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After four decades of reform and development, China is confronting a domestic waste crisis. As the world's largest waste-generating nation, the World Economic Forum projects that by 2030, the volume of household waste in China will be double that of the United States. Starting in ...  Show more

In this episode of the New Books Network, we explore Ethnographic Reflections on Marriage in Dhofar, Oman (Anthem Press, 2026), with anthropologist Dr Marielle Risse. Drawing on nearly two decades of ethnographic fieldwork, Dr Risse offers a nuanced examination of marriage pract ...  Show more

Our lives are populated by rituals. Baptisms. Funerals. Graduations. Singing happy birthday, chanting cheers at a sports event, saying grace before dinner. When we perform rituals, there's no causal link between the behavior and the hoped for effect; for example, there's no causa ...  Show more

In this episode with award-winning author, artist, ritualist Day Schildkret we explore the power of rituals to help us feel more grounded, safe, connected and alive. 

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Taking a lead from Confucius - a man who loved a good ritual - Sara Wheeler explores the continuing fascination of rituals. 'Two and a half millennia ago,' writes Sara, 'Confucius famously fiddled about moving his mat so it was exactly straight before he crossed his legs and sat ...  Show more

Anne Ghesquière reçoit dans Métamorphose Thierry Janssen, ancien chirurgien devenu psychothérapeute, écrivain et fondateur de fondateur de l’École De La Posture Juste à Bruxelles. Les rituels peuvent-ils nous aider à mieux vivre dans un monde incertain, à trouver du sens et à ...