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Perlenfunde aus Eiszeithöhlen drückten Gruppenidentität aus

Universität Tübingen und Urgeschichtliches Museum Blaubeuren präsentieren 42.000 Jahre alten Schmuck aus Mammutelfenbein: Herstellung und Tragen waren wohl nur auf der Schwäbischen Alb Tradition

Schon vor 42.000 Jahren nutzten Menschen Schmuck als Ausdruck von Gruppenidentität. Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler der Universität Tübingen und des Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment (HEP) an der Universität Tübingen haben in den Weltkulturerbe-Höhlen des Achtals und Lonetals Perlen aus Mammutelfenbein gefunden, die in ihrer Machart bislang ausschließlich auf der Schwäbischen Alb vorkommen. (more…)

Witch Hunts Targeted by Grassroots Women’s Groups

By Guest PostSeptember 5, 2012Culture, Economy, Generalalcoholism, anuradha chakravarty, basanti, chicken eggs, culture, disease, domestic abuse, economic, factor, gender equality, government, grassroots movement, India, jalpaiguri, livestock, loan, loan program, michigan, microcredit, microcredit group, native india, plantation worker, practice, self help, social movement, sociologist, soma chaudhuri, state university, stomach illness, tea plantation, tradition, tribal people, village, witch, witch hunts, witchcraft, women

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Witch hunts are common and sometimes deadly in the tea plantations of Jalpaiguri, India. But a surprising source – small groups of women who meet through a government loan program – has achieved some success in preventing the longstanding practice, a Michigan State University sociologist found.

Soma Chaudhuri spent seven months studying witch hunts in her native India and discovered that the economic self-help groups have made it part of their agenda to defend their fellow plantation workers against the hunts. (more…)

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Perlenfunde aus Eiszeithöhlen drückten Gruppenidentität aus

Witch Hunts Targeted by Grassroots Women’s Groups