Religion and beliefs in the supernatural are present in all societies. Yet, studies about the spread of small-scale supernatural belief systems remain quite limited. In this work, we test the anthropological hypothesis that historical dependence on pastoralism favored the adoption of customs...

Religion and beliefs in the supernatural are present in all societies. Yet, studies about the spread of small-scale supernatural belief systems remain quite limited. In this work, we test the anthropological hypothesis that historical dependence on pastoralism favored the adoption of customs...

Bordering the southern coast of Europe, the eastern part of the Middle East and northern Africa, representing the most appropriate environment for the development of cultural, social and economic of the maritime regions, influencing decisively the culture and the entire life of the inhabitants...

Situated at the crossroads of three continents (Europe, Asia and Africa), deeply marked by the omnipresence religions book’s (Christianity, Judaism, Islamism) and ground by the war (with the Palestinians, with neighbors, with anti-Semitic terrorist organizations, often with everyone), Israel...

This paper tries to describe for students, for managers, for tourists, the complex experience that I had travelling, for the second time, in the summer of 2010, for a few weeks, in Switzerland, visiting friends, but also discovering again cities, towns, castles, museums, and even some small and...

We investigate the impact of peer competition on longevity using a unique historical data set of classical composers. We measure the geographic concentration of peers by the number of composers located in the same area and the time spent in one of the main geographic clusters for classical...

We investigate the impact of peer competition on longevity using a unique historical data set of 144 prominent music composers born in the 19th century. We approximate for peer competition measuring (a) the number or (b) the share of composers located in the same area and time, (c) the time...

Die staatlichen Aufwendungen für Kultur betrugen 2009, dem letzten Jahr, für das derzeit Daten vorliegen, etwas mehr als neun Milliarden Euro - 111 Euro pro Einwohner. Private Haushalte gaben für Kulturveranstaltungen im Jahr 2011 durchschnittlich rund 144 Euro aus. In der Summe waren dies...

Die staatlichen Aufwendungen für Kultur betrugen 2009, dem letzten Jahr, für das derzeit Daten vorliegen, etwas mehr als neun Milliarden Euro - 111 Euro pro Einwohner. Private Haushalte gaben für Kulturveranstaltungen im Jahr 2011 durchschnittlich rund 144 Euro aus. In der Summe waren dies...

It suffices to browse the websites of only a few of the most noteworthy Romanian cultural organizations – including the website of the Ministry of Culture – to conclude that quality policies are missing. In fact, these are not the only policies that are missing, but this topic should be...