Michael Shenkar. « The Religion and the Pantheon of the Sogdians (5th-8th Centuries CE) in Light of their Sociopolitical Structures »

Lazaro Cardenas

Research on Latinx athletes and their communities is a significant contribution to sports studies. Recent studies on sports in Latinx communities have highlighted regional teams, transnational relationships, race and ethnicity, and sociopolitical structures. Still, the need continues for more attention on Latinx sport identity and community. Although basketball originated in the United States, the sport played a significant political role in regions throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. For example, in Mexico, President Lázaro Cárdenas (r. 1934–1940) introduced government reforms that included promoting sports; thus, in Oaxaca, Catholic missionaries used basketball as a socialization tool to strengthen relationships in rural communities (see Rios 2008 [cited under Society and Culture]). Rios 2019 (cited under Society and Culture) and Garcia 2014 (cited under History and Geography) are the primary texts dedicated to the history of basketball in Latin America and the importance of basketball to Latinx communities in the United States.

Daring to differ? Strategies of inclusion in peacemaking

Security Dialogue ◽

10.1177/0967010619893227 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 51 (4) ◽

pp. 305-322 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Andreas T Hirblinger ◽

Dana M Landau

Keyword(s):

Research Policy ◽

Policy And Practice ◽

The Third ◽

Peace Processes ◽

Single Identity ◽

The Relationship ◽

Do So ◽

Specific Identity

‘Inclusion’ has emerged as a prominent theme in peacemaking. However, its exact meaning remains vague, as do assumptions about the relationship between inclusion and peace. This article seeks to problematize the research, policy and practice of inclusion. Focusing on United Nations (UN) peacemaking, we ask how the object of inclusion has been framed, and based on what strategies and underlying rationales. We do so against the backdrop of emerging debates about an agonistic peace, which suggest that violent antagonistic relationships can be overcome if peace processes enable contestation between adversaries. This requires that peacemakers recognize the constitutive role of difference in political settlements. We identify three distinct strategies for inclusion, with corresponding framings of the included. Firstly, inclusion can be used to build a more legitimate peace; secondly, to empower and protect specific actor groups; and thirdly, to transform the sociopolitical structures that underlie conflict. The first strategy frames the included in open terms that can accommodate a heterogeneity of actors, the second in closed terms pertaining to specific identity traits, and the third in relational terms emerging within a specific social, cultural and political context. In practice, this leads to tensions in the operationalization of inclusion, which are evidence of an inchoate attempt to politicize peace processes. In response, we argue for an approach to relational inclusion that recognizes the power relations from which difference emerges; neither brushing over difference, nor essentializing single identity traits, but rather remaining flexible in navigating a larger web of relationships that require transformation.

Sociopolitical structures and processes

Theorizing Social Work Practice ◽

10.1007/978-1-137-01416-0_8 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 123-138

Author(s):

Neil Thompson

Keyword(s):

The Dynamics of Aymara Duality: Change and Continuity in Sociopolitical Structures in the Bolivian Andes

Journal of Latin American Studies ◽

10.1017/s0022216x99005490 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 145-174 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

ASTVALDUR ASTVALDSSON

Keyword(s):

Indigenous Communities ◽

Oral Traditions ◽

Bolivian Andes ◽

Traditional Structure ◽

Combined Use ◽

Methodological Problems ◽

The Subject ◽

Key Aspects ◽

Different Levels

One of the most persistent and influential concepts in Andean studies during the last few decades has been that of dualism at different levels of Andean cultural and sociopolitical life. How dualism works and the manner in which it has evolved have been the subject of much debate. Within this context, Jesús de Machaqa in highland Bolivia has been recognised as a region of primary importance for investigation, because of its enduring socio-political structures. However, a study of its ‘traditional’ structure carried out in the 1970s showed that important changes had taken place. New studies of intra-communal structures and recent studies of Aymara spatial organisation, together with information held in colonial documents and oral traditions help to shed more light on the question of dualism. Drawing on all these sources, this article aims to contribute to wider debate by examining key aspects of the ‘traditional’ structure and setting out some of the methodological problems faced by those who seek to reconstruct the past of indigenous communities, in particular problems related to the combined use of colonial documents and oral traditions.

Three islands and an archipelago: reciprocal interactions between humans and island ecosystems in Polynesia

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ◽

10.1017/s1755691007000011 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 98 (1) ◽

pp. 85-99 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Patrick V. Kirch

Keyword(s):

Environmental Changes ◽

Oceanic Islands ◽

Model Systems ◽

Comparative Approach ◽

Human Populations ◽

Island Ecosystems ◽

Human Environment ◽

Reciprocal Interactions ◽

ABSTRACTOceanic islands offer outstanding ‘model systems' for investigating long-term dynamics between human populations and their ecosystems. Whilst the state factors involved in human-environment dynamics on islands are often simpler than on continents, the same essential processes are involved. This paper applies a comparative approach to understanding the reciprocal interactions between a set of four Polynesian island cases (Tikopia, Mangaia, Mangareva, Hawaiian Islands), over time scales of between one and three thousand years (kyr). In all cases, the island ecosystems were colonised by Polynesian populations derived from the same ancestral culture, with similar socioeconomic patterns. However, the ecosystems vary significantly in scale, geologic age, and other characteristics. Comparing the historical trajectories of these human–environment dynamics, as revealed by archaeological and palaeoecological study, provides insights into the relative impact of humans on pristine island ecosystems, the influence of environment on ecosystem vulnerability, and the ways in which societies have modified their economies, sociopolitical structures, and other aspects of culture in response to long-term environmental changes.

Indigenous Aeta Magbukún Self-Identity, Sociopolitical Structures, and Self-Determination at the Local Level in the Philippines

Journal of Anthropology ◽

10.1155/2013/391878 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2013 ◽

pp. 1-6 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Vincent S. Balilla ◽

Julia Anwar McHenry ◽

Mark P. McHenry ◽

Riva Marris Parkinson ◽

Danilo T. Banal

Keyword(s):

Political Communication ◽

Local Level ◽

National Level ◽

The Philippines ◽

Cultural Knowledge ◽

Indigenous Populations ◽

Self Identity ◽

Kinship Ties ◽

Sufficient Food

The Indigenous Aeta Magbukún maintain a primarily nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle in their forested ancestral lands. Through the continued encroachment of non-Indigenous populations, the Aeta Magbukún persist at a critical level. Finding it increasingly difficult to sustain their traditional livelihoods, they must engage in informal commerce to procure sufficient food throughout the year. This work explores the basis of self-identity, traditional kinship ties, evolution of sociopolitical organisation, and the developing political options that sustain the small and vulnerable Indigenous population. Despite recent tentative sociopolitical developments, securing cultural protection requires greater effort in developing political communication and representation at a local and national level. In doing so, the Aeta Magbukún can meet their basic needs, secure traditional cultural knowledge, and are able to influence their own development during a time of relatively rapid acculturation within the mainstream Philippine societal complex.

Lucus Augusti: perspectivas para su investigación = Lucus Augusti: Research perspectives

Estudios Humanísticos Historia ◽

10.18002/ehh.v0i16.6125 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 55

Author(s):

María Dolores Dopico Caínzos

Keyword(s):

Research Perspectives ◽

The City ◽

North Western

En este trabajo pretendo hacer un balance de nuestro conocimiento sobre Lucus Augusti, una de las tres principales ciudades del Noroeste peninsular, capital de un conventus iuridicus. Centrándome en tres cuestiones concretas -el urbanismo, el territorio y las estructuras socio-políticas- trataré de mostrar los problemas y los límites de nuestra investigación así como las posibilidades de avanzar en el conocimiento de la ciudadIn this paper I will try to evaluate our knowledge of Lucus Augusti, one of three main cities of North-western Hispania, the head of a conventus iuridicus. Considering three aspects - its urbanism, territory and sociopolitical structures-I will try to show the problems and the limits of our research as well as the possibilities of advancing in the knowledge of the city

Introduction

Deleuze and Anarchism ◽

10.3366/edinburgh/9781474439077.003.0001 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Aragorn Eloff

Keyword(s):

Political Philosophy ◽

Gilles Deleuze ◽

Collaborative Work ◽

The State ◽

Felix Guattari ◽

State Apparatus ◽

Antonio Negri ◽

In an interview with Antonio Negri, philosopher Gilles Deleuze memorably states that he and his co-author of many books, Félix Guattari, remained Marxists throughout because of the emphasis Marxism places on capitalist dynamics, an aspect they deem essential to any political philosophy. We see in their individual and collaborative work, then, continued analyses of capitalism, as well as an exploration of mechanisms that can be implemented to prevent the formation of what they term the ‘State apparatus’ – or hierarchical sociopolitical structures. However, Deleuze and Guattari’s insistence on these aspects, as well as the decentralisation of power and the production of the new, have led many anarchists to recognise an anarchist, rather than Marxist, ‘sensibility’ in their work. There has also, since the publication of ...

Being and Becoming American: Triangulating Habitus, Field, and Literacy Instruction in a Multilingual Classroom

Language and Literacy ◽

10.20360/g24s45 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Lara Handsfield

Keyword(s):

Life History ◽

Literacy Instruction ◽

Literacy Practices ◽

Case Study Research ◽

Language And Literacy ◽

Third Grade Students ◽

Performative Space ◽

Multilingual Classroom ◽

This case study research documents how one teacher’s personal language and literacy practices and the sociopolitical structures of her profession intersect in her literacy instruction for her multilingual third grade students. Centering my analysis on Graff’s (1987) notion of the “literacy myth,” I discuss how the dialectic between Bourdieu’s habitus and field unfolds in the performative space of the classroom, challenging this discourse in small but significant ways. Complimenting research exploring students’ out-of-school language and literacy practices, this paper addresses how a teacher’s literate life history is performed in the classroom and who stands to benefit from these discursive performances.

Between Venice and Surat: The Trade in Gold in Late Safavid Iran

Modern Asian Studies ◽

10.1017/s0026749x0000370x ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 223-255 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rudi Matthee

Keyword(s):

Early Modern ◽

South Asia ◽

The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal states each in its own way reconstituted a common legacy of combined Perso-Islamic and Turco-Mongolian religious and political elements into sociopolitical structures that exhibit remarkable similarities alongside significant differences. This, as well as the myriad ways in which they interacted, culturally, politically, as well as economically, renders these three states more than simply a series of discreet and self-contained political entities. Premodern and early modern west and south Asia is most productively approached and analyzed as an interactive continuum.