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A Comparative Ethnography of Alternative Spaces

Editors: Dahl, Jens; Fihl, Esther

DOI: 10.1057/9781137299543

ISBN: 978-1-349-45280-4

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US - Springer Journals

Nov 26, 2015

1 - 10 of 11 Chapters

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An Introduction to Alternative Spaces

Dahl, Jens; Fihl, Esther; Johansen, Birgitte Schepelern

Pages: 1 –18

[This book is about people who, in various ways, seek to carve out a space for themselves relatively independently of the existing social and political realities of which they, nevertheless, continue to be a part. Through a range of ethnographical cases, the book addresses the innovative and...
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The United Nations and the Indigenous Space

Dahl, Jens

Pages: 19 –40

[I ndigenous peoples from all parts of the world have learned to use the United Nations and the international legal system to promote their rights and interests. Observers agree that they have been able to achieve results far exceeding those of other groups. This ability and these results are...
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The Legitimacy of South Indian Caste Councils

Fihl, Esther

Pages: 41 –63

[During a conversation with Pushpavalli, a Tamil fish vendor in her forties whom I have known for several years, she revealed the following story about an earlier, delicate situation in her family, when she had not been able to pay a debt imposed on her by some fellow fishermen: The fishers’...
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“Gambling is Gambling”: Creating Decontextualized Space at an Indian Racecourse

Puri, Stine Simonsen

Pages: 65 –83

[Horseracing was introduced to India by British army officers, who organized the first two-day racing meeting in 1798 in Bombay (Chettiyappaya 1995, 11). By 1885, there were 76 operating racecourses that were established all over India, and horseracing had become a popular spectator sport for the...
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Frontier Zones of Diaspora-Making: Circassian Organizations in Turkey

Hansen, Lars Funch

Pages: 85 –109

[After 150 years in relative oblivion as a scattered and forgotten people, the Circassians are now reemerging as a visible and internationally recognized ethnic group insisting on their place in the history books as well as on their contemporary rights as minority and diaspora groups in different...
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A Politics of Place: The Scaling and Rescaling of Events in Young Muslims’ Internet Use

Possing, Dorthe Høvids

Pages: 111 –128

[I specifically remember when Deniz Uzun died, you know the Turkish paper delivery boy. The murder made me react because it felt close to me—in every sense of the word. The victim was a Muslim and it happened in my city. The debate it fostered taught me a lot about this place and also made me...
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Voices and Exits in Oaxacalifornia: The Reconfigurations of Political Spaces in the US-Mexican Context

Trans, Lars Ove

Pages: 129 –149

[In June 2006, the state of Oaxaca in the southeastern part of Mexico suddenly found itself in a conf lict that lasted more than seven months and resulted in at least 18 deaths (Stephen 2007 ). What initially began as an annually recurring strike and peaceful occupation of the main square in...
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An Alternative National-Religious Space: The Danish Seamen’s Church in Singapore

Warburg, Margit

Pages: 151 –174

[Immigrants settling permanently in their new country may eventually acquire new citizenship, but the majority of them do not change their religion. As already noted by Will Herberg half a century ago, it was primarily through their religion that immigrants to the United States, and their...
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A Space to Gaze from Hence to Thence: Chechens in Exile

Krag, Helen

Pages: 175 –196

[This chapter is an empirical exploration of Chechen exile as an unfolding space for political identities and activities. While the overall political situation in Chechnya, according to international media information, appears to be ever deteriorating, a Chechen exile has been forming in Europe...
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States of Exception: Effects and Affects of Authoritarianism Among Christian Arabs in Damascus

Bandak, Andreas

Pages: 197 –218

[The Syrian regime has, for decades, emphasized the strong and authoritarian focus of national security. Following independence after World War II, various regimes took charge of the country, most notably the current Ba’ath party, which seized power in 1963. The Ba’ath party staged a series of...

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