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“Kox Kwai Kauv Kox Kwai”: Ecopoetic Symbolisation in Pgaz K’Nyau Oral Poetry

Ignasi Ribó Published: 2021-06-01 Categories: English

This article presents the transcription, translation, and annotation of an original performance of hta, a traditional form of oral poetry in Sgaw, the language of the Pgaz K’Nyau (Karen) people of northern Thailand. This performance was recorded d…

Death by Poisoning: Cautionary Narratives and Inter-Ethnic Accusations in Contemporary Sikkim

Kikee Doma Bhutia Published: 2021-06-01 Categories: English

The Sikkimese are a multi-ethnic community in a Himalayan sub-region in India. Even though the majority of the population is Hindu and Nepalese, the minority Buddhist and Bhutia/Lepcha communities are very strong. Death by poisoning is a common occurre…

Of Barrenness and Witchcraft: The Songs of the Legi Women’s Association

Imomotimi Armstrong Published: 2021-06-01 Categories: English

Witchcraft and barrenness are two critical issues that African women have had to grapple with since precolonial times. Therefore, the focus of attention in this paper is the songs of the Legi voluntary association among the Ịjọ of Nigeria’s oil-rich Ni…

The Sealed Grave and Burial Rituals in the Context of Revenants in Ukrainian Belief

Alina Oleksandrivna Oprelianska Published: 2021-06-01 Categories: English

The article sets the goal of describing the Ukrainian ritual of the sealed grave and its relation to revenants, or the unquiet dead, based both on the author’s fieldwork and ethnographic collections of the turn of the 20th century. The meaning of …

The Deaf Heritage Collective: Collaboration with Critical Intent

Kirsti Jamieson Published: 2021-06-01 Categories: English

The paper reflects upon the Deaf Heritage Collective, a collaborative project led by Edinburgh Napier University’s Design for Heritage team and Heriot Watt’s Centre for Translation And Interpreting Studies. The project aimed to advance discussion aroun…

“Kox Kwai Kauv Kox Kwai”: Ecopoetic Symbolisation in Pgaz K’Nyau Oral Poetry

Death by Poisoning: Cautionary Narratives and Inter-Ethnic Accusations in Contemporary Sikkim

Of Barrenness and Witchcraft: The Songs of the Legi Women’s Association

The Sealed Grave and Burial Rituals in the Context of Revenants in Ukrainian Belief

The Deaf Heritage Collective: Collaboration with Critical Intent

Editorial Impressions: Ethnography and Metaphors

The Pope’s Public Reason

“It’s a Big Umbrella”

Introduction

The Chicken and the Egg

Beyond Oracular Ambiguity

Chinese Eight Signs Prediction

Post-Hellenistic Perspectives on Divination, the Individual, and the Cosmos

Stocks of Images

Reflective Ontology and Intuitive Credibility in Chinese Six Lines Prediction

Divination and Ontologies

Introduction

(Counter)Terrorism and the Intimate

Shockwaves

The State of Emergency at Home

Listening to Terror Soundscapes

Introduction

“Counterterrorism Citizens” and the Neurotic City

Changing Narratives of Intimate Partner Violence

Telling Tales?