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Mosques and the Second Generation: Pathways of Demarginalization in Bologna, Italy
ReligionsThis article is based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Bologna between 2022 and 2023, including anonymized interviews and participant observation, and examines the role of Islamic religious spaces in fostering civic participation and identity among
Giammarco Mancinelli
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Oriental Studies, 2018 The article characterizes the unique high-rise monumental architectural structures of the 18th century - tower and crypt buildings on the territory of Chechnya that form a special complex of historic monuments and material artifacts of the Chechens.
S. B. Ahmadov, D. S. Kidirniyazov
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PRECARIZED AGEING‐IN‐PERIFERIA: Low‐Income Older Adults in a Transforming Neighbourhood
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract In this article we investigate how intersecting forms of precarity shape the everyday practices of ageing‐in‐place developed by low‐income older adults in Via Milano, a historically segregated yet rapidly transforming neighbourhood in Brescia, northern Italy. We draw on qualitative and ethnographic research to examine how diverse urban changes—
Marco Alioni, Barbara Badiani
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Why do some informal neighborhoods receive public investment while others are neglected or evicted? This article addresses the inconsistent governmental responses to informal settlements in Jakarta, Indonesia, during the democratic period. State actions range from violent evictions to tolerance and community‐led improvements.
Kadek Wara Urwasi
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Keterkaitan Tipologi dengan Fungsi dan Bentuk: Studi Kasus Bangunan Masjid
ComTech, 2013 Besides having a particular function or purpose, a building also has certain characters that generally appear and are accumulated into an image or impression given by anyone who sees the building.
Gatot Suharjanto
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article investigates the symbolic politics of state‐led gentrification and heritagization, focusing on how these processes serve to ‘glorify’ state power. Drawing on Agamben's political theology, Bourdieu's notion of symbolic power and space, and political heritage studies, we argue that the symbolic politics of state glorification can ...
Wouter van Gent +2 more
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Between the Indian Ocean and the Gulf: Ceramics From Ḥattā Oasis in the Emirate of Dubai
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study presents the ceramic finds from archaeological investigations conducted in 2024 at two settlements: ‘Islamic Village' and Suhaila 2, one of a number of mountain villages of the Late Islamic period within the Ḥattā Oasis: a high‐altitude exclave in the Emirate of Dubai. The sites are located on the northeastern slopes of Jabal Qallāt
Seth M. N. Priestman +3 more
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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While oasis settlements emerged during the Bronze Age in Eastern and Northern Arabia, the settlement process in Central Arabia was different. Excavations at al‐Yamāma—main ancient settlement of the al‐Kharj oasis (Riyadh Province, KSA)—suggest that the latter did not emerge before the second half of the first millennium BCE.
Elora Chambraud +4 more
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A Philanthropic Approach to Combating Homelessness: The Role of the Mosques in İstanbul
İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji DergisiThis study explores how mosques, as pillars of the philanthropic tradition, can address homelessness. It initially outlines homelessness and the deeply rooted philanthropic tradition in Turkish-Islamic culture.
Mustafa Fazıl Karaman
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Leadership in Mosque; The Study of Safa Mosque
Religion & Communication, 2013 Mosques are among social institutions where leadership, including clerical leadership, holds a high and significant status and plays an influential role in giving them dignity. Thus, the author has tried to evaluate clerical and spiritual leadership of Safa Mosque to elucidate those factors that led to its success.
Mohammad Saeed Mahdavi Kani +1 more
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