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Negotiating License and Limits: expertise and innovation in Djenne's building trade (2009)
Journal Article
Marchand, T. H. (2009). Negotiating License and Limits: expertise and innovation in Djenne's building trade. Africa, 79(1), 71-91. https://doi.org/10.3366/E0001972008000612

During a mason’s apprenticeship in Djenné, the young man acquires not only technical skills, but also appropriate social knowledge and a bodily comportment. Together, these inform his professional performance as a craftsman. Recognised masters of the... Read More about Negotiating License and Limits: expertise and innovation in Djenne's building trade.

Bargaining with God: Religion, Advertising and Commercial Success in Kenya (2009)
Journal Article
Dolan, C., & Johnstone, M. (2009). Bargaining with God: Religion, Advertising and Commercial Success in Kenya. Advertising & society review, 10(4), https://doi.org/10.1353/asr.0.0036

This paper seeks to understand how small-scale entrepreneurs in Nairobi, Kenya understand the relationship between religion and commerce through an analysis of shop advertising signs. While the sacred and profane are often theorized as mutually exclu... Read More about Bargaining with God: Religion, Advertising and Commercial Success in Kenya.

Martyr Bodies in the Media: Human Rights, Aesthetics, and the Politics of Immediation in the Palestinian Intifada (2009)
Journal Article
Allen, L. (2009). Martyr Bodies in the Media: Human Rights, Aesthetics, and the Politics of Immediation in the Palestinian Intifada. American Ethnologist, 36(1), 161-180. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1425.2008.01100.x

The growth of the human rights regime in the Palestinian occupied territories during the last two decades and the spread of visual media have had an extreme effect on the nature of Palestinian politics and society. They have transformed the way Pales... Read More about Martyr Bodies in the Media: Human Rights, Aesthetics, and the Politics of Immediation in the Palestinian Intifada.

Media and the Limits of Cynicism in Postsocialist China (2009)
Book Chapter
Latham, K. (2009). Media and the Limits of Cynicism in Postsocialist China. In H. G. West, & P. Raman (Eds.), Enduring Socialism: Explorations of Revolution and Transformation, Restoration and Continuation. Berghahn Books

Urban Spaces, Disney-Divinity and Moral middle classes in Delhi (2009)
Journal Article
Srivastava, S. (2009). Urban Spaces, Disney-Divinity and Moral middle classes in Delhi. Economic and political weekly, 44(26), 338-345

A presentation of an ethnography of the relationship between urban spaces, new cultures of consumption, the state, and the making of middle class identities in India. Firstly, the discussion explores the making of new urban spaces by focusing upon th... Read More about Urban Spaces, Disney-Divinity and Moral middle classes in Delhi.

Kosmopolitisme aan de Pakistaanse grens (2009)
Journal Article
Marsden, M. (2009). Kosmopolitisme aan de Pakistaanse grens. ISIM review, Een keuze uit 10 jaar ISIM review = Booklet '10 Years ISIM Review',

Caught between the ideology and realities of development: Transiting from the Horn of Africa to Europe (2009)
Preprint / Working Paper
Campbell, J. (2009). Caught between the ideology and realities of development: Transiting from the Horn of Africa to Europe

While the teloi of development seeks to explicitly link an ideology of ‘market fundamentalism’to one of ‘rights-based development’, the reality of life for many in developing societies is characterized by growing inequality and despotic rule. In such... Read More about Caught between the ideology and realities of development: Transiting from the Horn of Africa to Europe.

Oral History and Urban Studies (2009)
Book Chapter
Masoudi Nejad, R. (2009). Oral History and Urban Studies. In Oral History of Iran (141-159). National Library and Archives of I.R. Iran

Rehearsing for life: Theatre for social change in Kathmandu, Nepal. (2009)
Thesis
Mottin, M. Rehearsing for life: Theatre for social change in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The objective in this research is to examine the production and performance of theatrical activities aiming at bringing about social change in both development and political intervention. My investigation began with Aarohan Theatre Group, a Kathmandu... Read More about Rehearsing for life: Theatre for social change in Kathmandu, Nepal..