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Obstetric racism in Europe: Linguistic racism, exoticization, and uneven reproduction in the Netherlands

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, we conceptualize how Davis’ two concepts of uneven reproduction and obstetric racism—both rooted in the US context—are effectuated in the Netherlands. We consider uneven reproduction to consist of bio‐ and necropolitics, namely the management and regulation of a population's bodies, life and death.
Rodante van der Waal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multiculturalism, Nationalism and Depolarisation

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It has been suggested that multiculturalism has contributed to majority anxieties and thereby to the current polarisation. This article focuses on how to tackle and lessen this polarisation, which is fostering mutual distrust and threatening the national, democratic citizenships upon which any multiculturalist, egalitarian and unifying project
Tariq Modood
wiley   +1 more source

Ethno-cultural and Religious Identity of Syrian Orthodox Christians [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Many Middle Eastern Christian groups identify or have been identified with pre­Islamic peoples in the Middle East: the Copts with Ancient Egypt, the Nestorians with Assyria, the Maronites with Phoenicians and some RumOrthodoxand other Christians with pre­
Donabed, Sargon, Mako, Shamiran
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Drawing animals and birds and their evolution in Islamic miniatures

open access: yesMaǧallaẗ Al-Turāṯ wa Al-Taṣmīm
Islam appeared and illuminated the world with its light and spread gradually until it was formed the greatest empire in history whose geographical borders extended from China in the east to Spain in the west.
Lect.Shaima Reda Hassan Mostafa
doaj   +1 more source

Restoring delta resilience: phased socio‐ecological model for coastal recovery in Mediterranean Turkey

open access: yesRestoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Coastal delta regions experiencing long‐term ecological degradation and sudden natural disasters require restoration approaches that are adaptive, process‐based, and context‐specific. The Samandağ coastline in southern Turkey, part of the Mediterranean Asi River Delta, has faced hydrological disruption, habitat fragmentation, and ...
Banu Tomruk
wiley   +1 more source

The iconographic transformation of the “tail of the dragon of the eclipse” into the “hunting cheetah” [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Medieval Islamic iconography includes many depictions in which the tail of Sagittarius takes the form of the “dragon of the eclipse”. The current paper examines the gradual transformation of this imagery into that of a quadruped, eventually detached from
Fontana, Maria Vittoria
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Âşir Efendi’ye Ait Hat İcâzetnâmeleri: Yazı ve Tezyinâtı ile Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi’ndeki 00014M Numaralı Murakka‘

open access: yesİslam Medeniyeti Araştırmaları Dergisi
Şeyhülislam Reiszâde Mustafa Âşir Efendi, Osmanlı döneminin 18. yüzyıl devlet adamları arasında âlim, sanatkâr ve hayırsever kimliği ile dikkat çekmektedir.
Zeynep Afra Soyuer, Münevver Gürevin
doaj   +1 more source

Staging the Semahs: Performing Aleviness in Turkey and Europe

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The semah, a genre of music and movement practices imbued with values of gender, class, age and ethical egalitarianism, lies at the core of the Alevis' ayn‐i cem rituals. Since the 1970s, processes of urbanisation, migration, folklore production and heritage‐making have facilitated the circulation of semah beyond ritual contexts, particularly ...
Sinibaldo De Rosa
wiley   +1 more source

Çorum Halkevi’nin 100. Yılı: Erken Cumhuriyet Dönemi Mimarisinin İzleri ve Kentteki Rolü

open access: yesYakın Doğu Üniversitesi İslam Tetkikleri Merkezi Dergisi
Erken Cumhuriyet Dönemine tarihlendirilen ve süreç içerisinde farklı işlevlerle (Kütüphane, Parti Binası, Maarif Müzesi, Dükkân, Türk Ocağı, Muallimler Birliği, Halkevi, Evkaf ve Tapu Dairesi, Nikah Salonu, Belediye Binası, Millet Kütüphanesi vb ...
Oktay Gündogdu, Muhammed Fatih Acer
doaj   +1 more source

Pandemic Geographies of Home: Domestic Thresholding in Response to COVID‐19

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.
Short Abstract With the home at the forefront of political and public health responses to COVID‐19, the thresholds between domestic space and the world beyond acquired a new significance in people's everyday lives. This paper introduces the concept of ‘thresholding’ to explore the ways in which internal and external thresholds are understood and ...
Alison Blunt   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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