This article advocates the study of relationality where interactions and relations between both internal and external actors are not “already established” but are, instead, co-constitutive. It asserts the need to move…
Sponsel writes about the Tasaday peoples, an indigenous group living in the Lake Sebu area in Mindana, Phillipines. He discusses the symbolic relevance of the Tasaday, and how they are representative that humans are…
A case study of the Mbendjele people in Northern Congo, and their indigenous belief of ‘ekila,’ which is an abstract construct present in every area of their life. Ekila mandates their behaviour and attitudes to one…
Bonta analyses the way in which twenty four peaceful societies such as the Semai, the !Kung, and the Nubian peoples utilise methods of conflict resolution, revolving around maintaining harmony. These methods include…