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Beyond sites and methods: The field, history and global capitalism (2016)
Book Chapter
Neveling, P. (2016). Beyond sites and methods: The field, history and global capitalism. In S. Hyatt, A. Kingsolver, & S. Coleman (Eds.), Routledge Companion to Contemporary Anthropology (72-91). Routledge

Introduction For a largely research-driven science such as anthropology the object(s) of investigation are crucial choices. The “field” is what most anthropologists may identify as just such an object, be this the entire world or a rural, suburban, o... Read More about Beyond sites and methods: The field, history and global capitalism.

Before Bandung: Pet Names in Telangana (2016)
Book Chapter
Rao, R. (2016). Before Bandung: Pet Names in Telangana. In Q. N. Phạm, & R. Shilliam (Eds.), Meanings of Bandung: Postcolonial Orders and Decolonial Visions (85-94). Rowman and Littlefield

Hittite Scribal Culture and Syria: Palaeography and Cuneiform Transmission (2016)
Book Chapter
Weeden, M. (2016). Hittite Scribal Culture and Syria: Palaeography and Cuneiform Transmission. In D. Shibata, & S. Yamada (Eds.), Cultures and Societies in the Middle Euphrates and Habur Areas in the Second Millennium BC – I Scribal Education and Scribal Traditions (159-193). Harrassowitz. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvc77050.14

Article addressing the question of the cuneiform palaeography of clay tablets belonging to foreign scribal traditions found at the site of Boğazköy/Hattusa. The article argues for consideration not just of the time when particular sign-forms were int... Read More about Hittite Scribal Culture and Syria: Palaeography and Cuneiform Transmission.

Social Media and Branding in Asia: Threats and Opportunities (2016)
Book Chapter
Abosag, I., Martin, F., & Zahy, R. (2016). Social Media and Branding in Asia: Threats and Opportunities. In T. C. Melewar, B. Nguyen, & D. Schultz (Eds.), Asia Branding: Connecting Brands, Consumers and Companies. Palgrave Macmillan

Social media includes Western and Asian platforms. Asian consumers perceive, feel and behave according to their own cultural values and these drive their attitudes within social media with significant implications for branding and brand relationship... Read More about Social Media and Branding in Asia: Threats and Opportunities.

Understanding Online Brand Relationships in Western Asia: The Case of Lebanon and Saudi Arabia (2016)
Book Chapter
Ramadan, Z., & Abosag, I. (2016). Understanding Online Brand Relationships in Western Asia: The Case of Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. In T. C. Melewar, B. Nguyen, & D. Schultz (Eds.), Asia Branding: Connecting Brands, Consumers and Companies. Palgrave Macmillan

Online brand relationship development in West Asia is still a nascent field brands still did not master. While online brand relationships are becoming a key focus point for brands, brand communities embedded in social networking sites are still under... Read More about Understanding Online Brand Relationships in Western Asia: The Case of Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.

Language documentation 20 years on (2016)
Book Chapter
Austin, P. (2016). Language documentation 20 years on. In L. Filipovic, & M. Pütz (Eds.), Endangered Languages: Issues of Ecology, Policy and Documentation (147-170). John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.42.07aus

In the last decade of the 20th century a new sub-field of linguistics emerged that has come to be known as ‘language documentation’ or ‘documentary linguistics’ (Himmelmann 1998, 2002, 2006, Lehmann 2001, Austin 2010a, Grenoble 2010, Woodbury 2003, 2... Read More about Language documentation 20 years on.

National political economy of climate funds: case studies of the PPCR and the SREP (2016)
Book Chapter
Rai, N., & Tanner, T. National political economy of climate funds: case studies of the PPCR and the SREP. In S. Fisher, & N. Rai (Eds.), The Political Economy of Low Carbon Resilient Development: Planning and implementation (65-87). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315679280

Over the last 20 years international climate finance has increased in scale, developed a complex architecture and drawn in a wide range of actors and institutions. Countries have made use of increasingly diverse sources of funding, financial instrument... Read More about National political economy of climate funds: case studies of the PPCR and the SREP.

Gnosis and “Gnosticism” in Alevi and Bektāşī Syncretism. Disputed Origins and New Directions for Research (2016)
Book Chapter
Stoyanov, Y. (2016). Gnosis and “Gnosticism” in Alevi and Bektāşī Syncretism. Disputed Origins and New Directions for Research. In M. A. Amir-Moezzi, M. De Cillis, D. De Smet, & O. Mir-Kasimov (Eds.), L'Ésotérisme shi'ite, ses racines et ses prolongements Shi'i Esotericism: Its Roots and Developments (723-742). Belgium. https://doi.org/10.1484/M.BEHE-EB.4.01193

Forests: Learning from our Interventions (2016)
Book Chapter
Lesniewska, F. (2016). Forests: Learning from our Interventions. In E. Morgera, & K. Kulovesi (Eds.), Research Handbook on International Law and Natural Resources. Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783478330.00020

Keywords: forests, colonialism, illegal timber trade, FLEGT, climate change, REDD+, sustainable forest management, forest-based communities, justice. In tropical forest countries a colonial legacy of injustice for many forest peoples, especially indi... Read More about Forests: Learning from our Interventions.

Comparative Literature and the Position of the Critic (2016)
Book Chapter
Rettová, A. (2016). Comparative Literature and the Position of the Critic. In L. Loveday, & E. Parpală (Eds.), Ways of Being in Cultural and Literary Spaces (206-217). Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Traditions and Transitions in Eighteenth-Century Qu Poetry: The Case of Jiang Shiquan (1725-1785) (2016)
Book Chapter
Tan, T. Y. (2016). Traditions and Transitions in Eighteenth-Century Qu Poetry: The Case of Jiang Shiquan (1725-1785). In T. Lippiello, Y. Chen, & M. Barenghi (Eds.), Linking Ancient and Contemporary: Continuities and Discontinuities in Chinese Literature (229-245). Edizioni Ca'Foscari. https://doi.org/10.14277/6969-095-2/SV-3-15

The 18th century marks a significant transitional period in the development of classical Chinese theater. It witnessed the decline of the yabu or ‘elegant drama’ (referring to Kun-style theater) and the rise of the huabu or ‘miscellaneous drama’ (als... Read More about Traditions and Transitions in Eighteenth-Century Qu Poetry: The Case of Jiang Shiquan (1725-1785).

An Islamic perspective: What does Islam offer to the contemporary debate? (2016)
Book Chapter
Scott-Baumann, A., & Cheruvallil-Contractor, S. (2016). An Islamic perspective: What does Islam offer to the contemporary debate?. In S. Heap (Ed.), The Universities we Need: Theological Perspectives (124-142). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315547480

Islam has a long and rich intellectual tradition that is embedded in its religious texts and in its history as a world religion, and which together with confessional approaches to the study of religion encompasses a diverse range of what we today und... Read More about An Islamic perspective: What does Islam offer to the contemporary debate?.