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Eric Tagliacozzo: In Asian Waters: Oceanic Worlds from Yemen to Yokohama [PDF]
Classic Atlantic-centred world maps tend to relegate the Southeast Asian region to the right side of the chart, splitting the Pacific Ocean in two and pushing the Indian Ocean to the periphery as well.
Zappa, Marco
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, 2010 Large portions of East and Southeast Asia are in the throes of a historically unprecedented upsurge in religious observance and association. Many of the new varieties of religiosity are more popular, voluntary, and laity based than the religions of ...
Robert W. Hefner
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Using customs data to understand overlooked trade in non‐CITES birds between Africa and Asia
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract The international trade in live birds poses risks to animals, people, and biodiversity. To effectively mitigate these risks, decision‐makers require information on the volume, dynamics, and direction of trade. Despite Africa once being the largest exporter of birds by region, very little data exist on recent trade in live birds not listed on ...
Alisa Davies +4 more
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Advances in Southeast Asian StudiesForests are central to ecological sustainability and local livelihoods, yet forest governance in Aceh is characterized by persistent contestation between customary institutions, such as Imuem Mukim, Geuchik/Reje, and the Aceh/Gayo Customary Councils on ...
Fadhil Ilhamsyah +3 more
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The Hero Legend in Colonial Southeast Asia
, 2013 Four legends that originated in the different religious and colonial contexts of the Tagalog and Makassar peoples are shown to conform to Edward Tylor’s classical “hero pattern.” Using structural anthropology and cognitive linguistics, thisarticle argues
Gibson, Thomas; University
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The Last Course Revisited: Reflections on Policy, Praxis, and Protest
Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article is a personal reflection on how SAFN addressed my academic identity crisis in the late 70s. The development of the anthropology of food and nutrition provided opportunities to refashion disciplinary praxis and to link the little and the large in interesting ways.
Penny Van Esterik
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The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract To persuade creditors to lend, cities in the Low Countries relied on a community responsibility system that made all citizens personally liable for public debt. This exposed itinerant citizens to significant risks: their merchandise could be confiscated by creditors, and they could even be imprisoned for debt.
Jaco Zuijderduijn
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A Christian social ethic for Singapore with reference to the works of Ronald H. Preston [PDF]
, 2000 This thesis proposes a contextual Christian social ethic for a plural Singapore where Christianity, as a late arrival in East and Southeast Asia, is still regarded by most Asians as a foreign religion, mainly because of its association with past colonial
Koh, Kah Soon Daniel
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Co‐Creation of Educational Resources for Culturally Diverse Dietary Advice
International Journal of Dental Hygiene, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Dietary analysis and advice are key components in the prevention of dental caries. Previous research undertaken at Newcastle University highlighted a lack of cultural competence in dietary advice delivery amongst undergraduate dental and hygiene and therapy students.
Kiska Wilson +8 more
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Kazakhstan has emerged as a non‐traditional destination for international students through the expansion of English‐medium instruction and government‐funded scholarship schemes. This convergent mixed‐methods study examines how degree‐seeking international students from non‐Commonwealth of Independent States countries adapt to academic ...
Kymbat Yessenbekova, Anas Hajar
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