Edson, Gary. Shamanism: A Cross-Cultural Study of Beliefs and Practices

E DSON, GARY. Shamanism: A Cross-Cultural Study of Beliefs and Practices. Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland & Company, 2008. Pp 287.ISBN: 978-0-7864-3409-1

Interplay between Hydration Water and Headgroup Dynamics in Lipid Bilayers

In this study, the interplay between water and lipid dynamics has been investigated by broadband dielectric spectroscopy and modulated differential scanning calorimetry (MDSC). The rnultilamellar lipid bilayer system 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) has been studied over a broad temperature range at three different water contents: about 3, 6, and 9 water molecules per lipid molecule. The results from the dielectric relaxation measurements show that at temperatures <250 K the lipid headgroup rotation is described by a super-Arrhenius temperature dependence at the lowest hydration level and by the Arrhenius law at the highest hydration level. This difference in the temperature dependence of the lipid headgroup rotation can be explained by the increasing interaction between the headgroups with decreasing water content, which causes their rotational motion to be more cooperative in character. The main water relaxation shows an anomalous dependence on the water content in the supercooled and glassy regime. In contrast to the general behavior of interfacial water, the water dynamics is fastest in the driest sample and its temperature dependence is best described by a super-Arrhenius temperature dependence. The best explanation for this anomalous behavior is that the water relaxation becomes more determined by fast local lipid motions than by the intrinsic water dynamics at low water contents. In support for this interpretation is the finding that the relaxation time of the main water process is faster than that in most other host systems at temperatures below 180 K Thus, the dielectric relaxation data show clearly the strong interplay between water and lipid dynamics; the water influences the lipid dynamics and vice versa. In the MDSC data, we observe a weak enthalpy relaxation at 203 K for the driest sample and at 179 K for the most hydrated sample, attributed to the freezing-in of the lipid headgroup rotation observed in the dielectric data, since this motion reaches a time scale of about 100 s at about the same temperatures

Små platser – stora frågor: En introduktion till socialantropologi

Recension av: Thomas Hylland Eriksen. Små platser – stora frågor. En introduktion till socialantropologi. Nora 2000. 377 s., ill

Nord-amerikanska indianreligioner: Essäer om traditioner, förändring och kontinuitet

Recension av: Pohjois-Amerikan intiaaniuskonnot. Kirjoituksia perinteistä, muutoksesta ja jatkuvuudesta. Toim. Riku Hämäläinen. Helsinki, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura 2004. (Tietolipas 204.) 383 s. ,ill

Om akademiska förebilder i religionsvetenskapliga kvarter

This is a story about how Håkan Rydving and other scholars have functioned as academic role models in creating a sound and stimulating university environment. Young students of religions were lead into fascinating studies by complementary story telling. The excellence of well-known researchers, and an understanding of how to receive response from such scholars, were built not only on written material but also on positive hearsay

Nordisk "schamanism" i seriös granskning

Recension av: Tolley, Clive 2009. Shamanism in Norse Myth and Magic. FF Communications Vol. CXLIV No. 296 &amp; No. 297. Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Helsinki

Två konstnärers sätt att i ord och bild presentera sig själva i sengotikens Norden

Title: The Self-representation in Image and Word of two Late Gothic Artists in ScandinaviaThis article describes the way in which two of Sweden’s most prominent artists (around 1500) manifested themselves in both image and word. The painter Albert came from Germany to Sweden in 1465 and lived and worked there for the rest of his life. In 1473 he could settle in Stockholm by marrying the widow of a painter and Albert stayed in the Swedish capital to his death in 1509. We know that he has left his signature in nine churches in the provinces around Stockholm and in some of them his signature is still preserved. In the church of Lid his signature is written above his self portrait. He has left another self portrait in Härkeberga church and close to the kneeling painter here a young man stands at a painted altar, probably his apprentice. – Adam van Düren came to Sweden together with other German stone masons in 1487 in order to complete the cathedral of Linköping. From 1500 up to 1532 he worked in Denmark, mainly in the province of Scania. In the cathedral of Lund he has left two self portraits. Under a vault in the north transept his head is looking towards the head of his wife. And on the base of a column in the nave he has portrayed himself as a donkey, that collapses under a too heavy burden. Here the inscription says: He must be a donkey who takes more on than he can carry, 1527

Religionsvetenskapens marker och kartor

Recension av: Anttonen, Veikko 2010. Uskontotieteen maastot ja kartat (Tietolipas 232.). Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. 286 s