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The intangible legacy of the Indonesian Bajo
Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia, 2016 The Sama-Bajau, or Bajo diaspora, extends from the southern Philippines and Sabah (Malaysian Borneo) to the eastern part of Indonesia. The Indonesian Bajo, now scattered along the coasts of Sulawesi (Celebes) and East Kalimantan, the Eastern Lesser Sunda
Chandra Nuraini
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Late Antique Allāh: Ancestral Arabian Religion and the Monotheistic Zeitgeist
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay addresses the ongoing scholarly tension between the monotheistic interpretations of late pre‐Islamic Arabian religion, pioneered by G. Hawting and P. Crone, and the traditional accounts of rampant Arabian polytheism found in later Islamic literary sources.
Ahmad Al‐Jallad, Hythem Sidky
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“Nomadic identity and lo cubano in José Manuel Poveda.”
Latin American Literary Review, 2017 José Manuel Poveda (1888-1926) is a contradictory figure in the Cuban literary canon. While he is praised for being the guardian of Cuban letters following the deaths of Julián del Casal and José Martí, Poveda is also censured for his pursuit of ...
Kathrin Theumer
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Rise of the south: How Arab‐led maritime trade transformed China, 671–1371 CE
Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 3-38, March 2025.Abstract China's center of socioeconomic activities was in the North prior to the Tang dynasty but is in the South today. We demonstrate that Arab and Persian Muslim traders triggered that transition when they came to China in the late seventh century, by lifting maritime trade along the South Coast and re‐creating the South.
Zhiwu Chen, Zhan Lin, Kaixiang Peng
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Rulers on the road: Itinerant rule in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Itinerant rule, rule exercised through traveling, was a common yet insufficiently researched, premodern form of governance. Studying the determinants of ruler itineraries in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519, we argue that rulers' visits targeted “marginal” elites.
Carl Müller‐Crepon +3 more
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Cache‐Cache: Dans les souffles du Grand Fleuve…
Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Between ventriloquism and divination, devotion and consecration, an old and sublime marine game unfolds each day, with living breaths shared in the waters of the great river. In Tadoussac, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence Estuary, at the mouth of the Saguenay, the rumor of whales has long resonated.
David Jaclin +3 more
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Nomadic Sensibility: Materiality and the Politics of Shelter in Merz and Kato’s Artistic Practices
ArtsThis article examines nomadism through the conceptual framework of philosopher Rosi Braidotti, analyzing its implications for contemporary artistic practices.
Diana Angoso de Guzmán
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Remote Sensing, 2012 Hydrocarbon exploration has been underway in the north of West Siberia for several decades. Giant gas fields on the Yamal Peninsula are expected to begin feeding the Nord Stream pipeline to Western Europe in late 2012.
Florian Stammler +3 more
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Story2Board: A Training‐Free Approach for Expressive Visual Storytelling
Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.Abstract We present Story2Board, a training‐free framework for expressive storyboard generation from natural language. Existing methods narrowly focus on subject identity, overlooking key aspects of visual storytelling such as spatial composition, background evolution, and narrative pacing.
D. Dinkevich +4 more
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A Wild Roguery: Bruce Chatwin’s "The Songlines" Reconsidered
Text Matters, 2019 This article revisits, analyzes and critiques Bruce Chatwin’s 1987 bestseller, The Songlines, more than three decades after its publication. In Songlines, the book primarily responsible for his posthumous celebrity, Chatwin set out to explore the essence
Christine Nicholls
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