Sharing Knowledge and Cultural Heritage: First Nations of the Americas
Studies in Collaboration with Indigenous Peoples from Greenland, North and South America
Edited by Laura van Broekhoven, Cunera Buijs & Pieter Hovens | 2010
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Sharing Knowledge & Cultural Heritage (SK&CH), First Nations of the Americas, testifies to the growing commitment of museum professionals in the twenty-first century to share collections with the descendants of people and communities from whom…
Ani-La
The nuns from Redna Menling
Joke van de Belt | 2010
‘No, but we are different. Tonpa Sherab treated men and women in the same way, he passed on his teachings to both men and women and that is why we nuns are on equal footing…
Candi, Space and Landscape
A study on the distribution, orientation and spatial organization of Central Javanese temple remains
Véronique Degroot | 2009
Central Javanese temples were not built anywhere and anyhow. On the contrary: their positions within the landscape and their architectural designs were determined by socio-cultural, religious and economic factors. This book explores the correlations between…
The Expression & Perception of Space in Wayana
Karen Hough | 2008
Until recently it was assumed that all cultures perceive and express ‘space’ from the ego. However, this belief in a universal phenomenological bias is currently being challenged by many linguists from several disciplines, who believe…
Visiting the Calvario at Mitla, Oaxaca
A critical look at the continuity of a religious practice
William R. Arfman | 2008
In the centre of the Mexican town of Mitla stands a run-down chapel on an overgrown pre-colonial pyramid. The chapel, housing three crosses, is the town’s Calvario, the local representation of the hill on which…
Vóór de veearts kwam...
Volksdiergeneeskunde van weleer
Servais Hutschemakers | 2008
Volksdiergeneeskunde is een vrijwel verdwenen, een wat geheimzinnige wereld van praktische oplossingen, kwakzalverij, toverij, geloof en bijgeloof. Een bijna ontoegankelijke wereld die alleen kan worden betreden door mensen die vertrouwen inboezemen, door intimi. Zo’n vertrouwens…
Silver of the Possessed
Jewellery in the Egyptian zār
Sigrid M. van Roode | Forthcoming
In the 19th century an African possession cult called zār arrived in Egypt and became hugely popular. Jewellery formed an integral part of this cult, and silver pendants with images of spirits started to appear…
Sharing Knowledge and Cultural Heritage: First Nations of the Americas
Studies in Collaboration with Indigenous Peoples from Greenland, North and South America
Edited by Laura van Broekhoven, Cunera Buijs & Pieter Hovens | 2010
Now 50% off!
Sharing Knowledge & Cultural Heritage (SK&CH), First Nations of the Americas, testifies to the growing commitment of museum professionals in the twenty-first century to share collections with the descendants of people and communities from whom…
Ani-La
The nuns from Redna Menling
Joke van de Belt | 2010
‘No, but we are different. Tonpa Sherab treated men and women in the same way, he passed on his teachings to both men and women and that is why we nuns are on equal footing…
Candi, Space and Landscape
A study on the distribution, orientation and spatial organization of Central Javanese temple remains
Véronique Degroot | 2009
Central Javanese temples were not built anywhere and anyhow. On the contrary: their positions within the landscape and their architectural designs were determined by socio-cultural, religious and economic factors. This book explores the correlations between…
The Expression & Perception of Space in Wayana
Karen Hough | 2008
Until recently it was assumed that all cultures perceive and express ‘space’ from the ego. However, this belief in a universal phenomenological bias is currently being challenged by many linguists from several disciplines, who believe…
Visiting the Calvario at Mitla, Oaxaca
A critical look at the continuity of a religious practice
William R. Arfman | 2008
In the centre of the Mexican town of Mitla stands a run-down chapel on an overgrown pre-colonial pyramid. The chapel, housing three crosses, is the town’s Calvario, the local representation of the hill on which…
Vóór de veearts kwam...
Volksdiergeneeskunde van weleer
Servais Hutschemakers | 2008
Volksdiergeneeskunde is een vrijwel verdwenen, een wat geheimzinnige wereld van praktische oplossingen, kwakzalverij, toverij, geloof en bijgeloof. Een bijna ontoegankelijke wereld die alleen kan worden betreden door mensen die vertrouwen inboezemen, door intimi. Zo’n vertrouwens…
Silver of the Possessed
Jewellery in the Egyptian zār
Sigrid M. van Roode | Forthcoming
In the 19th century an African possession cult called zār arrived in Egypt and became hugely popular. Jewellery formed an integral part of this cult, and silver pendants with images of spirits started to appear…
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