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Goat milk and caddies – A Muslim community in Cha Am, Thailand [PDF]
, 2008 This paper looks at the history of a Muslim village and its interaction with the surrounding establishments.The Muslim village Baan Yai is located just adjacent to one of the huge golf courses of Hua Hin, an upscale, traditional beach resort ...
Marja-Leena Heikkilä-Horn,
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Religio‐Governmental Infrastructures: Islam, Infrastructure, and Populist Mobilization in Turkey
American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 2, Page 272-283, June 2026.ABSTRACT Turkish mosques are staffed by state‐appointed imams and callers to prayer whose practices are regulated through a complex bureaucratic network operating on an internet‐based data‐management and communication infrastructure. A centralized mosque loudspeaker network enables the broadcast of calls to prayer and other Islamic recitations across ...
Hikmet Kocamaner
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Political Psychology, Volume 47, Issue 3, June 2026.Abstract The proliferation of conspiracy theories online has tangible offline consequences, both on an individual and collective level. Conspiracy narratives have been associated with reduced belief in democracy, the rise of populist parties, and can act as a radicalization multiplier in such contexts.
Darja Wischerath +3 more
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Earthquake Spectra, Volume 42, Issue 2, May 2026.Economic functionality is essential for the recovery of cities and communities following disasters. A crucial factor in reducing business disruptions and guaranteeing their continuity is the capacity of employees to resume work. Facilitating the reintegration of employees into the workforce can expedite their post‐disaster recovery process and assist ...
Ezgi Orhan +2 more
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Researching Rupture: Engaged and Ethical Research on Extreme Nature–Society Disruption
Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 3, May 2026.Abstract Global escalation in social and environmental disruption raises crucial methodological and ethical questions for researchers working in impacted communities. Interpretive social science and humanities research can make visible the experiences of those living through socio‐ecological “rupture”.
Sango Mahanty +5 more
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Peasants into Muslims: Poverty and conversions to Islam in Ottoman Bosnia
The Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 2, Page 600-633, May 2026.Abstract Whilst economic historians have invested substantial effort into understanding the economic consequences of religion, they have invested less effort into understanding the determinants of religious affiliation. The lack of knowledge about determinants of religious affiliation seems particularly striking in the case of Southeastern Europe ...
Leonard Kukić, Yasin Arslantas
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The caliph and the falcons: a ninth‐century history from Iceland to Iraq
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 299-322, May 2026.In the late ninth and early tenth centuries, an extraordinary number of falcons were given to the ʿAbbāsid caliphs in Baghdad, many of which were white. Gifts from competing dynasties in the northern provinces of the Caliphate, at least some of these birds were almost certainly gyrfalcons from near the Arctic Circle.
Caitlin Ellis, Sam Ottewill‐Soulsby
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Contested heritage landscapes for Arabic language learning in a postcolonial France
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.Abstract This article analyzes the contested and multiple meanings of “heritage” that emerge for advanced Arabic language learners in a postcolonial France. A linguistic life histories approach reveals a fraught duality of privileged access and exclusionary adversity for heritage students of Arabic.
Chantal Tetreault +2 more
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Toxic Entanglements: Asylum and Extraction in the Republic of Nauru
PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, Volume 49, Issue 1, May 2026.ABSTRACT Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in the outsourcing of asylum processing and resettlement from Global North to South. Many of these containment practices retrace the fault lines of more typically thought‐of colonial extractive regimes. This article draws on long‐term ethnographic research conducted in the Republic of Nauru, the world'
Julia Morris
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Stakeholder-based assessment of historical urban landscapes as cultural heritage within the context of sustainable development: a case study of İznik (Nikaia). [PDF]
Sci RepKapuci U +3 more
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