Headhunting
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The Ifugaos seem to be the only people in the world who have developed peacemaking ideology in a typically aggressive genre of oral literature. The rich literature on epic traditions worldwide portrays a highly male-centered genre of song... more
In this essay, I will demonstrate ornaments that were used by Igorot people of indigenous mountain tribes from Northern Luzon, Philippines through selected ornaments that reflect past traditions of headhunting expeditions and personal... more
Linguistic reconstructions of the PAN root *kayaw by researchers such as Liao, Blust, and Dempwolff demonstrate an Austronesian raiding complex that incorporates lowland and highland peoples in what is both a display of masculinity and... more
RESUMEN: El uso de la contratación como una práctica de recursos humanos es generalmente un problema con presencia dentro de la comunidad de investigación de gestión. Este artículo, analiza a través de una revisión bibliográfica, la... more
The study of hunter-gatherer societies has had a large impact on the discussion of the problems of aggression and violence. Ethnologists and psychologists are more inclined to regard aggression as an innate characteristic of human nature,... more
Este artículo constituye un paso más en nuestro estudio del mito y del rito en su relación con su raíz. Aquí discutimos los aspectos egogónicos y egocráticos que encierra el ritual de caza de cabezas de los asmat de Nueva Guinea además de... more
An identity based visual study of the Wancho Tribe in AFSPA geography on the borderlands of Arunachal Pradesh-Myanmar, India using alternate photography process.
In this paper, warfare in insular Southeast Asia is examined through the comparison of three groups of highland shifting cultivators. The thesis is that the current social evaluation of violence and aggression within each group is the... more
A prolongation of Ancestors and Skulls; with links to documents on tribal skull worship, art, rituals eg. Madrason
El head-hunter investiga en el mercado a los candidatos potenciales y adecuados y establece la estrategia de acercamiento. Organiza las entrevistas y según los resultados, selecciona a los finalistas. Revisa las referencias, negocia y... more
Il s’agira de s’interroger sur la pratique de la décollation dans l’armée du Principat en insistant sur l’influence des auxiliaires celtes au début de l’époque impériale. S’il est vrai que les Romains étaient les héritiers d’une ancienne... more
This essay examines how anthropogeographical conceptions become materialized in place names inscribed on human remains. With respect to a type of headhunting artefact designated in museum anthropology as ‘stuffed human heads’, I consider... more
This paper explores the origins of the horse games (hippika gymnasia) of the Roman imperial army. It argues that the equestrian displays lengthily described by Arrian in his tactical treatise were borrowed from the Gallic and Iberian... more
After independence, a search for national heroes in the Indonesian struggle against colonialism drew attention to Wona Kaka, a Sumbanese headhunter who raided Dutch forces in 1911. Praised by some as the first figure in a common national... more
This dissertation posits, theoretically and empirically, that Agency Theory personal and organizational assumptions explain more fully and realistically than any other management theory the relationship in a business triad:... more
The recent crisis of representation in ethnographic writing has problematised many of the ethical assumptions which surround the life history method: On what basis can western scholars accurately “give voice” to people from another... more
Работа, посвященная культуре народов Филиппин, как и другие статьи сборника «Этнография детства», который впервые ввел в отечественную науку данную тему, написана на основе вопросника, составленного этносоциологом И.С. Коном. На материале... more
Cross-cultural exploration of the practice of headhunting in various tribal societies in insular Southeast Asia and in South Melanesia, as described by ethnographers since the nineteenth century. Various motives for this practice, as well... more
Borneo had had a reputation for the 'exotic' as far back as the 1600s. Many of its 'meanings' had already been fixed as European stereotypes well before any first-hand British accounts were available. Because Borneo offered the travel... more
In a world of Google, Nike, Apple, Uber, and Starbucks, business practitioners might start to believe that the most successful company names are innovative, trendy, and even unusual. This approach of using stylish and uncommon names was... more
University of the Philippines Archaeological Studies Program Conference 2021 last August 24, 2021. Starts at 40:00. Arsenio Nicolas : Music, Ritual and Headhunting in Northern Luzon – Historical Resistance, Conformity and Transformation... more
The Amerindian practice of taking and displaying various body parts as trophies has long intrigued both the research community as well as the public. This edited volume focuses on trophy taking behavior in both North and South America.... more
In vielen Bereichen wird in Deutschland über den Mangel an Fachkräften diskutiert. Dieser Fachkräftemangel betrifft zahlreiche Branchen, wie beispielsweise das Baugewerbe, die Gastronomie und der Maschinenbau. Allerdings sind besonders... more
ABSTRACT The Wa people have long occupied a special place in the state-directed political spectacle of minority nationalities, in both China and Burma. This fascination builds on older views of the Wa as dangerous barbarians, and... more
ABSTRACT In 1988, the disarticulated human remains of forty Roman individuals were discovered at 52-63 London Wall, London. Examination of the sample using techniques employed by forensic anthropology and entomology found that some of the... more
In the last few years, occult head-hunters – elusive figures that have haunted communities and the public imagination in Indonesia since at least colonial times – appear to have adopted a novel and troubling tactic. Instead of... more
The taking of bloody heads in vengeance raids on neighboring peoples defined the parameters of leadership and political relations on the Eastern Indonesian island of Sumba a century ago. After pacification in the 1920s, exchange values of... more
A webinar presentation at the "Indigenous Responses to Colonial Incursions Conference," sponsored by the University of the Philippines Archaeology Studies Program, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. Tuesday, August 24, 2021, 1:30 pm to... more