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From age-sets to friendship networks in contemporary sociology : The continuity of soda among the Boorana of East Africa

open access: yes, 2011
This paper re-assesses a comparative sociology of kinship and friendship in East Africa with a particular focus on the Boorana Oromo of Kenya. It argues that the study of kinship dominated the developments of a comparative sociology during colonial times
Aguilar, Mario I, Mario I. Aguilar
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From Ad Hoc to Function: Vancouver Foundation's Journey to Learning Through Evaluation

open access: yesNew Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This case narrative details the Vancouver Foundation's (VF) journey from ad‐hoc reporting to a core internal learning and evaluation function. Catalyzed by the pandemic and motivated by the increasing need, VF established the Engagement Department to house evaluation independently.
Vincent Tom
wiley   +1 more source

Keeping their powder dry: Purity, pollution, and handgun ownership among Jewish women in Israel

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the gendered practices through which Jewish women in Israel experience and negotiate personal handgun ownership in everyday life. Drawing on interviews, participant observation in gun‐related spaces, and analysis of women‐only online forums, we explore the expanding participation of Jewish women in civilian gun ownership,
Maya Maor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Peta Potensi Keagamaan Masyarakat Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta

open access: yesAnalisa: Jurnal Pengkajian Masalah Sosial Keagamaan, 2009
Religious potential map of Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta community has itsbackground on the need for having data which could describe diversity in thecommunity.
Moh Hasim
doaj   +1 more source

Methodological Foundation of Religious Sociology: A Comparative Assessment of Christian Sociology and Islamic Sociology

open access: yes, 2015
After the Second World War, a new branch of sociology emerged: Religious Sociology. Unlikethe secular sociology of religion, in which religion is studied ‘scientifically’, religious sociologyhas been employed to serve the faith by using the methodology ...
Yıldırım, Fatih
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Aftasten/Tantear: A sensorial, coalitional wayfinding among Muslim runners

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Muslim recreational runners in Muslim‐minority settings that take up running as their preferred form of leisure indicate that they feel they have to navigate a sense of exclusion when running outdoors. This article explores the process of exploration and sensing in public, represented by the Dutch verb aftasten, to investigate the way Muslim ...
Jasmijn Rana
wiley   +1 more source

Eugeniu Speranţia and Axiological Sociology – between Phenomenology and Noology

open access: yesSociologie Românească, 2014
This paper intends to reevaluate the studies of Eugeniu Sperantia, the founder of axiological sociology in Romania. Starting from the importance of values in society, Sperantia analyses the spiritual dimension, the manifestation of the axiological factor
Mădălina Măndiță
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Surveying the religious and non-religious online

open access: yes, 2015
This volume considers the implementation difficulties of researching religion online and reflects on the ethical dilemmas faced by sociologists of religion when using digital research methods.
Weller, Paul   +2 more
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Colonial and gendered peace: Decolonial perspectives on peace in Nagorno‐Karabakh

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article critically interrogates peace processes in the aftermath of the First Nagorno‐Karabakh War by centering the lived experiences and political voices of Armenian and Azerbaijani internally displaced and refugee women, based on ethnographic fieldwork and in‐depth interviews conducted in 2019.
Ramil Zamanov
wiley   +1 more source

Realms: A Phenomenological, Socio-Cultural and Theological-Religious Studies exploration of Musical Space

open access: yes, 2009
This thesis sets out to explore the ways people use and interpret experience of music, the divine and interaction with other people within discrete musical spaces. This exploration takes place in two sites: a Pentecostal church in suburban Perth, Western
Jennings, Mark
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