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Constructing citizenship and indigeneity in Jordan: The politics of Bedouin rights and identities in cultural heritage sites

open access: yesThe Geographical Journal, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This paper explores the relationships between Bedouin rights, citizenship and indigeneity in cultural heritage sites in Jordan. Through interviews and ethnographic fieldwork with Bedouin communities, we argue that a more critical engagement with indigeneity is necessary in Jordan.
Taraf Abu Hamdan, Olivia Mason
wiley   +1 more source

Experiencing the summer 2024 UK riots: Reflections from North East England

open access: yesThe Geographical Journal, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This commentary focuses on the lived experiences of a hijabi Muslim woman during the 2024 riots in the UK. Abstract In this commentary, Taj Khan – a community activist based in Newcastle upon Tyne – reflects upon her experiences and negotiations of the summer 2024 UK riots.
Taj Khan, Peter Hopkins
wiley   +1 more source

Map and Archival Evidence of the Historical Avulsion of the Brahmaputra River

open access: yesThe Geographical Journal, EarlyView.
Short Abstract One of the world's great rivers, the Brahmaputra, avulsed—changed course—significantly sometime between the dates of 1765 and 1830. These are the dates of surveys by James Rennell (grey) and Richard Wilcox (black), both under the direction of the East India Company; no other surveys between these dates can refine the estimate of the ...
Keith Richards   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flexible Contract, Flexible Morale? Microcredit Design and Repayment Discipline

open access: yesInternational Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Flexible repayment benefits borrowers, but practitioners fear increased moral hazard. Investigating their concerns requires disentangling repayment choices from repayment capacity, which is typically infeasible in field studies. We use a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment with 645 microcredit borrowers to cleanly identify the effect of repayment ...
Kristina Czura, Anett John, Lisa Spantig
wiley   +1 more source

Japanese Women's Attitudes Toward Learning Languages Other Than English in the Era of Global English

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study on female Japanese learners of the Korean language is situated in the centuries‐long anti‐Korean sentiments in Japan, the global popularity of the Korean Wave, particularly among women, and the essentialized image of socially marginalized young Japanese women who study English with romantic desires for Western men.
Yoko Kobayashi
wiley   +1 more source

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