Outputs (61)

Empathie avec la matière: Comment repenser la nature de l’action technique (2009)
Journal Article
Küchler, S., & Were, G. (2009). Empathie avec la matière: Comment repenser la nature de l’action technique. Techniques & culture, 190-211. https://doi.org/10.4000/tc.4942

Tamil mythological cinema and the politics of secular modernism (2009)
Book Chapter
Hughes, S. (2009). Tamil mythological cinema and the politics of secular modernism. In B. Meyer (Ed.), Aesthetic Formations: Media, Religion, and the Senses (93-116). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230623248_5

Since the 1990s the relationship among religion, media, and politics in South Asia has attracted considerable attention from a wide range of scholars. This is to a large extent due to convergence of the highly successful Indian television serializati... Read More about Tamil mythological cinema and the politics of secular modernism.

Christian Dalit activism in contemporary Tamil Nadu (2009)
Book Chapter
Mosse, D. (2009). Christian Dalit activism in contemporary Tamil Nadu. In D. N. Gellner (Ed.), Ethnic Activism and Civil Society in South Asia. Sage

The Ritual as an Urban Phenomenon: The dynamism of Ashura Ritual in Iranian Cities during the Modern Transformation (2009)
Other
Masoudi Nejad, R. (2009). The Ritual as an Urban Phenomenon: The dynamism of Ashura Ritual in Iranian Cities during the Modern Transformation

The Stratification of Youth Employment in Contemporary China (2009)
Book Chapter
Liu, J. (2009). The Stratification of Youth Employment in Contemporary China. In A. Furlong (Ed.), Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood: New Perspectives and Agendas (182-187). Routledge

Remaking Kurosawa: translations and permutations in global cinema (2009)
Book
Martinez, D. (2009). Remaking Kurosawa: translations and permutations in global cinema. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230621671

Through the lens of Akira Kurosawa's films, Martinez dissects the human tendency to make connections in a pioneering attempt to build a bridge out of diverse materials: the anthropology of Japan, film studies, and postmodern theory.

A tour not so grand: mobile Muslims in northern Pakistan (2009)
Journal Article
Marsden, M. (2009). A tour not so grand: mobile Muslims in northern Pakistan. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 15(s1), S57-S75. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9655.2009.01542.x

This paper explores the ways in which village Muslims living in the Chitral region of northern Pakistan seek to nurture and sustain their region as a socially heterogeneous space by actively embarking on local forms of travel. The heterogeneity of pl... Read More about A tour not so grand: mobile Muslims in northern Pakistan.

The Masons of Djenné (2009)
Book
Marchand, T. H. (2009). The Masons of Djenné. Indiana University Press

Djenné has been a thriving settlement for more than two millennia. The city played an historic role in the great Niger kingdoms of West Africa and, together with Timbuktu, it controlled the commerce in gold, salt and slaves that plied the mighty rive... Read More about The Masons of Djenné.

Talking the talk: Debating debate in northern Afghanistan (2009)
Journal Article
Marsden, M. (2009). Talking the talk: Debating debate in northern Afghanistan. Anthropology Today, 25(2), 20-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8322.2009.00656.x

Muslim entrepreneurs in public life between India and the Gulf: making good and doing good (2009)
Journal Article
Osella, F., & Osella, C. (2009). Muslim entrepreneurs in public life between India and the Gulf: making good and doing good. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 15(s1), 202-221. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9655.2009.01550.x

Muslim entrepreneurs from Kerala, South India, are at the forefront of India's liberalizing economy, keen innovators who have adopted the business and labour practices of global capitalism in both Kerala and the Gulf. They are also heavily involved i... Read More about Muslim entrepreneurs in public life between India and the Gulf: making good and doing good.