Marie Gillespie's scientific contributions

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... We could see the tattoo as a changing practice to reflect the way culture and the mentalities related to it can change. Cultural change is a natural process, since "All cultures are lived and therefore always in flux" (Gillespie, 2002). Culture can be adapted to the current needs of a certain group, and thus the ways of thinking and doing (Baciu, 2013) can change their patterns as needed by the people practicing them. ...