The Opening Education as a Strategy for the Democratisation of Knowledge and Formation of Social Imagination by Katarzyna Majbroda

“…<p>The aim of this article is to present the main assumptions and ways of understanding the opening education as embedded in the name of the Opening Education Laboratory of the<br />Polish Ethnological Society. The article presents contemporary educational policy developed in Poland from the anthropological perspective, showing its limitations in developing of the broadly understood social and cultural diversity and equality policies. …”
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Restitution et patrimonialisation de la médecine traditionnelle au musée de Fort Apollonia (Sud-Ouest du Ghana) by Mariaclaudia Cristofano, Stefano Maltese, Elisa Vasconi

“…The local medical system has been at the core of a long-lasting tradition of anthropological studies deeply linked to the research carried out by the Italian Ethnological Mission to Ghana present in the area since 1954 and actively involved in setting up the Apollonia Museum together with other Ghanaian institutional partners, NGOs and representatives of Nzema traditional healers’ associations. …”
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<i>Cistus albidus</i> L.—Review of a Traditional Mediterranean Medicinal Plant with Pharmacological Potential by Daniel Raus de Baviera, Antonio Ruiz-Canales, Enrique Barrajón-Catalán

“…The purpose of this review is to offer a detailed account of the botanical, ethnological, phytochemical, and pharmacological characteristics of <i>C. albidus</i> with the aim of encouraging additional pharmaceutical investigations into the potential therapeutic benefits of this medicinal plant. …”
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Recording One’s Own Oral Culture: A Case Study of Locals’ Notebooks by Diana Mihuț

“…Interest towards communities characterized by oral tradition has taken the form of ethnological and/or anthropological field research on this topic over the past two centuries. …”
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Sucrose Is Not the Whole Story: Risk Factors and Oral Health at the Contact (Yakutia, Siberia-16th/19th) by Eric Crubézy, Sylvie Duchesne, Harilanto Razafindrazaka, Liubomira Romanova, Patrice Gérard, Ameline Alcouffe, Rémi Esclassan, Olga Melnichuk, Innokenty Ushnitsky, Bertrand Ludes, Norbert Telmon, Willy Tegel, Henri Dabernat, Vincent Zvenigorosky, Juan Carlos Prados-Frutos

“…Most studies are per tooth over considerable periods and with few ethnological references. (2) Aim: dental epidemiology of 96 autochthonous frozen bodies from Yakutia between the early 17th century and the late 19th century; comparisons with historical texts and ethnographic data. (3) Material and methods: we use descriptive statistics and discriminant factorial analyses to identify dominant variables in the dataset and compare periods and subjects, considering all variables. (4) Results: the peculiarities of the population are the rarity of cavities and the relative frequency of dental pathologies leading to death. …”
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Finance, Taxes and Provenance: A German Museum Acquisition of Chinese Antiquities in 1935 by Ilse von zur Mühlen

“…Research for this article was initially prompted by a restitution claim for several early Chinese objects, which had been acquired by the Bavarian State Ethnological Museum, now Museum Fünf Kontinente in Munich, at two sales in the Berlin auction house of the Jewish art dealer Paul Graupe in 1935. …”
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The roots and evolution of nationalism in Indonesia by Lai, Yew Meng, Maureen De Silva

“…In doing so, it addresses three salient questions, namely i) how the seeds of national consciousness were sown; ii) what were the underlying factors/dynamics shaping the nature and development of nationalism; and iii) how nationalism and nationhood manifested in a geographically divided, ethno-culturally diverse state like Indonesia, whose citizenry has remained strongly attached to their traditional ethnological and adat communities. Emphasis is given to both state-oriented and popular manifestations of Indonesian nationalism, to highlight the state/elite-centric nature, and populist drive behind its discourses, agenda, and manifestations.…”
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The roots and evolution of nationalism in Indonesia by Maureen De Silva, Lai, Yew Meng

“…In doing so, it addresses three salient questions, namely i) how the seeds of national consciousness were sown; ii) what were the underlying factors/dynamics shaping the nature and development of nationalism; and iii) how nationalism and nationhood manifested in a geographically divided, ethno-culturally diverse state like Indonesia, whose citizenry has remained strongly attached to their traditional ethnological and adat communities. Emphasis is given to both stateoriented and popular manifestations of Indonesian nationalism, to highlight the state/elite-centric nature, and populist drive behind its discourses, agenda, and manifestations.…”
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Traditional usage of medicinal plants by Temiar tribes in the State of Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia by Hassan Zaki, Pakhriazad, Gandaseca, Seca, Mohd Rashidi, Noorhayati, Ismail, Mohd Hasmadi

“…In a rural community, it is practice based on the ethnological, medical and heritage of the practitioners. …”
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Wiesław, or a Slavic Magical Fairy Tale as Comic Book Material by Agnieszka Gołębiowska-Suchorska

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(Za)pamiętany obraz „słodkiego” dzieciństwa, czyli opowieści o maszketach by Dorota Świtała-Trybek

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Dunaje i szczedriłki. O polskich i ukraińskich tradycjach kolędniczych. Z Jerzym Bartmińskim rozmawia Maria Baliszewska by Maria Baliszewska, Jerzy Bartmiński

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Antifascist Mothers and Folk Healers: Queer Reinterpretations of Polish and Regional Cultural Archetypes in Familia by Michał Pokrowiecki

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Od fana do stalkera. Spektrum postaw fanowskich w koreańskim przemyśle kulturowym by Marta Lewandowska

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Na tropach legend miejskich. by Piotr Grochowski, Dionizjusz Czubala

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La recherche de l’inconnu dans les textes d’Isabelle Eberhardt : la valorisation du mouvement by Alba Dellavedova

“…The complexity of the process makes it intersting: Eberhardt’s journey provides for an ethnological study of the environment as well as the writing and a personal training, that consists in the creation of her own personality. …”
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AN AEOLIC OR YÖRÜK GRAVESTONE, A CAPITAL, OR AN ANICONIC CULT OBJECT? PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS ON THE NEW TYPE OF VOLUTED STONE OBJECTS FROM AEOLIS by Emre ERDAN, Nurdan AKBULUT, Nihan AYDOĞMUŞ

“…They are not similar to any other known archaeological or ethnological object. Despite the Kale Tepe and Samurlu examples were found in Turkish cemeteries, they are also so close to the known ancient sites or related necropolises. …”
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Training Features to Japanese Experience Constructive Use in Russia in Traditional Folk Cultures Pedagogical Potential Implementation by Irina V. Korshunova, Elena L. Fedotova, Anastasia S. Kosogova, Oleg L. Podlinyaev, Aleksandr I. Timoshenko, Inna A. Makarova, Olga E. Shafranova, Nataliya A. Kora, Neile K. Schepkina

“…The leading methods to study this problem are theoretical: the analysis of philosophical, pedagogical, artistic, cultural, ethnological literature on the research topic; instructional design; empirical: an analysis of the experience of socio-cultural and educational institutions in the implementation of traditional folk culture’s pedagogical potential; observation; survey; experimental work. …”
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'The Egyptian Bible': Alternatives to the pre-revolutionary research paradigm in S.Ya. Lurye's works of 1920s by I.A. Ladynin

“…Zieliński) and the ethnological theories of J.J. Frazer. S.Ya. Lurye challenged the historicity of “Admonitions of Ipuver” and “Prophesy of Neferty” and considered them as an adaptation of ritual and mythological motives connected with the cult of resurrecting god, rather than as reflections of a “social revolution” in Egypt. …”
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Secularism and Ethnic Minorities: Comparative Case Studies on Ethnic, Religious, and Political Cognitions in Pakistani-Controlled Kashmir, Central Russia, Romania, and Northern Sca... by László Koppány Csáji

“…I examine four case studies based on my ethnological fieldwork in Hunza (in the Pakistani-controlled Kashmir), the Middle Ural (Russia), Transylvania (Romania), and Sápmi (northern Scandinavia). …”
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