This essay is mainly about Evgeny Antufiev’s solo exhibition: “Twelve, wood, dolphin, knife, bowl, mask, crystal, marble and bones — fusion. Exploring material”. Analyzing his motivation final presentation, aiming to grasp the unique national characteristics of artwork, exploring source Shamanic elements how these effect artwork. article goes through “Fetish, Shaman, Rooting” three topics. artw...

On the assumption, upon which perception may be considered as an associative integration of available memory pictures or archetypes universal thought forms, deep ecological, cross-cultural and holistic approach is conceived for two complementary areas research: 1) contemplations about anthropological traits imagination, symbolic meanings museum objects, culture, archetype image symbols induced ...

There are cultures in which people believe that some objects have magical powers; anthropologists call these objects fetishes. In our society, statistics are a sort of fetish. . Statistics direct our concern; they show us what we ought to worry about and how much we ought to worry. In a sense, the social problem becomes the statistic and, because we treat statistics as true and incontrovertible...

Online Social Networks (OSNs) provide a venue for virtual interactions and relationships between individuals. In some communities, OSNs also facilitate arranging offline meetings and relationships. FetLife, the worlds largest anonymous social network for the BDSM, fetish and kink communities, provides a unique example of an OSN that serves as an interaction space, community organizing tool, and...