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The Oil is Sizzling in the Pot’: Sound and Emotion in Uyghur Qur'anic Recitation (2014)
Journal Article
Harris, R. (2014). The Oil is Sizzling in the Pot’: Sound and Emotion in Uyghur Qur'anic Recitation. Ethnomusicology Forum, 23(3), 331-359. https://doi.org/10.1080/17411912.2014.956774

How do Muslims in different parts of the world recite and how do they hear the sound of the Qur'an? What are the purposes of their recitation, and what meanings do they associate with it? In this article I analyse one ritual performance of Qur'anic r... Read More about The Oil is Sizzling in the Pot’: Sound and Emotion in Uyghur Qur'anic Recitation.

Reviving Korean Identity through Intangible Cultural Heritage (2014)
Book Chapter
Howard, K. (2014). Reviving Korean Identity through Intangible Cultural Heritage. In C. Bithell, & J. Hill (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Musical Revival (135-159). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199765034.013.001

This article has been commissioned as part of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Music Revival edited by Caroline Bithell and Juniper Hill. This chapter explores the revival of the intangible cultural heritage, and the interface between preservation... Read More about Reviving Korean Identity through Intangible Cultural Heritage.

A Cry for Madness: Governance Feminism and Neoliberal Unity in Pakistan (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2014, May). A Cry for Madness: Governance Feminism and Neoliberal Unity in Pakistan. Presented at Governance Feminism Workshop, The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London, London, UK

This paper seeks to provide a critical reflection on the feminist movements in Pakistan. It includes an assessment of the concerted forces of homogenisation, ‘expertisation’, and discursively symptomatic power-engagements with governmental, crypto-go... Read More about A Cry for Madness: Governance Feminism and Neoliberal Unity in Pakistan.

The Khwajasara Movement and the Challenge of Translocality (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2014, April). The Khwajasara Movement and the Challenge of Translocality. Presented at 5th LAEMOS Conference, Havana, Cuba

This paper offers a critical ethnographic account of the khwajasara movement, based on the author’s most recent fieldwork in Lahore, Pakistan in 2011 and 2012. Khwajasara, known elsewhere in the Indian Subcontinent as hijre (sing. hijra), are Pakista... Read More about The Khwajasara Movement and the Challenge of Translocality.

Ainu. Pathways to Memory (2014)
Digital Artefact
Centeno, M. (2014). Ainu. Pathways to Memory. [DVD]

Ainu. Paths to Memory is a discovery documentary of the Ainu people in Japan. They have been historically considered savages by the Japanese and Russian governments. They were dispossessed from their lands and suffered unfair laws impeding them to ke... Read More about Ainu. Pathways to Memory.