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PRECARIZED AGEING‐IN‐PERIFERIA: Low‐Income Older Adults in a Transforming Neighbourhood

open access: yesInternational 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
wiley   +1 more source

Cult Monuments in the Golden Horde: Origin and Tradition

open access: yesПоволжская археология, 2016
The author analyzes cult architectural sites of the Golden Horde. She addresses such categories of buildings as mosques, minarets and mausoleums. Objects of monumental architecture quite clearly refl ect the different traditions in development of ...
Zilivinskaya Emma D.
doaj   +2 more sources

Sultans, Merchants, and the Issue of Islamic Patronage on the Kazakh Steppe (1820s–1850s)

open access: yesReligions
This article challenges historiographical interpretations that emphasize tsarist sponsorship of Muslim religious institutions on the nineteenth-century Kazakh steppe.
Nurlan Kabdylkhak
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EVICT, NEGLECT, OR INVEST? Community Power and the Politics of Urban Informality Governance in Jakarta

open access: yesInternational 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
wiley   +1 more source

Glimpses of the Material Culture History of the Chechens in the 18th Century: Architectural Monuments

open access: yesOriental 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
doaj   +1 more source

COSMOLOGICAL MARKINGS AND ERASURES: The Political Theology of State‐Led Gentrification and Heritagization

open access: yesInternational 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
wiley   +1 more source

Palestine, Public Sentiment and the Limits of Omani Foreign Policy Discourse

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how expressions of solidarity with Palestine in Oman reveal transformations in state–society relations during the Gaza war of 2023–2025, a period of leadership transition and regional rupture. Drawing on elite statements, opinion columns and semi‐structured interviews, it combines framing analysis with thematic analysis ...
Sumaiya Al‐Wahaibi
wiley   +1 more source

The Pastoralised Imam: How Imams in Norway Counsel Youth and Families

open access: yesReligions
In the research on Islam in Europe, the concept of ‘churchification’ has at times been used to refer to the transformation of mosques and Islamic organisations in the European context.
Olav Elgvin
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Keterkaitan Tipologi dengan Fungsi dan Bentuk: Studi Kasus Bangunan Masjid

open access: yesComTech, 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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ReOrientalism: Representing London's Muslim history through its adapted mosques

open access: yes
The exhibition, Three British Mosques, was exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum's Pavilion of Applied Arts at the Venice Biennale 2021 and co-curated by Shahed Saleem (this co-author), Christopher Turner and Ella Kilgallon.
Sobers-Khan, N., Saleem, S.
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