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Mission - conversion - dialogue: The Christianisation process of the Rishi in South-West Bangladesh. (1994)
Thesis
Zene, C. Mission - conversion - dialogue: The Christianisation process of the Rishi in South-West Bangladesh. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis is a study of the changing relationship over time (1856-1990) between the Rishi, an ex-Untouchable jati of Bengal/South-West Bangladesh, and various groups of Catholic missionaries. The material consists of intensive ethnographic fieldwor... Read More about Mission - conversion - dialogue: The Christianisation process of the Rishi in South-West Bangladesh..

Of alien kings and ancestral chiefs : An essay on the ideology of kingship among the Aruwund. (1994)
Thesis
Palmeirim, M. Of alien kings and ancestral chiefs : An essay on the ideology of kingship among the Aruwund. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis is organized as a set of essays which tackle various theoretical issues pertaining to an understanding of the ideology of kingship among the Aruwund (Lunda of the Mwant Yaav) of southern Zaire. Following an introductory text which supplie... Read More about Of alien kings and ancestral chiefs : An essay on the ideology of kingship among the Aruwund..

Altenfursorge (1994)
Book Chapter
Spencer, P. (1994). Altenfursorge. In K. Muller (Ed.), Lexikon der Ethnologie. Campus Verlag

Chasing Myths: Post-modernity and authenticity (1994)
Book Chapter
Selwyn, T. (1994). Chasing Myths: Post-modernity and authenticity. In Le Tourisme International entre Tradition et Modernite (123-147). Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis

Urbanisation, Culture and the politics of urban development in Ghana, 1875-1980 (1994)
Journal Article
Campbell, J. (1994). Urbanisation, Culture and the politics of urban development in Ghana, 1875-1980. Urban anthropology and studies of cultural systems and world economic development, 23(4), 409-450

Studies of the political-economy of African urbanization have tended to focus primarily on the state and have failed to examine issues of human agency or culture. In contrast, this paper examines the historical development of a town in southern Ghana... Read More about Urbanisation, Culture and the politics of urban development in Ghana, 1875-1980.

Constraints on sustainable development in Ethiopia: Is there a future for improved wood-stoves? (1994)
Journal Article
Campbell, J. (1994). Constraints on sustainable development in Ethiopia: Is there a future for improved wood-stoves?. Public Administration and Development, 14(1), 19-36. https://doi.org/10.1002/pad.4230140102

A fundamental component of resource conservation in Ethiopian development programmes is sought in part through the dissemination of improved stoves. However, as an evaluation of a range of stove programmes reveals, the absence of applied research by... Read More about Constraints on sustainable development in Ethiopia: Is there a future for improved wood-stoves?.