons whose contact information is housed in their proprietary  database.   In  addition,  a  request  was  made  that  all  National  Societies  encourage  their  members/constituents to take part in the survey.

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Th e literature on the relationship between Victorian England and imperial India is growing with a welcome contribution from Subaltern Study scholars. Th e latter increasingly emphasize the dynamics, the bilateral relationship between the two societies. Previous assumptions of the passive role of indigenous peoples in those processes have been overturned by varied empirical studies.

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Bolivia suffers from serious problems of poverty and social exclusion that particularly affect the indigenous majority of the population. Bolivia has an extensive and complex social, ethnic and cultural background. The ethnic group and place of origin of a person, family or social group have a strong influence on the potential for social mobility and on available opportunities. Furthermore, models based on Western society are not necessarily shared by sectors that identify with the values and behaviour of the Andean cultures.

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It is a young and fast-growing industry that continues to evolve and expand both financially and geographically. This industry’s vast market includes devout Muslims in indigenous Muslim societies as well as in Muslim minorities of non-Muslim countries. Furthermore, it offers a broad appeal beyond its traditional Muslim base: non-Muslim individuals and communities that seek ethical financial solutions have also been attracted to Islamic banking. The first modern Islamic financial institutions emerged in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Within the practice of traditional medicine and healers, Elders are practitioners, often serving as “psychologists, spiritual leaders or counsellors” who are parts of a living, evolving belief system. Amongst Indigenous societies, multiple components are not fixed or static. It would be safe to suggest the concepts are evolving, while the characteristics remain steeped in cultural principles, values and beliefs. The goal of medicine, and the role of the healers and Elders, are to care for the mind, body and spirit of the people. The needs of the people have changed over time.

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Recognizing the redistributive nature of investment in TM is important. Indigenous people will seek the help of tradi- tional healers because of proximity, familiarity, and trust. Investments in TM could therefore be used strategically to increase access to conventional preventive and therapeutic care. Including the traditional healer as part of the health care team may thus be an important strategy both to attract patients and to upgrade the skills and training of traditional healers.

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