All Outputs (10)

Singing Hong Kong: The Representation of ‘Hongkonger’ Identity in Cantopop Music (2024)
Thesis
Cai, H. Singing Hong Kong: The Representation of ‘Hongkonger’ Identity in Cantopop Music. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis explores the identity of ‘Hongkonger’ through the lens of Cantonese popular music (Cantopop). ‘Hongkonger’ is a term that has been frequently invoked in pro-democracy contexts in Hong Kong, particularly during the democratic movements. Gr... Read More about Singing Hong Kong: The Representation of ‘Hongkonger’ Identity in Cantopop Music.

Complementary and Disparate: Conceptualising Female and Male Genital Cutting in Northern Tanzania (2024)
Thesis
Decatur, M.-A. V. Complementary and Disparate: Conceptualising Female and Male Genital Cutting in Northern Tanzania. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis traces the ways in which genital cutting practices historically seen as complementary become regarded as disparate. While most Maasai women and men I met during my fieldwork in northern Tanzania described female and male genital cutting a... Read More about Complementary and Disparate: Conceptualising Female and Male Genital Cutting in Northern Tanzania.

"Happy China": An Ethnography of Youth, Media and the Nation (2022)
Thesis
Li, X. "Happy China": An Ethnography of Youth, Media and the Nation. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

In this research, I explore the cultural, social and political significance of local television by investigating Hunan TV/Mango TV’s role in the reconstitution of the nation and youths (qingnian 青年) in contemporary China from both the perspectives... Read More about "Happy China": An Ethnography of Youth, Media and the Nation.

HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory (Special Section) – Volume 8, Issue 3 (Winter 2018): Invisible Hands of Life: Alternate Modes of Prosperity (2018)
Other
(2018). HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory (Special Section) – Volume 8, Issue 3 (Winter 2018): Invisible Hands of Life: Alternate Modes of Prosperity. Chicago, IL

Value Transfers in Southeast Asia: Religion, Charity and Subjectivity in an era of Neoliberal Reform (2017)
Other
(2017). Value Transfers in Southeast Asia: Religion, Charity and Subjectivity in an era of Neoliberal Reform. London

Border regulars : an ethnographic enquiry into the becomings of the Thai-Lao border from the vantage point of small-scale trade (2016)
Thesis
Elsing, S. Border regulars : an ethnographic enquiry into the becomings of the Thai-Lao border from the vantage point of small-scale trade. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Beyond the fields : ethnographic explorations on notions and practices of sustainability in Ifugao, Philippines (2015)
Thesis
Cagat, K. A. Beyond the fields : ethnographic explorations on notions and practices of sustainability in Ifugao, Philippines. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Becoming Sacred: Humanity and Divinity in East Java, Indonesia (2012)
Book Chapter
Retsikas, K. (2012). Becoming Sacred: Humanity and Divinity in East Java, Indonesia. In M. Marsden, & K. Retsikas (Eds.), Articulating Islam: Anthropological Approaches to Muslim Worlds (119-138). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4267-3_6

Retsikas’ study focuses on Muslims in East Java, Indonesia and is primarily concerned with the ways in which local Sufi healers have acquired the capacity to heal. This leads him into an investigation of the connections people seek to forge with spir... Read More about Becoming Sacred: Humanity and Divinity in East Java, Indonesia.

Articulating Islam: Anthropological Approaches to Muslim Worlds (2012)
Book
Marsden, M., & Retsikas, K. (Eds.). (2012). Articulating Islam: Anthropological Approaches to Muslim Worlds. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4267-3

This collection of arresting and innovative chapters applies the techniques of anthropology in analyzing the role played by Islam in the social lives of the world’s Muslims. The volume begins with an introduction that sets out a powerful case for a f... Read More about Articulating Islam: Anthropological Approaches to Muslim Worlds.

Anthropological Fieldwork in Afghanistan and Pakistan - A Comparisson (2012)
Book Chapter
Marsden, M. (2012). Anthropological Fieldwork in Afghanistan and Pakistan - A Comparisson. In M. Marsden, & K. Retsikas (Eds.), Articulating Islam: Anthropological Approaches to Muslim Worlds. Springer