Vestnik NSU Series History and Philology
March 29, 2026
I. Golovnev
Purpose. The aim of this research is to examine the experience of using cinematic resources to reshape the worldview among the population of a multi-confessional country using scientific and artistic approaches. One of the key aspects of Sovietization was the anti-religious campaign, designed to get rid of heterogeneous confessional “prejudices” and construct in the consciousness of the masses...
International Journal of History and Archaeology Research Studies
March 16, 2026
S Sajeer
This article examines the encounter between Tibetan Buddhist monastic traditions and indigenous animist cosmologies in the hill societies of present-day Arunachal Pradesh between the eighth and early nineteenth centuries. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork by Verrier Elwin, Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, and Niranjan Sarkar, alongside material and archival evidence, the study traces how the...
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
March 10, 2026
Ya Yambao Yang, Mandy Yang, Tiffany Wing Lam Yip et al.
BACKGROUND: Hmong people experience a disproportionate burden of mental health challenges. While prior studies have examined mental health within Hmong communities, no study has focused on Hmong shamans’ experiences with depression. This study explores how Hmong shamans understand, experience, and respond to depression. METHODS: We conducted semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 12 Hmong...
Journal of Education Humanities and Social Sciences
March 7, 2026
Yuheng Sun
Shamanic music constitutes the deepest stratum of organised sound in Chinese civilisation. Emerging from Neolithic animistic beliefs that attributed spirit to every phenomenon, it developed into a sophisticated sonic technology for mediating between human society and the unseen world. This paper traces the trajectory of shamanic music from the earliest bone flutes of the seventh millennium BCE...