http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/23 Department of Social Anthropology Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:14:00 GMT 2012-02-10T12:14:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/240753 Title: Muslim identity and Islamic faith in Sarajevo. Authors: Sorabji, Cornelia Abstract: Among the dominant themes in contemporary world affairs are the political role of Islam and the problem of national minorities in socialist states. The present thesis seeks to examine these issues through the anthropological investigation of a Muslim minority within a multi-national, federated socialist state - the Muslims of Bosnia-Hercegovina in Yugoslavia. The Yugoslav state is a constitutional federation of several diverse nationalities, all of which seek to preserve, assert and develop their distinct political identities within the fragile power balance system of Yugoslavia. The republic of Bosnia-Hercegovina is dominated by three such nationalities - the Serb, the Croat and the Muslim. These three correspond to three religious faiths; the Serbs are Orthodox, the Croats are Catholic and the Muslims are of the Islamic faith. Whilst the state does not officially recognise this correspondence, for ordinary Bosnians it is fundamental; national and religious identity are seen as inextricably linked. It is the nature of this link which forms the focus of my study, the fieldwork for which was carried out in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. For Sarajevo's Muslims Islam provides a "double identity", two ways of conceptualising collective identity. On the one hand Islam distinguishes Muslims from their Serb/Orthodox and Croat/Catholic neighbours, whilst on the other it gives them membership in a worldwide religious community transcending the bounds of Yuqoslavia. Both aspects of identity find expression in Muslim religious life. Thus male death rituals assert Bosnian Muslims' identity as members of the Islamic Umma, whilst mortuary rites performed by women are seen as distinguishing Muslims from their non-Muslim neighbours. In this and other ways religion becomes a medium for identity assertion. At the same time the discourse of identity is one through which rivalling religious orientations may compete. For example, the state authorised Muslim establishment promotes a rapprochement of Islamic and socialist ideologies and of Muslim and Yugoslav identity, whilst a new, semi-clandestine Islamic tendency looks constantly to the outside Muslim world, seeking to ally Bosnian Muslims with it. As an ethnographic study the thesis examines a number of issues including the perception of town and neighbourhood as separate conceptual spaces, the role of ritual, gender relations and the nature of religious rivalry. Through this approach to Sarajevan Muslim society it attempts to illuminate some broader questions concerning the political role of Islam in the modern world, the development of nationalisms and the nature of relations between minorities and the socialist state. Wed, 01 Feb 1989 00:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/240753 1989-02-01T00:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/238771 Title: Interview of Richard Smith Authors: Smith, Richard Abstract: An interview with the historian and historical geographer Richard Smith about his life and work Description: Filmed by Alan Macfarlane on 12 April 2011 and edited by Sarah Harrison Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/238771 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/238664 Title: Interview of Professor Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney Authors: Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko Abstract: Interview of Professor Ohnuki-Tierney on her life and work Description: Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney interviewed by Kalman Applbaum and Ingrid Jordt 30th April 2011 edited by Sarah Harrison Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/238664 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/238499 Title: Lecture on Dysentery Authors: Macfarlane, Alan Abstract: Part of a lecture, on dysentery, its causes and consequences Description: Part of a series of lectures to first year undergraduates in anthropology at Cambridge in 2007 by Alan Macfarlane, filmed by Zilan Wang Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/238499 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/238498 Title: Lecture on Malaria Authors: Macfarlane, Alan Abstract: A talk about malaria, its causes and consequences Description: Filmed in 2007 in Cambridge by Zilan Wang as part of a series on 'Strategies of Survival' Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/238498 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/238496 Title: Interview of Andrew Vayda Authors: Vayda, Andrew Abstract: Interview of Profess Andrew Vayda about his life and work as a senior anthropologist Description: Interviewed on 5th April 2008 by Dr Patricia Kelly Spurles, who also did the summary Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/238496 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/238330 Title: Interview of Caroline Humphrey Authors: Humphrey, Caroline Abstract: An interview of the anthropologist Caroline Humphrey Description: Filmed by Alan Macfarlane on 5 August 2010 and edited by Sarah Harrison Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/238330 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/238297 Title: Interview on life and work of Li Bozhong Authors: Li, Bozhong Abstract: An interview on the life and work of Professor Li Bozhong Description: Filmed by Alan Macfarlane on 13th March 2011 in Beijing and edited by Sarah Harison Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/238297 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/237470 Title: Interview of Richard Smethurst Authors: Smethurst, Richard Abstract: An interview on the life and work of the economist and Provost of Worcester College, Oxford, Richard Smethurst Description: Filmed on 29th September 2010 by Alan Macfarlane and edited by Sarah Harrison Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/237470 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/237240 Title: Mambila traditional religion : Sua in Somie Authors: Zeitlyn, David Abstract: This work is an analysis of Mambila religion based on fieldwork in Somié village, Cameroon. An ethnographic and historical introduction to the Mambila is followed by an account of their religious concepts. It is argued that, despite their adherence to Christianity (and to Islam), traditional practices continue to be of great importance in everyday life. In order to examine traditional practice descriptions are given of divination and oath-taking rites. Translated transcripts of the different forms of the sua-oath form the empirical core of the thesis. The transcripts illustrate the way that Mambila experience and understand the meaning of sua. Descriptions are also given of the sua masquerades. Finally I examine problems inherent in the analysis of non-literate societies lacking a reflective tradition, and in particular, societies lacking precise, structured religious concepts. This allows for discussion of resulting implications on the relationships between religion, politics and ‘symbolic power.’ Description: This is a revised version of my PhD thesis “Mambila Traditional Religion. Sua in Somié” submitted to Cambridge University in June 1989, examined in November 1989 and awarded in February 1990. The revision takes account of some of the comments made by my examiners and enables me to incoporate some of the corrections which I wish to make after further research which has included more fieldwork in Somié. The post-doctoral research has been made possible by the tenure of a Junior Research Fellowship at Wolfson College, Oxford for which I am very grateful. Tue, 30 Jan 1990 00:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/237240 1990-01-30T00:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/237160 Title: Lectures: 'The Invention of the Modern World' Authors: Macfarlane, Alan Abstract: Seventeen lectures on the 'Invention of the Modern World' delivered at the Tsinghua Academy of Chinese Learning, Tsinghua University, Beijing by Alan Macfarlane in March-April 2007 Description: All credits are on the films Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/237160 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/237039 Title: Interview of Robert Foley Authors: Foley, Robert A Abstract: An interview of Professor Robert Foley on his life and work. Description: Filmed by Alan Macfarlane on 27th April 2010 and edited by Sarah Harrison Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/237039 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/236973 Title: Crystal Rosary: insight and method in an anthropological study of Tibetan religion Authors: Samuel, Geoffrey Brian Tue, 28 Oct 1975 00:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/236973 1975-10-28T00:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/236923 Title: Interview on the life and work of Partha Dasgupta Authors: Dasgupta, Partha Abstract: An interview on the life and work of the economist Partha Dasgupta Description: Filmed by Alan Macfarlane on 6th April 2010 and edited by Sarah Harrison; the summary by Sarah Harrison has been modified by Professor Dasgupta Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/236923 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/236168 Title: The world is established through the work of existence : the performance of Gham-Khadi among Pukhtun Bibiane in Northern Pakistan. Authors: Ahmed, Amineh A Abstract: This thesis explores the social lives of elite Pukhtun women or Bibiane in northern Pakistan, with an ethnographic focus on the enactment of particular life-cycle or gham-khadi ceremonies (funerals and weddings). The widely used Pukhto term ghamkhadi both refers to specific segregated gatherings and designates the emotions of sorrow (gham) and joy (khada) which they elicit. In the local understanding, gham-khadi comprises a system of life, in which happiness and sadness are understood as indissoluble, and are celebrated communally within networks of reciprocal social obligations. Bibiane's social role entails preparation for and attendance at gham-khadi, according to a stylized set of performances thought integral to Pukhtun identity or Pukhtunwali (ideal Pukhtun practices). In this sense, the "women's work" of gham-khadi links with another indigenous term, tieest-roý.g ar, which I translate as the "work of existence", and through which Bibiane maintain the fabric of life by sustaining social inter- and intra-family relationships. Ethnographic fieldwork, conducted in Islamabad and the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP or "Frontier") regions of Swat and Mardan between 1996-1998 and 1999-2001, suggests the extent to which Bibiane's sense of their gham-khadi obligations underpins their understanding of their personhood. In the process, the thesis unfolds a Pukhtun construction of work divergent from professionalism or physical labour, in which work produces not things, but social relations and transactions. This thesis, therefore, seeks to contribute to anthropological debate on a number of issues. First, it seeks to establish the distinctive sociality of Pukhtun Bibiane in terms of their participation, within and beyond the household, in gham-khadi festivities, joining them with hundreds of individuals from different families and social backgrounds. Second, the thesis makes a case for documenting the lives of a grouping of elite South Asian women, contesting their conventional representation as "idle" by illustrating their commitment to various forms of work within familial and social contexts. Third, it describes the segregated zones of gham-khadi as a space of female agency. Reconstructing the terms of this agency helps us to revise previous anthropological accounts of Pukhtun society, which project Pukhlunwali in predominantly masculine terms, while depicting gham-khadi as an entirely feminine category. Bibiane's gham-khadi performances allow a reflection upon Pukhtunwali and wider Pukhtun society as currently undergoing transformation. Fourth, as a contribution to Frontier ethnography, the thesis lays especial emphasis on gham-khadi as a transregional phenomenon, given the relocation of most Pukhtun families to the cosmopolitan capital Islamabad. Since gham-khadi is held at families' ancestral homes (kille-koroona), new variations and interpretations of conventional practices penetrate to the village context of Swat and Mardan. Ceremonies are especially subject to negotiation as relatively young convent-educated married Bibiane take issue with their "customs" (rewaý) from a scriptural Islamic perspective. More broadly, the dissertation contributes to various anthropological topics, notably the nature and expression of elite cultures and issues of sociality, funerals and marriage, custom and religion, space and gender, morality and reason, and social role and personhood within the contexts of Middle- Eastern and South Asian Islam. Mon, 26 Apr 2004 23:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/236168 2004-04-26T23:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/230199 Title: Money, magic and fear : identity and exchange amongst the Orang Suku Laut (sea nomads) and other groups of Riau and Batam, Indonesia. Authors: Chou, Cynthia Abstract: The central focus of my thesis is the symbolism of money and the power it holds in the Riau archipelago and Batam of Indonesia to affect the nature of social relationships. These social relationships in turn affect the different forms of exchange that take place in the archipelago. In particular, I am exploring the meaning and moral implications of monetary and commercial exchanges in contrast to exchanges of other kinds that take place between the Orang Suku Laut and other Malay and non-Malay communities. The Orang Suku Laut are regarded as the Orang asli Melayu (indigenous Malays) of Riau. Yet in the interaction between the Malays and Orang Suku Laut, there exists much fear between them with constant accusations of being poisoned and harmed by one and the other through practices of magic and witchcraft. This stems from the Malays' perception of the Orang Suku Laut as a "dangerous, dirty and unprogressive people. " The Orang Suku Laut are regarded as preferring a life of nomadism, and one without a religious orientation towards Islam, as opposed to a life of sedentism guided by the Islamic religion. This thesis explores how this self and other perceptions which have shaped the image of the Orang Suku Laut, have become enmeshed in the exchange economy of the Orang Suku Laut and the Malays. Mon, 17 Oct 1994 23:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/230199 1994-10-17T23:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/229720 Title: Interview of Chris Hann Authors: Hann, Chris Abstract: An interview of the anthropologist Chris Hann, talking about his life and work Description: Interviewed by Alan Macfarlane on 14 May 2010 and summarized by Sarah Harrison Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/229720 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/229662 Title: Interview of Barry Supple Authors: Supple, Barry Abstract: An interview of the economic historian and former Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, Professor Barry Supple, talking about his life and work Description: Filmed by Alan Macfarlane on 3rd July 2010 and edited by Sarah Harrison Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/229662 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/229515 Title: Interview of Stephen Gudeman Authors: Gudeman, Stephen Abstract: An interview of the economic anthropologist Stephen Gudeman, talking about his life and work. Description: Filmed on 14th May 2010 by Alan Macfarlane and summary by Sarah Harrison Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/229515 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/229365 Title: Revue d’Etudes Tibétaines Authors: Achard, Jean-Luc Description: Revue d’Etudes Tibétaines Number 9, December 2005 Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/229365 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z