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Reading Life and Death into the Legal Text (2015)
Book Chapter
Suresh, M. (2015). Reading Life and Death into the Legal Text. In S. K. Das (Ed.), India: Democracy and Violence (152-166). Oxford University Press

Trust: Foundations and Critical Reflections (2015)
Book Chapter
Bachmann, R. (2015). Trust: Foundations and Critical Reflections. In R. Mir, H. Willmott, & M. Greenwood (Eds.), Routledge Companion to Philosophy in Organization Studies (568-374). Routledge

Managing Pleasurable Pursuits: Utopic Horizons and the Arts of Ignoring and ‘Not Knowing’ among Fine Woodworkers (2015)
Book Chapter
Marchand, T. H. (2015). Managing Pleasurable Pursuits: Utopic Horizons and the Arts of Ignoring and ‘Not Knowing’ among Fine Woodworkers. In R. Dilley, & T. Kirsch (Eds.), Regimes of Ignorance: anthropological perspectives on the Production and Reproduction of Non-Knowledge (70-90). Berghahn

The chapter is grounded in fieldwork with fine-woodwork trainees on a two-year programme at the Building Crafts College in East London. The majority of trainees aspired to become makers of bespoke furniture and to exercise autonomy over the design, p... Read More about Managing Pleasurable Pursuits: Utopic Horizons and the Arts of Ignoring and ‘Not Knowing’ among Fine Woodworkers.

Growing into music in Mali –perspectives on informal learning in West Africa (2015)
Book Chapter
Duran, L. (2015). Growing into music in Mali –perspectives on informal learning in West Africa. In N. Economidou, & M. Stakelum (Eds.), Every learner counts: democracy and inclusion in music education (49-64). Helbling Verlag

Despite the fact that Mali is famous for its musical traditions, some of which date back to the 13th century, very little research has been done on the passing down of musical knowledge from one generation to the next. Yet surely this is a key to und... Read More about Growing into music in Mali –perspectives on informal learning in West Africa.

"Penghulu segala perempuan": Fatima in Malay didactic texts for women (2015)
Book Chapter
Hijjas, M. (2015). "Penghulu segala perempuan": Fatima in Malay didactic texts for women. In C. Formichi, & R. M. Feener (Eds.), Shi'ism in South East Asia: 'Alid Piety and Sectarian Constructions (79-98). Hurst and Co. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780190264017.003.0006

The Malay manuscript tradition includes a number of didactic texts for women setting out their duties as Muslim wives, with the Prophet's daughter Fatima the most frequently encountered paragon of correct behaviour. Often called the “leader of all wo... Read More about "Penghulu segala perempuan": Fatima in Malay didactic texts for women.

Japan as an Assemblage (2015)
Book Chapter
Kirsch, G., & Martinez, D. (2015). Japan as an Assemblage. In G. Kirsch, D. Martinez, & M. White (Eds.), Assembling Japan: Modernity, Technology and Global Culture (1-19). Peter Lang

Sima Qian as a Reader of Master Kong's Utterances (2015)
Book Chapter
Fuehrer, B. (2015). Sima Qian as a Reader of Master Kong's Utterances. In H. van Ess, O. Lomová, & D. Schaab-Hanke (Eds.), Views from Within, Views from Beyond: Approaches to the Shiji as an Early Work of Historiography (9-30). Harrassowitz. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvc771cb.4

Based on selected passages from the Shiji (Records of the Scribes) this paper attempts to shed light on Sima Qian's readings of the utterances of Confucius in the wider context of the early reception history of the Lunyu (Analects). It understands th... Read More about Sima Qian as a Reader of Master Kong's Utterances.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (2015)
Book Chapter
Marriage, Z. (2015). The Democratic Republic of Congo. In I. Frame (Ed.), Africa South of the Sahara 2016 (45th edition). Routledge

Since the conference of Berlin in 1884 when the boundaries on African countries were formalised by the European colonisers, the politics of powerful nations have heavily influenced events in Congo. Towards the end of the 20th century and into the 21s... Read More about The Democratic Republic of Congo.

Return or Departure? Homecoming in al-Tahtawi's Travelogue (2015)
Book Chapter
Ouyang, W.-C. (2015). Return or Departure? Homecoming in al-Tahtawi's Travelogue. In F. Bauden (Ed.), Tropics of Travel 4: Homes. Proceedings of the International Conference Organized at the Université de Liège (13-15 January 2011) (89-108). Peeters

An entire chapter on homecoming distinguishes Rifa‘a Rafi‘ al-Tahtawi’s (1801-1873) famous travelogue written in Paris, Takhlis al-ibriz fi talkhis baris, from a majority of Arabic travel writing, which is always seemingly more preoccupied with reco... Read More about Return or Departure? Homecoming in al-Tahtawi's Travelogue.

North India (2015)
Book Chapter
Widdess, R. (2015). North India. In M. Church (Ed.), The other classical musics: fifteen great traditions (139-159). Boydell Press

A contribution to a multi-author volume characterising the "classical" music traditions of the world. The chapter covers North Indian classical music as a form of knowledge and practice, the principal theoretical concepts, the historical and social c... Read More about North India.

Crossings: Word and Music across the Atlantic (2015)
Book Chapter
Duran, L., Topp-Fargion, J., & Wallace, M. (2015). Crossings: Word and Music across the Atlantic. In L. Duran, J. Topp-Fargion, & M. Wallace (Eds.), West Africa : word, symbol, song (72-99). British Library