This volume is an original contribution to the understanding of the various forms of communication with the dead. Terming them “necrodialogues”, we examine these forms of communication in relation to cultural and ritual practices of necromancy and mediumism on the one hand, and to the development of technologies for establishing contact with the be...
In this essay, I analyze the Nyāya philosophical concept of “adṛṣṭa” or the ‘unseen force.’ While it was the Vaiśeṣika philosophers who originally developed this notion, the Naiyāyikas adopted it as a significant part of their metaphysical framework. Combining both merits (dharma) and demerits (adharma), it was introduced as the causal principle or...
National blockbusters, such as My People, My Country (MPMC; 我和我的祖国, wo he wode zuguo), have gained a prominent position in contemporary Chinese nationalist propaganda. Based on a multi-modal discourse analysis approach, this paper will examine how narratives of “my country” and “my people” are affectively constructed through multi-modal resources i...
In an interview about her recent book, about improving sex, Katherine Angel says that you do not make an orgasm but you undergo it. I point out that masturbation creates most orgasms in all sexes. That women often do not enjoy coitus, has been documented by Kinsey et al (1953), later by Masters & Johnson. Dr Th. H. van de Velde in his book already ...
The mass media is central to the development of any democratic society. Section 22 of Nigeria’s 1999 constitution indicates that the watchdog role is a constitutional duty of the press to ensure that government is responsible and accountable to the people. Its duties become prominent during emergencies and conflicts where, practitioners are expecte...
De perspectieven van de families van oorsprong zijn lang genegeerd in adoptieonderzoek en -beleid terwijl de perspectieven van actoren in de aankomstlanden, zoals die van adoptieouders en adoptieprofessionals, lange tijd werden bevoorrecht. Om deze lacune op te vullen, bespreken we in deze bijdrage de verschillende zoekstrategieën van Boliviaanse f...
Our paper explores the incorporation of Indigenous cultural elements into the classification and representation of African musical instruments, specifically those from traditional music traditions in Dagbon, a traditional state in the Sudanic Savannah Belt Region of Northern Ghana. The functional classification model is based on ethnographic and au...
This chapter investigates the impact digital media have had and continue to have on the power balance and existing hierarchies between groups within the Jain tradition. After an introduction on the ways religious hierarchies can be confirmed or overhauled online, it discusses the complex relationship Jain monastic lineages have with digital media i...
Background. Randori (free practice combat exercise) and kata (formal codified practice exercise) are complementary in learning judo. Traditionally taught by imitation (relationship between sensei and senpai/kohai; SHU phase of the SHU-HA-RI method) and after randori, kata are often perceived as an obstacle for promotion to a higher rank Active teac...
