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ÚLOHA RITUÁLU V KONTEXTE REPREZENTÁCIÍ NADPRIRODZENÉHO ŠKODENIA

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Jerotijević D.
Etnologické rozpravy (Ethnological Disputes)
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2019
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vol. 26
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issue 1
31 – 53
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The study focuses on a function of magical practices used in an unwitching procedure. The argument is based on Malinowskiś classical anthropological theory and cognitive and psychological studies of religion. The author uses ethnographic data from a long-term field research in Serbia where she investigated representations of witchcraft and sorcery beliefs are usually interpreted as explanations of misfortune. The author assumes that apart from that, they offer certain solutions of people´s problems. If an individual defines their situation in supernatural terms, the solution is also supernatural. In this context, specialists with supernatural abilities play an important role – they state what is going on and suggest solution. Unwitching procedure is highly ritualized activity. The author assumes that this procedure may be a form of emotionally driven coping strategy. At the same time, it may be perceived as effective just because the presence of an agent with supernatural abilities.
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ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT: REASONS FOR ITS SELECTION AND WAYS OF EVALUATING ITS EFFICACY

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Jerotijević D., Kráľová S., Kulichová N.
Sociológia (Sociology)
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2022
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vol. 54
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issue 2
121 -143
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Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM; usually defined in opposition to biomedicine or orthodox medicine) is use by part of the population (the percentage differs from country to country) exclusively or, more often, in addition to biomedical procedures. The causes of using alternative medicine may vary - from disappointment in biomedicine to preference of alternative medicine as a part of an alternative worldview philosophy in a broader context (Taves et al. 2018). Building on previous knowledge about the use of CAM, the authors address issues of the perception of CAM practices, ways of evaluating their effectiveness, and the role of creation of narrative about the faced problem as the part of coping with the given situation. The study is based on qualitative data from Slovakia.
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