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The Loṅkāgaccha Revisited (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Flügel, P. (2003, July). The Loṅkāgaccha Revisited. Presented at Jaina Studies Panel, 12th World Sanskrit Conference, Helsinki

The presentation given at the 12th WSC in Helsinki 2003 provides an overview of the origin and decline of the Loṅkā traditions with a focus on the line of succession, infrastructure and religious practices of the Gujarātī Loṅkāgaccha Moṭā Pakṣa, the... Read More about The Loṅkāgaccha Revisited.

Negotiating Local Knowledge: Identity and Power in Development (2003)
Book
Pottier, J., Sillitoe, P., & Bicker, A. (Eds.). (2003). Negotiating Local Knowledge: Identity and Power in Development. Pluto. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt18mbd5m

The contributors to this volume offer an original approach to debates about indigenous knowledge. Concentrating on the political economy of knowledge construction and dissemination, they look at the variety of ways in which development policies are r... Read More about Negotiating Local Knowledge: Identity and Power in Development.

Islamic and Christian heterodox water cosmogonies from the Ottoman period-parallels and contrasts (2001)
Journal Article
Stoyanov, Y. (2001). Islamic and Christian heterodox water cosmogonies from the Ottoman period-parallels and contrasts. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 64(1), 19-33. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0041977x01000027

This article explores some important parallels and differences between certain Eastern Christian and Islamic heterodox (Alevi/Kizilbash, Yezidi and Ahl-e Haqq) cosmogonies, which shared and developed old cosmogonic themes such as the ‘primal ocean’ a... Read More about Islamic and Christian heterodox water cosmogonies from the Ottoman period-parallels and contrasts.

Recollections of life crisis: distancing the personal (2000)
Book Chapter
Matsunaga, L. (2000). Recollections of life crisis: distancing the personal. In D. Parkin, W. James, & P. Dresch (Eds.), Anthropologists in a Wider World: essays on field research. Berghahn

A reflection on the issues raised by long term personal involvement with the site of fieldwork, and on the use of personal experience as ethnographic source material.

Atmospheric notes from the Fields (1996)
Book Chapter
Selwyn, T. (1996). Atmospheric notes from the Fields. In T. Selwyn (Ed.), The Tourist Image: Myths and myth making in tourism (147-163). Wiley

Introduction (1996)
Book Chapter
Selwyn, T. (1996). Introduction. In T. Selwyn (Ed.), The Tourist Image: Myths and myth making in tourism (1-33). Wiley