Circumcision is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures [1]. What about the Ibos or Igbos, one of the main ethnic groups in Nigeria!? In this context, Basden [2] a British anthropologist, lived among them for many years. His researches showed that this group has similarities with the Hebrews. Indeed, he wrote that “Ibos” is a shortened form of “Hebrews”! Of their listed similarit...

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This review refers to the recent work Olualê Kossola (2021) written by Zora Neale Hurston. The book is result of encounter between two people who live diaspora in a different way: Kossola, an African man kidnapped and taken United States, Hurston, African-American writer anthropologist.

This article presents the results of an investigation that examined a teacher education experience in general bioethics conducted by the University El 1 This research was possible thanks to the funding of the Bioethical Program of Universidad El Bosque. This article presents the results of an investigation that examined a teacher education experience in general bioethics conducted by the Univer...

In his article, "Comparative Literature as Textual Anthropology," Antony Tatlow proposes textual anthropology as a critic's approach in the comparative study of literature. If anthropology is "behavioural hermeneutics" (Clifford Geertz) with the implication of self-reflexivity, the anthropologist will be disposed to fashion in the object of attention what is neglected and that can therefore be ...

FORTHCOMING GOVERNMENT REVIEW AND GOVERNMENT PARTICIPANTS: 17 Dec 2007 -at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A one-day technical review to be attended by the review team of Dr. Kenneth Boff (formerly Chief Scientist AFRL/HE, currently consultant to AOARD), Dr. Rebecca Goolsby (ONR Program Mgr. & Cultural Anthropologist), Dr. Fariba Fahroo (AFOSR Program Mgr. Computational Mathematics),...