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Geographies of ethnogenesis and diasporas
Ethnogenesis, the emergence of an ethnic group, is pivotal to understand ethnic communities and diasporas, specifically the variety of place attachments, new forms of home and place-making and the emergence of new hybridities and identities. Despite its obvious relevance, geographers have devoted much less attention to ethnogenesis.
Ruben Gowricharn
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Following the ideas of L.N.Gumilev, we introduce the mathematical model of ethnogenesis which describes the dynamics of subgroups in the developing polity in terms of ordinary differential equations. The bust dynamics associated with the rise and fall of civilisations is modelled as an excitation process, which is the non-linear phenomenon, well known ...
Alexey B. Piunovskiy, Bakhtier Vasiev
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Land, freedom and the making of the medieval West [PDF]
In the course of the fifth and sixth centuries, barbarian warbands acquired property rights in the former provinces of the Roman west, in a process that established the broad structural characteristics of early medieval society in western Europe: that is
Innes, Matthew
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Examining the Slavic Identity in the Middle Ages: Perception of Common Sense of Slavic Community in Polish and Bohemian Medieval Chronicles [PDF]
The concept of Slavic solidarity is taken by some political or ideological movements as obviosity. In its later tradition it is based mainly on the language and cultural solidarity emphasised by romantic (and earlier) literature.
Mesiarkin, Adam
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Pre‐Manichaean Beliefs of the Uyghurs II: Other Religious Elements
The original beliefs of the Uyghurs, which have been overshadowed by their conversion to Manichaeism and Buddhism, have not been thoroughly studied until recently. However, Uyghur inscriptions as well as Chinese and Islamic sources provide us with some information regarding their beliefs. In the first part of this article series, the Uyghurs' belief in
Hayrettin İhsan Erkoç
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In search of the authentic nation: landscape and national identity in Canada and Switzerland [PDF]
While the study of nationalism and national identity has flourished in the last decade, little attention has been devoted to the conditions under which natural environments acquire significance in definitions of nationhood.
Alter Peter +97 more
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Grazing to Gravy: Faunal Remains and Indications of Genízaro Foodways on the Spanish Colonial Frontier of New Mexico [PDF]
Understanding identity aspects of those labeled Genízaro during the late Spanish Colonial period of New Mexico benefits from finer-grained perspectives on what ranges and mixtures of practices persons bearing this casta designation may have performed ...
Sunseri, JU
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Modern formation, ethnic reformation: the social sources of the American nation [PDF]
The question, 'When is the nation?', ranks second in importance only to the related query, 'Why is the nation?' in the contemporary social science and humanities literature on nationalism.
Kaufmann, Eric P.
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Judean Pillar Figurines and Ethnic Identity in the Shadow of Assyria [PDF]
An examination of Judean Pillar Figurines in relation to cultural discourse and identity construction in the late Iron-Age ...
Ian Wilson
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UK Gypsies and Travellers and the third sector [PDF]
This paper explores the development of the UK Gypsy and Traveller third sector and details factors which have impeded development. This includes a lack of resources and skills but also illustrates how in recent years important progress has been made in ...
Ryder, Andrew
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