Asian Alleyways: An Urban Vernacular in Times of Globalization

Alleyways are an urban form historically shared by most cities in Asia, yet understudied. Asian Alleyways: An Urban Vernacular in Times of Globalization critically explores ‘Global Asia’ and the metropolization process, specifically from its alleyways, which are understood as ordinary neighbourhood landscapes providing the setting for everyday urban life and place-based identities being shaped by varied […]

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Alleyways are an urban form historically shared by most cities in Asia, yet understudied. Asian Alleyways: An Urban Vernacular in Times of Globalization critically explores ‘Global Asia’ and the metropolization process, specifically from its alleyways, which are understood as ordinary neighbourhood landscapes providing the setting for everyday urban life and place-based identities being shaped by varied

Capacity Building for Maritime Security: The Western Indian Ocean Experience

This book studies recent attempts to restructure maritime security sectors through capacity building. It innovates both theoretically and empirically. It proposes a new framework for understanding maritime capacity building, drawing on work in peacebuilding and security sector reform. The framework is then applied across empirical case studies from the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region written

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This book studies recent attempts to restructure maritime security sectors through capacity building. It innovates both theoretically and empirically. It proposes a new framework for understanding maritime capacity building, drawing on work in peacebuilding and security sector reform. The framework is then applied across empirical case studies from the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region written

International Journal of Cultural Policy – Special Issue: Cultural Policies in Cities of the ‘Global South’: a Multi-Scalar Approach (Vol. 26, Issue 6)

Building on the literature on global cities and on the worlding of cities, the articles in this special issue chart how cities outside Europe and North America try to reinvent and rescale themselves using culture. They suggest that the fabric of urban cultural policy is embedded in multi-scalar power dynamics. First, the contributions in this

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Building on the literature on global cities and on the worlding of cities, the articles in this special issue chart how cities outside Europe and North America try to reinvent and rescale themselves using culture. They suggest that the fabric of urban cultural policy is embedded in multi-scalar power dynamics. First, the contributions in this

Political Geography – Special Issue: China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Views from the Ground (Vol. 82)

The Chinese government promotes the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a global strategy for regional integration and infrastructure investment. With a projected US$1 trillion commitment from Chinese financial institutions, and at least 138 countries participating, the BRI is attracting intense debate. Yet most analysis to date focuses on broad drivers, risks, and opportunities, largely

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The Chinese government promotes the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a global strategy for regional integration and infrastructure investment. With a projected US$1 trillion commitment from Chinese financial institutions, and at least 138 countries participating, the BRI is attracting intense debate. Yet most analysis to date focuses on broad drivers, risks, and opportunities, largely

India Quarterly – Special Issue: Mausam Initiative (Vol. 76, Issue 3)

What started out as a discussion on the direction of Project ‘Mausam,’ launched in 2014 by the Government of India at the Doha Meeting of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for transcribing world heritage, has turned into a discussion of where the strengths of the Mausam Initiative lie and how the vision of the Initiative

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What started out as a discussion on the direction of Project ‘Mausam,’ launched in 2014 by the Government of India at the Doha Meeting of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for transcribing world heritage, has turned into a discussion of where the strengths of the Mausam Initiative lie and how the vision of the Initiative

Handbook on the Geographies of Creativity

How can the ‘where’ of creativity help us examine how and why it has become a paradigmatic concept in contemporary economies and societies? Adopting a geographically diverse, theoretically rigorous approach, the Handbook offers a cutting-edge study of creativity as it has emerged in policy, academic, activist, and cultural discourse over the last two decades. To

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How can the ‘where’ of creativity help us examine how and why it has become a paradigmatic concept in contemporary economies and societies? Adopting a geographically diverse, theoretically rigorous approach, the Handbook offers a cutting-edge study of creativity as it has emerged in policy, academic, activist, and cultural discourse over the last two decades. To

Rural Development in Southeast Asia: Dispossession, Accumulation and Persistence

Rural areas and rural people have been centrally implicated in Southeast Asia’s modernisation. Through the three entry points of smallholder persistence, upland dispossession, and landlessness, this Element offers an insight into the ways in which the countryside has been transformed over the past half century. Drawing on primary fieldwork undertaken in Laos, Thailand and Vietnam,

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Rural areas and rural people have been centrally implicated in Southeast Asia’s modernisation. Through the three entry points of smallholder persistence, upland dispossession, and landlessness, this Element offers an insight into the ways in which the countryside has been transformed over the past half century. Drawing on primary fieldwork undertaken in Laos, Thailand and Vietnam,

Bringing Women to the Fore in the Mapping of Chinese Female Religious Heritage in Singapore

Bringing Women to the Fore in the Mapping of Chinese Female Religious Heritage in Singapore Author: Show Ying Ruo, Postdoctoral Fellow, ARI. Publication Date: 3 September, 2020 Publisher: ARIscope Keywords: vegetarian halls, religion, female temples, Singapore, vegetarian nuns, Chinese diaspora, Southeast Asia Vegetarian nuns conducting religious rituals and reciting Buddhist scriptures in Singapore, from the

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Bringing Women to the Fore in the Mapping of Chinese Female Religious Heritage in Singapore Author: Show Ying Ruo, Postdoctoral Fellow, ARI. Publication Date: 3 September, 2020 Publisher: ARIscope Keywords: vegetarian halls, religion, female temples, Singapore, vegetarian nuns, Chinese diaspora, Southeast Asia Vegetarian nuns conducting religious rituals and reciting Buddhist scriptures in Singapore, from the

Asia Pacific Viewpoint – Special Issue: Governing the Transboundary Commons of Southeast Asia (Vol. 61, Issue 2)

This special issue is concerned with increasing the understanding of the challenges and opportunities involved in governing environmental issues that are cross-jurisdictional and multi-scalar in nature. Our geographical focus is on Southeast Asia, a resource-rich but land scarce region with a long history of porous borders around informal resource regimes, mixed use landscapes and economic

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This special issue is concerned with increasing the understanding of the challenges and opportunities involved in governing environmental issues that are cross-jurisdictional and multi-scalar in nature. Our geographical focus is on Southeast Asia, a resource-rich but land scarce region with a long history of porous borders around informal resource regimes, mixed use landscapes and economic

Spreading Protestant Modernity: Global Perspectives on the Social Work of the YMCA and YWCA, 1889-1970

A half century after its founding in London in 1844, the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) became the first NGO to effectively push a modernization agenda around the globe. Soon followed by a sister organization, the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA), founded in 1855, the Y movement defined its global mission in 1889. Although their

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A half century after its founding in London in 1844, the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) became the first NGO to effectively push a modernization agenda around the globe. Soon followed by a sister organization, the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA), founded in 1855, the Y movement defined its global mission in 1889. Although their