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#NexusHumano is a point of convergence of #cultures & #stories, where we challenge the ordinary, explore what connects us and reveal the invisible forces that shape us in all our #individuality and #diversity #Anthropology #Indigenous #Decolonise
Being new here, I’m following the trend of sharing my interests. Feel free to reach out! I will share my professional ones next time. My interests:
#Writers
#TV
#Viral
#Science
#Politics
#Photography
#Politics
#Movies
#Music
#Nature
#News
#Games
#Food
#Education
#Culture
#Comedy
#Books
#Animals
That's cool. In Ireland, we eat dillisk, which is a type of seaweed, especially in the coastal southern regions. I'm not a big fan of the taste tbh and now that I am thinking of it, it used to be more present when I was a kid. I vaguely remember hearing it was a staple in the past but not sure.
You should hashtag your interests. Other than that, people cannot find you.
These #rituals, #festivals and #customs reflect the profound ways time is perceived and honoured, connecting us to our past, present, and future, fostering identity, unity, and continuity. No matter what New Year you are celebrating, we at #NexusHumano wish you a #Happy and #Healthy New Year.
#VictorTurner, a renowned #anthropologist, explored time, rituals, and celebrations, including New Year customs. His concept of #communitas—the sense of #equality and #unity in shared rituals—helps us understand the social dynamics of New Year celebrations across different cultures.⬇️
New Year celebrations are deeply tied to #myths and #storytelling. For example, Balinese #Nyepi involves silence to ward off evil spirits, rooted in #Hindu cosmology. Similarly, Chinese New Year tells the story of the #Nian monster, using fireworks to ensure good fortune. ⬇️
New Year celebrations can serve as an act of #resistance by reaffirming their traditional ways of marking the passage of time. For example, some communities emphasize ancient celebrations, challenging #colonial-imposed calendars and reaffirming cultural #identity, #heritage and #sovereignty. ⬇️
Increasingly, New Year is not just a cultural moment but an economic one too. The #retail industry capitalizes on the #holiday, turning it into a period of consumption. Additionally, governments often use New Year celebrations for political purposes, promoting national #unity or #identity.⬇️
New Year rituals serve to reinforce social bonds and strengthen collective identities through feasts and festivities. This sense of togetherness can be seen in many New Year celebrations, including #Nowruz, #RoshHashanah, #EidalFitr, #Diwali, #Shogatsu, #Hogmanay, #ChineseNewYear, etc. ⬇️
From the #Chinese lunar cycle to the #Gregorian solar calendar, New Year’s timing reflects various cosmological beliefs. #Lunar, #solar, and #lunisolar calendars shape when and how the New Year is celebrated, highlighting cultural diversity in marking the passage of time.⬇️
Many cultures believe the boundary between the living and spirits is thin during New Year. In #Vietnam, #Tet celebrations include offerings to #ancestors, acknowledging their role in guiding the living. Such practices demonstrate the deep #spiritual significance embedded in the celebration. ⬇️
The New Year is often seen as a moment to cleanse the past and start fresh. #Rituals such as cleaning homes, wearing new #clothes, or performing spiritual rites symbolize the removal of old misfortunes. These practices are deeply connected to ideas of cyclical time and cultural #renewal.⬇️
In contrast, in industrialised societies, time is viewed linearly, seen as moving from one point to the next, with each moment being distinct and irreversible. The #Gregorian New Year marks a moment to assess the #past, set #resolutions, and embrace #progress and continuous #selfimprovement.⬇️
#Reflections on the New Year
Time has different meanings across cultures, and this influences how #NewYear is celebrated. In agrarian societies, time is #cyclical, marked by seasonal changes, so New Year celebrations often align with #harvests, #moon cycles, and #solstices (e.g., #LunarNewYear)...⬇️
What is the paper about? If you don't mind me asking, of course.
"#Ethnography must become self-critical, imaginative, and constructive; the field worker must be a willing agent of reform, but without sacrificing his scientific integrity." - #FranzBoas
“There are no peoples however primitive without #religion and #magic. Nor are there, it must be added, any savage races lacking in either the scientific attitude, or in #science, though this lack has been frequently attributed to them.” - Bronisław #Malinowski
Fair critique.
" #Anthropology is the most scientific of the humanities and the most humanistic of the sciences." – Alfred L. Kroeber
“How do you cause people to believe in an imagined order such as #Christianity, #democracy or #capitalism? First, you never admit that the order is imagined.” - #YuvalNoahHarari
"Humans are meaning-making animals." – Clifford #Geertz
"#Anthropology is the daughter of colonialism, but not its accomplice." - Claude Lévi-Strauss
"Religion is society worshipping itself." – #ÉmileDurkheim
Cool. Hope you enjoyed it.
In Ireland, and it's a common expression.
"Culture is the name for what people are interested in, their thoughts, their models, the books they read, and the speeches they hear." - #WalterLippmann.
"Man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun..." – #Geertz
We live within complex cultural webs of #symbols and #beliefs, crafting our understanding of the world, yet those meanings are not always self-evident or fixed—they are constantly being #woven and #reinterpreted.
Yummy subject.
How so?
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