This paper explores two interrelated themes found in the anthropology of ethnic dance ensembles in Kamchatka, Russia: authenticity and the place of individual in society. I use two elite dance troupes (one professional, the other semi-professional) to analyse local categories of cultural authenticity. People in Kamchatka were vocal about representations of indigenous dance on the stage and crit...

The need to train health professionals who can work across disciplines is essential for effective, competent, and culturally sensitive health care delivery. By its very nature, the provision of health service requires communication and coordination between practitioners. However, preparation for interdisciplinary practice within the health care setting is rare. The authors argue that the primar...

In this paper we study properties of symbols such that these belong to class of symbols sitting insideSm ρ,φ that we shall introduce as the following. So for because hypoelliptic pseudodifferential operatorsplays a key role in quantum mechanics we will investigate some properties of M−hypoelliptic pseudodifferential operators for which define base on this class of symbols. Also we consider maxi...

We discuss a strategy to allow developers to create their own aesthetic and cultural modeling frameworks without being tied down to a set of predefined symbols or objects. Toward this end, the rube paradigm presents a modeling and programming methodology that promotes three-dimensional visualization of model architecture and operation based on user-specified metaphors. The rationale behind rub...

Traditional Knowledge (TK) is essentially culturally oriented or culturally based, and it is integral to the cultural identity of the social group in which it operates and is preserved. “Traditional knowledge” is an open-ended way to refer to tradition-based literary, artistic or scientific works; performances; inventions; scientific discoveries; designs; marks, names and symbols; undisclosed i...

The Islamic Revolution of Iran has included symbolic aspects. The fundamental question of the article is that, what are the symbolic aspects of the Islamic Revolution of Iran and why the Islamic Republic of Iran has used these features to influence Islamic countries? Since the bearers of the word and the symbolic goods have the most legitimacy in social and political fields, this revolution has...

More discomfiting is the continuum that has been demonstrated in the realm of cognition. We now know, for example, that other species invent tools and use them with dexterity and local cultural variation. Other primates display "semanticity" (the use of symbols to refer to objects and actions) in their communication in ways that would impress any linguist. And experiments have shown other prima...

Abstract In the literature on enculturation—the thesis according to which higher cognitive capacities result from transformations in brain driven by culture—numerical cognition is often cited as an example. A consequence of enculturation account for numerical that individuals cannot acquire competence if a symbolic system numbers not available their cultural environment. This poses problem expl...

associated with verbal and non-verbal communication. The purpose of the article is to study discursive communicative-pragmatic nature poetical images silence in English-language literary discourse. universal cultural functions this notion were analysed main approaches determined. It became clear that phenomenon Nature Silence can be actualised help other landscape field English Such must belong...

The idea of the research has emerged, and it focuses on designing modern innovative textiles inspired by Saudi traditional symbols with aim attracting adolescents linking them to their cultures, as well reviving these in a way that can cope fast developments cultures trends. This is attributed cognitive awareness importance for continuous communication between various generations. In addition, ...