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Ainu 2009-2013 (2013)
Exhibition / Performance
Centeno, M., & Liverani, L. Ainu 2009-2013. [Photography Exhibition]. 14 October 2013 - 24 October 2013. (Unpublished)

The Ainu, the native people of Japan, were officially recognized as an ethnicity in 2008, after more than a century of discrimination and oppression which almost completely effaced their language, society and culture. Today several individuals and gr... Read More about Ainu 2009-2013.

The Foundation of Hallyu – K-Pop's Coming of Age (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Howard, K. (2013, October). The Foundation of Hallyu – K-Pop's Coming of Age. Presented at First World Congress for Hallyu Studies, Korea University, Seoul

We are still, collectively struggling to come to terms with Hallyu, Korean Wave. This is seen in the multitude of contrasting perspective that have been applied by journalists and academics alike since the turn of the new millennium. This article exp... Read More about The Foundation of Hallyu – K-Pop's Coming of Age.

The Life and Death of Music as East Asian Intangible Cultural Heritage (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Howard, K. (2013, August). The Life and Death of Music as East Asian Intangible Cultural Heritage. Presented at Conference of the Nordic Association of Japanese and Korean Studies, Bergen

An exploration of the policies for preserving and promoting music as Intangible Cultural Heritage in Korea and Japan, looking at the emerging distinction between preserved forms and commercial/professional derivatives.

Regendering the Nation: The Khwajasara Movement in Pakistan (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2013, April). Regendering the Nation: The Khwajasara Movement in Pakistan. Paper presented at 18th Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, Harriman Institute, Columbia University

This paper presents a critical ethnographic account of Pakistani khwajasara, based on the author’s most recent fieldwork in Lahore in 2011. Khwajasara, known elsewhere in the Indian Subcontinent as hijra, are Pakistani gender-variant subject position... Read More about Regendering the Nation: The Khwajasara Movement in Pakistan.

Politik der Musik: Koreanische vs. Westliche musik in Korea (2013)
Journal Article
Howard, K. (2013). Politik der Musik: Koreanische vs. Westliche musik in Korea. Kultur Korea, 1(1), 4-6

Exploring the introduction and adoption of Western music in Korea, discussing how this forced Koreans to distinguish between local and foreign music styles, and how this led to stratification and separation in musicianship and social/government suppo... Read More about Politik der Musik: Koreanische vs. Westliche musik in Korea.

Monastic and Lay Traditions in North-Eastern Tibet (2013)
Book
Dhondup, Y., Pagel, U., & Samuel, G. (Eds.). (2013). Monastic and Lay Traditions in North-Eastern Tibet. Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004256422

In recent years, the Sino-Tibetan frontier regions have attracted increasing scholarly interest. The region of Rebkong in Qinghai province is of particular significance because of its unique location on the Sino-Tibetan borderland, its multi-ethnic p... Read More about Monastic and Lay Traditions in North-Eastern Tibet.

Imagining Landscapes Past, Present and Future (2012)
Book
Janowski, M. (2012). T. Ingold, & M. Janowski (Eds.). Imagining Landscapes Past, Present and Future. Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315587899

The landscapes of human habitation are not just perceived; they are also imagined. What part, then, does imagining landscapes play in their perception? The contributors to this volume, drawn from a range of disciplines, argue that landscapes are 'ima... Read More about Imagining Landscapes Past, Present and Future.

Place, Power and Sexual/Gender Irony: Indonesian Archipelagic and Islandic Selves (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2012, July). Place, Power and Sexual/Gender Irony: Indonesian Archipelagic and Islandic Selves. Paper presented at European Association of Social Anthropologists 12th Biennial Conference, Nanterre, France

This paper interrogates the resilient ironies of gender/sexual pluralism in Indonesia, which challenge and resist both heteronormative and homonormative identitary scripts. It presents an anthropological account of subjectivity formation and negotiat... Read More about Place, Power and Sexual/Gender Irony: Indonesian Archipelagic and Islandic Selves.

Re-Centring Periphery through Non-Co-Operation: Khwajasara Movement and Limits of Global Law in Pakistan (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2012, February). Re-Centring Periphery through Non-Co-Operation: Khwajasara Movement and Limits of Global Law in Pakistan. Paper presented at International Law and the Periphery Conference, American University in Cairo

This study presents a critical legal ethnography of Pakistani khwajasara, located at the very periphery of international law yet at the centre of global legal crisis. Khwajasara, known elsewhere as hijra, are Pakistani gender variant subject position... Read More about Re-Centring Periphery through Non-Co-Operation: Khwajasara Movement and Limits of Global Law in Pakistan.

Banking in the bush: waiting for credit in South Africa's rural economy (2012)
Journal Article
Hull, E. (2012). Banking in the bush: waiting for credit in South Africa's rural economy. Africa, 82(1), 168-186. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0001972011000702

Drawing on fieldwork in a rural area of KwaZulu-Natal, this paper shows how people experience government and other institutions in a patchwork of encounters spread out over time, disjointedly, and via various intermediaries. Aspirations change over t... Read More about Banking in the bush: waiting for credit in South Africa's rural economy.

Language analysis in the United Kingdom's refugee status determination system: seeing through policy claims about ‘expert knowledge’ (2012)
Journal Article
Campbell, J. (2013). Language analysis in the United Kingdom's refugee status determination system: seeing through policy claims about ‘expert knowledge’. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 36(4), 670-690. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2011.634506

This paper examines claims made about the role of 'expert knowledge' in analysing the language of individuals seeking asylum in the UK. I treat policy as a type of power and seek to understand how this policy uses the language of science to further t... Read More about Language analysis in the United Kingdom's refugee status determination system: seeing through policy claims about ‘expert knowledge’.

A Kwangdae in Training, 1981–1984: Fieldwork, and learning Korean music in Seoul and Chindo (2012)
Journal Article
Howard, K. (2012). A Kwangdae in Training, 1981–1984: Fieldwork, and learning Korean music in Seoul and Chindo. Papers of the British Association for Korean studies, 14, 77-113

An exploration of fieldwork and learning music 30 years ago on a celebrated island and in Seoul, comparing development since the 1980s, and looking back to previous times.

Authenticity and Authority: Conflicting Agendas in the Preservation of Music and Dance at Korea's State Sacrificial Rituals (2012)
Book Chapter
Howard, K. (2012). Authenticity and Authority: Conflicting Agendas in the Preservation of Music and Dance at Korea's State Sacrificial Rituals. In K. Howard (Ed.), Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage: Policy, Ideology and Practice in the Preservation of East Asian Traditions (113-140). Ashgate

Moving from an overview of Korea's state-sponsored preservation and promotion system for the intangible cultural heritage, this chapter explores the music and dance at the two state sacrificial rituals, the Rite to Confucius and the Rite to Royal Anc... Read More about Authenticity and Authority: Conflicting Agendas in the Preservation of Music and Dance at Korea's State Sacrificial Rituals.

East Asian Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage (2012)
Book Chapter
Howard, K. (2012). East Asian Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage. In K. Howard (Ed.), Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage: Policy, Ideology and Practice in the Preservation of East Asian Traditions (1-22). Ashgate

An overview of legislation and practice in the preservation and promotion of music as Intangible Cultural Heritage globally, an assessment of relevant literature, and statements about the systems for preservation and promotion in China, Japan, Korea... Read More about East Asian Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage.