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Girmitiya nationalism: Lived cultures and diasporic bonding in a plural society

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 1003-1017, October 2025.
Abstract Nationalism studies tend to focus on a relatively closed and abstract nation. This paper addresses these features by analysing the case of Girmitiya nationalism, a nationalism in the Indian diaspora that broadens the exclusive focus on the nation.
Ruben Gowricharn
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Ethnicity, ethnic identity. Some remarks for the Late Antiquity

open access: yesGerión, 2014
The concept of ethnogenesis, created by R. Wenskus and developed by his heirs from the Vienna School, has been challenged for the past few years by some scholars who prefer to use the expression «ethnic identity».
Audrey Becker
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Tuvan Clan Mongush: Approaching the Historiography of the Issue

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2023
Introduction. Tuvan clan history (and that of certain clan clusters) dates back to most ancient times and is characterized by long and intertwined paths of formation and development.
Artysh M. Mongush, Elena V. Aiyzhy
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Mother Tongue Influence and Global English: Creating “Neutral” Elites in Delhi's Business Processing Outsourcing Industry

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, Volume 127, Issue 3, Page 466-475, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Mother tongue influence (MTI) is a widely used yet often underdefined term in India's business process outsourcing (BPO) industry. “Mother tongue” is an unavoidable, yet fraught political category linked to sovereignty, education, region, and ethnicity.
Kristina Nielsen
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Keep on walk: the role of migration in Linearbandkeramik life

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2016
Migration played a central role throughout the LBK culture. After summarising the motivations for migration in the earliest LBK, the article outlines how some of these factors remained relevant in later phases. Beyond continued westand eastward expansion,
Daniela Hofmann
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To the Use of Etymological Methods in the Research of the Origin of Slavs

open access: yesДискурс, 2021
Introduction. This article is written in the development of the theme of the application of linguistic methods to historical research, more specifically, to the research of the circumstances of the origin of the Slavic ethnic group.
G. M. Telezhko
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Linguistic shaming, the discourse of (sub)standard English, and religiolinguistic ideologies in Indian media

open access: yesJournal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 35, Issue 2, August 2025.
Abstract This article examines linguistic shaming behaviors, focusing on the case of an Indian news media platform where newsreaders commented on and criticized a Muslim college lecturer for ‘errors’ in her handwritten resignation letter in English.
Trang Thi Thuy Nguyen, M. Obaidul Hamid
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To the Issue of the Early Ethnic History of Bargu-Buryat Community

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2018
The article presents versions and the hypothesis of early Barga - Buryat ethnogenesis and further branching of ethnic history. The study is based on ethnonym materials, as well as the latest research in the field of the history of these peoples.
B. Z. Nanzatov
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'Ibadan - a model of historical facts': militarism and civic culture in a Yoruba city [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
The article focuses on an historical relationship between the political institution of chieftaincy and civic pride in Ibadan, a Yoruba city in south-western Nigeria.
Watson, Ruth
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Religious authority in the urban mosque

open access: yesAmerican Ethnologist, Volume 52, Issue 2, Page 159-170, May 2025.
Abstract In Eastern Indonesia, young male Islamic activists articulate a notion of religious authority that reorients community life toward neighborhood mosques. By providing local communities with Qur'anic classes and religious services, these activists—affiliated with Indonesia's largest Salafi organization—have created a network of spaces in which ...
Chris Chaplin
wiley   +1 more source

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