An Expanding Aboriginal Domain: Mobility and the Initiation Journey

Some pre‐circumcision candidates in the Western Desert culture area are taken on a journey to gather people for the final ceremony. Since Aboriginal people started to own cars in the 1960s, these journeys have expanded to such an extent that the outward journey discussed here covered 2250 km. The question of why it is the initiation ceremony, rather than some other ceremonial form, that is becoming the basis for the integration of this expanding Aboriginal domain is addressed and the fragmentary evidence on the historical growth of the journeys presented. Three kinds of ceremonial integration are distinguished and a suggestion made as to why it is the initiation form that is the focus of this expansion.     

踏着历史的痕迹土耳其考古遗址之旅

位于欧、亚交界处的土耳其,是同时拥有东西方文化和历史的国度,几乎各个时代伟大的文明都曾在此碰撞出历史的火花。土耳其拥有风格各异的文化和自然遗产,众多的名胜古迹和自然景观形成了一片片如梦似幻的美景。其中,考古遗址最具特色,特洛伊考古遗址、艾菲斯古城遗址等享誉世界。     

寻龙记

龙,善变化、能兴云雨、利万物的神异动物,传说能隐能显,春风时登天,秋风时潜渊,为众鳞虫之长,四灵之首。每一个炎黄子孙骨子里都有一条龙脊,而我们3个大男人怎能不知龙。寻龙,寻找那条属于自己心中的"龙"。     

吴哥窟国际合作的古迹修复平台

吴哥遗址保护行动中展现出来的多国合作模式和跨学科综合性的保护和发展方法,使其成为全球范围内文化遗产保护的典范。柬埔寨的吴哥遗址举世闻名,但由于疏于保护,它于1992年被世界遗产委员会以濒危遗产的形式列入世界遗产名录。次年,联合国教科文组织(以下简称UNESCO)出面,由法国和日本牵头,组织国际上多个国家和国际组织发起拯救吴哥保护行动,并成立了吴哥古迹国际保护与发展协调委员会(简称ICC),从而     

From Bridge to Boardwalk: An Audio Journey across Maryland's Eastern Shore

Ripe with cultural knowledge, From Bridge to Boardwalk is atravel narrative well-suited to the needs of the steadily increasingnumbers of heritage tourists venturing out into communitiesin search of authentic experiences. Folklorist Elaine Eff describesthis seventy-six-page spiral-bound guide, accompanied by twoCDs of interview clips, as a revelation of "some of the Shore'sbest-kept secrets" and a "rare ‘insider’ opportunity     

马达汉新疆考察国际研讨会及野外考察述要

2006年8月20日至9月11日,由中国社会科学院中国边疆史地研究中心和芬兰赫尔辛基大学主办、新疆社会科学院协办的“马达汉新疆考察国际研讨会”,分别在芬兰赫尔辛基和中国新疆乌鲁木齐召开,中、芬学者于乌鲁木齐会议后联合赴南疆,沿着马达汉当年在南疆考察的主要线路进行了野外考察。整个会议和考察活动颇具新意和特点,双方感到收获颇丰。学者们不但对此次会议和考察给与了高度评价,而且对未来合作满怀期待。此就整个会议及考察情况综述、总结如下。一、会议及考察背景马达汉原名为Carl Gustav Mannerhei m,1867年出生在俄属芬兰大公国,为…     

旅途开心果

<正>生死未卜吉姆和凯罗一起去峡谷探险,突然,凯罗失足掉下山崖。吉姆一见,赶忙大喊:"喂!凯罗,你死了吗?"凯罗回答说:"不—知—道!我还没有掉到底呢!"     

旅途开心果

<正>公车上温馨的屁小倩是个标致动人的女子,但是她的消化系统不是很好,因而经常放屁。这天,在公车上小倩又放了一个屁……站在她旁边的一个同学小梁马上说:"对不起,刚才那个屁是我放的"这下,马上赢得小倩感激的注视。     

美在旅途内蒙古、黑龙江、吉林边境自驾游

人在旅途,需要用心情去体会自然,感悟山水,享受美色,不能平心静气去和自然交融,没有深度了解当地的风土人情,就是枉虚此行。     

旅途开心果

<正>这里没有鳄鱼佛罗里达的海滩和蓝天,对一个来自北方的旅客显得格外迷人。游客正要去游泳,就问导游:"你能肯定这里没有鳄鱼吗?"没有,没有。"导游微笑着回答,"这里没有鳄鱼。"游客不再担心,他步入海里,畅游起来。尔后又问导游:"你怎么那么肯定没有鳄鱼呢?"鳄鱼精灵得很",导游小姐答道,"它更怕鲨鱼。"     

旅途开心果

<正>安全带在飞机上,空中小姐用和谐悦耳的声音对旅客说道:"请把烟灭掉,把安全带系好。"所有的旅客都按照空中小姐的吩咐做了。过了5分钟,空中小姐用比前次还优美的声音说道:"再把安全带系紧一点吧,很不幸,我们的飞机上忘了带食品。"     

“转型期的敦煌学——继承与发展”国际学术研讨会综述

正当秋高气爽、金桂飘香的金秋时节,来自国内外的60余位敦煌学专家学汇聚在六朝古都南京,于9月8日～11日共同参加了“转型期的敦煌学——继承与发展国际学术研讨会”。     

Cultural Assumptions against Sustainability: An International Survey

Despite the great progress in increasing public awareness of and attention to the issue of sustainability, the measures taken so far fall dramatically short of halting deleterious cycles. This apparent deficiency can be ascribed to two main factors: insufficient efforts to finding viable and visible alternatives and the failure to thoroughly re-examine dominant cultural paradigms. The widespread resistance to adopting more sustainable habits, in spite of the patent environmental crisis, suggests that there are persisting epistemological substrates so compelling as to be called ‘secular dogmas’. Higher education should undertake to promote both empirical research and applications, and systemic cultural critique. Geographers are among the most apt coordinators for such a complex interdisciplinary task. This paper shows the results of an international survey on some spatial, taxonomic and teleological macro-coordinates that underpin people's perception and representation of reality and thus influence the above-mentioned ‘secular dogmas’, which, if not properly addressed, may inexorably hinder the adoption of sustainable development models.