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The Law of Islamic Finance (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Foster, N. H. (2010, March). The Law of Islamic Finance. Paper presented at Islamic Finance and Financial Markets: An alternative to the Anglo-American Finance Model?, University College London

Business education and poverty alleviation (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neal, M. (2010, February). Business education and poverty alleviation. Paper presented at Managing in the new world order: Strategies for Sustainable Business Development, Sur, Oman

Modernising the Framework for Arbitration in Jamaica - Some Salient Points (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Onyema, E. (2010, February). Modernising the Framework for Arbitration in Jamaica - Some Salient Points. Paper presented at Modernization of the Framework for Arbitration in Jamaica, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Kingston, Jamaica

Comments made on the text of a working draft law for a new arbitration regime in Jamaica. I argue in my comments that Jamaica should adapt the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration and use this text as the basis for its new arbit... Read More about Modernising the Framework for Arbitration in Jamaica - Some Salient Points.

Social practices and mobile phone use of young migrant workers (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lang, X., Oreglia, E., & Thomas, S. (2010, September). Social practices and mobile phone use of young migrant workers. Presented at MobileHCI '10 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Human computer interaction with mobile devices and services, Lisbon

To explore opportunities for technology adoption in emerging markets, we conducted ethnographic studies to understand the social practices and technology use of young migrant workers in China. In total twenty-six young migrant workers, aged 19-28, we... Read More about Social practices and mobile phone use of young migrant workers.

זהויות ומרחבים בעיר העתיקה של ירושלים: השמעה של כיוונים אחרים [Identities and spaces in Jerusalem’s Old City: sounding out new directions] (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wood, A. (2010, April). זהויות ומרחבים בעיר העתיקה של ירושלים: השמעה של כיוונים אחרים [Identities and spaces in Jerusalem’s Old City: sounding out new directions]. Presented at Identity and space: annual conference of the Israel Historical Society, Open University, Ra'anana, Israel

העיר העתיקה של ירושלים היא אייקון של זהות ומרחב. כמרחב פיזי קווי המתאר שלה מוטבעים במודעות הלאומית הישראלית: מנופים גלוייתיים של הכותל ועד מפות המראות את ארבעת הרובעים, מהמיקום של בית המקדש ועד לרחובות שצעדו בהם חיילים ב- 1967. אך העיר העתיקה היא הרב... Read More about זהויות ומרחבים בעיר העתיקה של ירושלים: השמעה של כיוונים אחרים [Identities and spaces in Jerusalem’s Old City: sounding out new directions].

A little world music is a dangerous thing, a lot of ethnomusicology is even worse (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Howard, K. (2010, January). A little world music is a dangerous thing, a lot of ethnomusicology is even worse. Presented at Cultural Diversity in Music Education International Symposium, University of Sydney

An exploration of the critiques of world music, coupled to an assessment of on-line discussion forums used by world music fans.

Iconicity and the Preservation of Culture in Korea (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Howard, K. (2010, April). Iconicity and the Preservation of Culture in Korea. Presented at Preserving the Past, Looking to the Future: Tradition and Its Future in Music, University of Sydney

The Korean Intangible Cultural Property system and its applicability to music, contrasting likely scenarios of what would have happened without a state-organised preservation system, and outlining social, dynamic, and cultural changes that have occur... Read More about Iconicity and the Preservation of Culture in Korea.