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Objects of Learning: An Anthropological Approach to Mathematics Education (2003)
Journal Article
Were, G. (2003). Objects of Learning: An Anthropological Approach to Mathematics Education. Journal of Material Culture, 8(1), 25-44. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359183503008001761

Over the last two decades there has been a proliferation of studies in ethnomathematics dedicated towards shedding light on its importance in enhancing education (cf. Bishop, 1988; Gerdes, 1985). Many ethno mathematicians have utilized the object wor... Read More about Objects of Learning: An Anthropological Approach to Mathematics Education.

Notes on Zhang Juzheng's commentary on the Four Books (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fuehrer, B. (2003, February). Notes on Zhang Juzheng's commentary on the Four Books. Paper presented at Fascination and Understanding. The Spirit of the Occident and the Spirit of China in Reciprocity, Smolenice Castle (Slovakia)

Annemarie Schimmel (2003)
Journal Article
Waghmar, B. (2003). Annemarie Schimmel. Guardian (London), 24-24

Iraq (2003)
Book Chapter
Al-Ali, N., & Hussein, Y. (2003). Iraq. In A. Mahdi (Ed.), Teen life in the Middle East. Greenwood Publishing

'Ayyappan Saranam': masculinity and the Sabarimala pilgrimage in Kerala (2003)
Journal Article
Osella, F., & Osella, C. (2003). 'Ayyappan Saranam': masculinity and the Sabarimala pilgrimage in Kerala. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 9(4), 237-244. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9655.2003.00171.x

Sabarimala – a South Indian all-male pilgrimage to Ayyappan, a hyper-male deity born from two male gods – plays a role in constructing male identities, at both external (socialstructural) and internal (psychological) levels. The pilgrimage draws crea... Read More about 'Ayyappan Saranam': masculinity and the Sabarimala pilgrimage in Kerala.

Protestantische und Post-Protestantische Jaina-Reformbewegungen: Zur Geschichte und Organisation der Sthānakavāsī II (2003)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2003). Protestantische und Post-Protestantische Jaina-Reformbewegungen: Zur Geschichte und Organisation der Sthānakavāsī II. Berliner indologische Studien, 15-17, 149-240

Some thirty per cent of Jains describe themselves as Sthanakavasis. Yet the Sthanakavasi tradition has not received any attention by academic scholarship. The present article is the second of a four-part history of the Sthanakavasi tradition, based o... Read More about Protestantische und Post-Protestantische Jaina-Reformbewegungen: Zur Geschichte und Organisation der Sthānakavāsī II.

Tone and Intonation in Burmese (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Watkins, J. (2003, August). Tone and Intonation in Burmese. Presented at 15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

‘Tone and Intonation in Burmese.’ In Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2003: 1289-1292 (also on CD-ROM).

The Codes of Conduct of the Terāpanth Samaṇ Order (2003)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2003). The Codes of Conduct of the Terāpanth Samaṇ Order. South Asia Research, 23(1), 7-53. https://doi.org/10.1177/02627280030231002

The article investigates the relationship between canonical rules (dharma) and customary rules (maryādā) in contemporary Jain mendicant life. It focuses on an analysis of the Terāpanth Śvetāmbara Jain mendicant order and presents translations and ana... Read More about The Codes of Conduct of the Terāpanth Samaṇ Order.

Spiritual Accounting: The Role of the Kalyāṇaka Patra in the Religious Economy of the Terāpanth Śvetāmbara Jain Ascetics (2003)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P. (2003). Spiritual Accounting: The Role of the Kalyāṇaka Patra in the Religious Economy of the Terāpanth Śvetāmbara Jain Ascetics. In O. Qvarnström (Ed.), Jainism and Early Buddhism in the Indian Cultural Context: Festschrift in Honour of P.S. Jaini (167-204). Asian Humanities Press

Max Weber stated a universal tendency for originally strictly anti-economic monastic asceticism, practised as a means for individual salvation, to become organised and transformed into an asceticism which motivates mendicants at the same time to work... Read More about Spiritual Accounting: The Role of the Kalyāṇaka Patra in the Religious Economy of the Terāpanth Śvetāmbara Jain Ascetics.

Is security law necessary? (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Foster, N. H. (2003, January). Is security law necessary?. Paper presented at Centre for Finance and Management Studies (SOAS) Seminar, SOAS, University of London