Le paysage et l’artifice en géographie by Dylan Simon

“…The article examines the different uses of this founding geographer’s notion of the landscape: perceived first of all as the physiognomy of a relationship between (material) civilisation and a “natural” milieu, it is then defined by a more anthropological approach, which to a certain degree dissolves the specificity of the notion. …”
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Problem uporczywej terapii w świetle filozofii człowieka by Kazimierz Szałata

“…The author of the article defines the conception of medical futility at the level of anthropological philosophy and notices that in practice the designation of the moment, when we deal with the medical futility, belongs to the doctors who depends on his empiric knowledge and wisdom.…”
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Redécouverte d’un tibia et d’un fémur provenant du site de La Madeleine, Dordogne by Aurélie Fort

“…During the inventory of the anthropological collections of the Musée de l’Homme (Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Paris) in 2006, a right tibia and a right femur apparently coming from the site of La Madeleine, Dordogne, were found. …”
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Le corps et la corde by Olivia Kindl

“…The transformation of bodies is therefore made possible by concrete ritual processes that use of ropes, causing transformations in social status, alterations in perspective and changes of scale—so many aspects that lead to more general anthropological questions concerning the ritual memory of bodies in movement and a certain ritualized praxis of bodies.…”
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El cuerpo y la cuerda by Olivia Kindl

“…The transformation of bodies is therefore made possible by concrete ritual processes that use of ropes, causing transformations in social status, alterations in perspective and changes of scale—so many aspects that lead to more general anthropological questions concerning the ritual memory of bodies in movement and a certain ritualized praxis of bodies.…”
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Ostéochondronécroses articulaires by Silvia Boccone, Rosa Boano, Enzo Fulcheri, Emma Rabino Massa

“…As part of investigations carried out in the Dauphiné region of France during the past few years, ancient human remains discovered in the Church of Puy-Saint-Pierre in Briançon and in the church of La Salle les Alpes, 6-7 km from Briançon (Haute-Alpes), have undergone anthropological and palaeopathological studies.In our studies of the medieval and modern samples, we were able to observe a significant frequency of bone and joint lesions. …”
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Redefined prophecy as Deuteronomic alternative to divination in Deut 18:9-22 by H L Bosman

“… Anthropological research has shown that no rigid distinction can be maintained between prophets, priests, diviners and necromancers. …”
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DIGITAL CULTURE – A HISTORICAL STAGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INFORMATION CULTURE OF SOCIETY by M. Yu. Zakharov, I. E. Starovoytova, A. V. Shishkova

“…Different scientific approaches to digital culture have been analysed in the article: digital culture is considered as a special form of being, a special integral design that includes audiovisual, semiotic, technological, logical, communication, network and other subsystems that exists at five levels: material, functional, symbolic, mental and spiritual; and as a set of values ofmodern society based on digital coding; and as a system of changes in practices, products of human activity associated with the culture of the digital age; and as a special level of digital literacy and competency. The anthropological aspect of digital culture has been emphasized. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Ontology Scientisma and Religious Philosophy in XX Cen-tury Сравнительный анализ онтологии сциентизма и религиозной философии в ХХ веке Порівняльний аналіз... by D. Yu. Snit'ko

“…Specially attention concentrated of the empirical and metaphysical components of the seontological paradigms, and also of the problem of ontological relativity and relations with the anthropological investigations.<br>Рассмотрены онтологические аспекты сциентизма и религиозной метафізики Запада в ХХ в. …”
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Un nouveau cas de sépultures multiples à Troyes, Place de la Libération (Aube, Moyen Âge) by Cécile Paresys, Dominique Castex, Cédric Roms, Isabelle Richard, Stéphanie Degobertière

“…In the particular context of acute mortality events, the use of archaeo-anthropological methods (analysis of corpse deposition and of age and sex distribution at death) can provide new elements for consideration. …”
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Imaginaires de nature sauvage dans la théorie et la pratique de Gilles Clément by Camilla Barbero

“…This rhetorical and aesthetic concept of the sublime is looked at from a wider perspective. An anthropological approach provides new insights to help understand the complexity of our relations with the untamed dimension of nature, a troubling yet appealing revelation of a non-human element reigning over and perpetuating life.…”
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Ali se mudou a aventura… O imaginário mítico no pensamento de Luís Krus by Carlos F. Clamote Carreto

“…Recognizing the rhetorical, anthropological and ideological importance of the fictional narrative for the legitimization of the lineage and the construction of a discourse on the past, Luís Krus has devoted not only his work to an important renewal of the traditional viewpoints of Portuguese Medieval Historiography. …”
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ESSENTIA OF HUMAN BEING AND ONTO-THEOLOGICAL ESSE OF METAPHYSICS: HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL CONTEXT by N. V. Skrytska

“…On the basis of historico-philosophical researches it is carried out the analysis of the concepts essentia of human being, proceeding not only from the metaphysical point of view, but also with anthropological, axiological and gnoseological. It is proved that, despite of metaphysics accessory as abstract knowledge to different philosophical sections, everything the main thing remains the appeal to primary sources. …”
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Migration discourses in Italy by Elena Benelli

“…In the last thirty years, Italy has undergone an anthropological revolution: from a country of emigration that exported millions of emigrants around the world, it has reversed its vocation and has become a country of immigration. …”
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Inscription and interpretation of text: a cultural hermeneutic examination of virtual community by Gary Burnett, Michael H. Dickey, Michelle M. Kazmer, Katherine M. Chudoba

“…People engaging in electronic exchanges can create communities--places with socially constituted norms, values, and expectations. We adopt an anthropological perspective, yoked with a methodology based in hermeneutics, to illustrate how language use both reflects and influences culture in a virtual community. …”
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Taming Eschatology: The Case of Silja Walter OSB by Bernard Łukasz Sawicki, Chiara Tacchinardi

“…In conclusion, referring generally to the entirety of Walter’s work, they show the anthropological value of her approach to eschatology, which, in accordance with the title of the article, can be defined as bringing eschatological themes closer to everyday existential experience. …”
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Technologie du fait maritime chez les Kalinago des Petites Antilles aux xvie et xviie siècles by Benoît Bérard, Jean-Yves Billard, Thierry L’Etang, Guillaume Lalubie, Costantino Nicolizas, Bruno Ramstein, Emma Slayton

“…These texts constitute a continuous series from the time of first contact to sub-contemporaneous anthropological descriptions. This paper is based on extensive review of the data contained in those early Spanish, Dutch, English, and French sources and also on a review of the few direct archaeological evidences. …”
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Does Sense of Place Still Exist? by Helena Ruotsala

“…Researches are now paying more attention to the changed nature of the concept, e.g. for the multivocality of places. The anthropological literature on space and place forms my theoretical framework, with which I study some empiric cases from my familiar environment, from Finnish Lapland and from Kola Peninsula. …”
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ESSENTIA OF HUMAN BEING AND ONTO-THEOLOGICAL ESSE OF METAPHYSICS: HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL CONTEXT by N. V. Skrytska

“…On the basis of historico-philosophical researches it is carried out the analysis of the concepts essentia of human being, proceeding not only from the metaphysical point of view, but also with anthropological, axiological and gnoseological. It is proved that, despite of metaphysics accessory as abstract knowledge to different philosophical sections, everything the main thing remains the appeal to primary sources. …”
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Sociabilidade e cidadania: os espaços públicos de Salvador como entrelaçamento do concreto, do simbólico e do imaginário by Cíntia San Martin Fernandes

“…The article discusses the paradigm of sensitive reason as a socio-anthropological tool for the understanding of the social relations taking place in contemporary cities. …”
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