Khandut revisited: Monuments, shrines, and newly discovered rock art in Wakhan District

Afghanistan ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 282-301
Author(s):  
John Mock
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Present Condition ◽  
Current Article

In 1972, a brief article titled “Khandud, Village de la Vallée du Wakhan” appeared in Afghanistan 25. The subsequent decades of conflict precluded any follow-up research in Wakhan. The current article, based on field work from 2004 to 2016, examines the present condition of the sites described in 1972, offers a revised analysis of their significance, and introduces newly discovered rock art that connects Wakhan with the Saka culture of Central Asia and illustrates indigenous traditions of the Pamir-Hindukush ethnolinguistic region.

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Mehrdad Shokoohy ◽  
Natalie H. Shokoohy
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Present Condition ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Catastrophic Earthquake ◽  
Stone Industry ◽  
The 19Th Century

Bayana, were it not for its shortage of water, might have been the capital of India. Strategically located in south-east Rajasthan on the route from Delhi to Gwalior and the Deccan, it attracted the attention of the Muslim conquerors, who made it their centre of power, with buildings praised by no less than Ibn Baṭṭūta. Until the founding of Agra it was the centre for control of the region, with the rulers, often autonomous, defying the Delhi sultans. Agriculture and the stone industry dominated, with sophisticated craftsmanship, but after a catastrophic earthquake in 1505 and the population’s migration to the newly founded capital, Agra, Bayana declined to the point that by the 19th century the Archaeological Survey of India reports show it as a forlorn remnant of past splendour. The previous archaeological studies along with the scope and field-work of the present study are outlined, as well as the present condition of the area and the regions’ influence and importance in the development of Mughal architecture.

scholarly journals Teacher Training for ‘Augmented Reading’: The Living Book Approach and Initial Results

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 144
Author(s):  
Maria Meletiou-Mavrotheris ◽  
Ana Rita Carrilho ◽  
Constadina Charalambous ◽  
Katerina Mavrou ◽  
Christiana Christou
Keyword(s):  
Professional Learning ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
Current Article ◽  
European Youth ◽  
Initial Results ◽  
Project Partner

Living Book—Augmenting Reading for Life, a three-year EU-funded Erasmus + project (September 2016–August 2019), exploited the affordances of augmented reality (AR) and other emerging technologies in order to address the underachievement of European youth in reading skills. The program developed an innovative approach that empowers teachers from upper primary and lower secondary schools (ages 9–15) to ‘augment’ students’ reading experiences through combining offline activities promoting reading literacy with online experiences of books’ ‘virtual augmentation’ and with social dynamics. Various professional learning activities were designed within the project, aimed at strengthening European teachers’ profile and competences in effectively integrating the Living Book approach into their classroom activities, and in dealing with diversified groups of learners, particularly pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds. Teachers also received training in how to involve parents, and particularly those from disadvantaged and/or migrant backgrounds, in proreading activities to back the overall Living Book strategy at home. The current article provides an overview of the main phases of the Living Book project implementation, and of the program’s key activities and outputs. It also outlines the content and structure of the ‘Augmented Teacher’ and ‘Augmented Parent-Trainer’ training courses developed within the project. Finally, it reports on the main insights gained from the pilot testing of the courses and the follow-up classroom experimentation that took place in the project partner countries.

A new species of Herminium (Orchidoideae, Orchidaceae) from Nepal

Phytotaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 98 (1) ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
BHAKTA BAHADUR RASKOTI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Plant Resources ◽  
Alpine Regions ◽  
Central Nepal ◽  
A New Species

  Herminium Linnaeus (1758: 251) is a genus of about 30 species, which are collectively distributed mainly inthe Himalayas with few species extending into Europe, central Asia, and southeastern Asia (Pridgeon et al. 2001, Pearce & Cribb 2002, Chen et al. 2009). The genus is characterized by its terrestrial or rarely epiphytic habitat, a concave lip base that is not auriculate and does not have any glands, a lip 2–3 (–5) that is lobed, not spurred and a bilobed stigma with an obscure rostellum. Nepal has nine species of Herminium, which are distributed in the subtropical to alpine regions (Hara et al. 1978, Banerji 1984, Banerji & Pradhan 1984, Press et al. 2000, Department of Plant Resources 2001, Rajbhandari & Dahal 2004; Rajbhandari & Baral 2010). During field work in 2012 in Chandragiri, central Nepal, another species of Herminium was collected, the characteristics of which do not match with any previously described species of the genus. It is illustrated and described here as new.

scholarly journals Annotated bibliography of the subclass Archosauria (Class : Reptilia) : Jan 1960 - Dec 1984

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
John R. Lavas
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Scientific Collaboration ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Annotated Bibliography ◽  
Gobi Desert ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
The Us ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Eastern Central Asia

<p>The subclass Archosauria includes some of the most successful vertebrates to have evolved. Although traditionally viewed as 'cold-blooded' (= ectothermic) and therefore evolutionarily inferior to 'warm-blooded' (= endothermic) mammals and birds, data collected since the 1960s has resulted in significant re-evaluations and a complete reassessment of archosaur evolution, taxonomy, and inferred physiology and behaviour. Much of the relevant data emanates from the results of post WWII field work conducted in eastern Central Asia (particularly the Gobi Desert) by Russian, Polish and Mongolian palaeontologists. However, due to political, cultural and/or other reasons, there remained little scientific collaboration between them and western (particularly US) scientists until very recently. As a consequence, there developed a dichotomy in this field of archosaur research, not only between east and west, but also between Europe and the US. This thesis reviews the literature on archosaurs published world-wide from Jan 1960 - Dec 1984, with the emphasis on the important Central Asian/Gobi contributions, in order to evaluate the academic discussions that have arisen regarding archosaur evolution, physiology, behaviour, their relationship to the Aves, and the evolution of avian endothermy and flight.</p>

scholarly journals Language and emotions: a follow-up study of ‘moral allegiances’- the case of Wiktoria

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 172-185
Author(s):  
Malgorzata Machowska-Kosciak
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Cultural Ideologies ◽  
Communication Approach

This paper is a follow-up study of one Polish immigrant child’s early experience as she is attending different primary schools in Ireland. The focus is on how heritage language socialisation goals affect her goals and identity negotiation through her daily practices as she grows up in multilingual environment and try to find her place in a new country and society. We set out the theoretical background, methodology, final results from the longitudinal study (four years) involving such student and her family, as she also attends Polish weekend school in addition to her mainstream school. The theoretical and analytical approach combines Ethnography of Communication approach to data collection and field work (participant home and school observations, audio-recordings of child’s interactions with her peers, her teachers and parents, open-ended interviews, samples of her written work) with Discourse Analysis approaches (Duff, 1995; Davis & Harre 1990, Harre & Langenhove, 1999, Ochs & Capps, 2001). A particular focus is placed on positions and stances taken with respect to sociohistorical and cultural norms and values represented by each language and culture including religious practices. When a new language and culture are being socialized, they must inevitably affect individuals’ moral and emotional systems to a great extent. This is because, some unresolved conflicts of cultural allegiances and ambivalence about identity may shake one’s sense of belonging and even slow the learning process. It can impact on the later command of two languages and integration. On the other hand, “comfortable bicultural identity” and “non-ethnocentric views” of people in general, together with a strong aptitude for language learning, proved to be one of the main factors determining success in becoming skilled in two languages and two cultures (Lambert, 1962, in Paulson & Tucker 2006, pp.315-319). Thus, it is often admitted in the Language Socialisation literature that cultural ideologies not only have a profound effect on those who learn a new language, but also influence the learning and further socialisation of their first language and culture. This micro-analysis of language socialisation is contextualized within a more holistic account of the Polish community in Ireland (Singleton, 2007) - a community culturally shaped by, and in turn shaping, wider societal and cultural ideologies, values and power relations.

scholarly journals Las representaciones rupestres y la posible temática de la zoofilia en el parque nacional Serra da Capivara, Piauí, Brasil: un estudio de caso

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-51
Author(s):  
Michel Justamand ◽  
Cristiane de Andrade Buco ◽  
Vitor José Rampaneli De Almeida ◽  
Antoniel dos Santos Gomes Filho ◽  
Albérico Queiroz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
National Park ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Estudio De Caso

The present article intends to present the scenes of rupestrian representations of the zoophilia relationships, present in one of the artistic traditions of our ancestors in the reigão, the Nordeste Tradition, of Rock Art, as they are known by the scholars, in the Serra da Capivara National Park – PNSC, Piuaí, Brazil. These representations were collected in field work by some of the authors. We carried out the work between 2014 and 2018. They have sex between humans and a variety of non-human.   El presente artículo pretende presentar las escenas de representaciones rupestres de las relaciones de zoofilia, presentes en una de las tradiciones artísticas de nuestros antepasados en el reigão, la Tradición Nordeste, del Arte Rupestre, como la conocen los estudiosos, en la Serra da Parque Nacional Capivara - PNSC, Piuaí, Brasil. Estas representaciones fueron recopiladas en el trabajo de campo por algunos de los autores. Realizamos el trabajo entre 2014 y 2018. Tienen relaciones sexuales entre humanos y una variedad de no humanos.

Mistranslation of Three Cultural Signs: Rajm, Food, and Tayammum in Vambery’s Travels in Central Asia

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 420
Author(s):  
Ahmad Gholi
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Travel Writing ◽  
Cultural Translation ◽  
Home Culture ◽  
Terra Incognita ◽  
Foreign Culture ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
Current Article ◽  
Cultural Baggage

Translation as a process of domesticating something alien is not restricted solely to linguistic domain; on the contrary, it can be extended to other arenas as well. For example, travel writing as an attempt to tame foreign culture and render it accessible for the audience in home culture, can be considered as a kind of cultural translation. When a travel writer enters into a new context (source culture), he encounters with signs which are radically different from those in his home culture. Hence, the travel writer is burdened to deforeignize hitherto unknown signs to render them familiar and consumable for his audience. Since the travel writer carries his cultural baggage which functions as a cultural filter, his cultural translation cannot be objective and free from cultural mistranslations, and as a result, the current article is going to focus on the cultural mistranslations in Arminius Vambery’s Travel to Central Asia. Thus, it argues that the travel writer in question in his journey to Central Asia which is a semi terra incognita in nineteenth century endeavors to translate the exotic aspects (foreign signs) of Central Asian culture; however, his cultural biases give rise to the cultural mistranslations in areas such as diet and religious punishment like stoning.

The “Kalgutinsky” Style in the Rock Art of Central Asia

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 12-26
Author(s):  
V.I. Molodin ◽  
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J.-M. Geneste ◽  
L.V. Zotkina ◽  
D.V. Cheremisin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Rock Art
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