Monthly Archive: July 2010

Closer Holiday Service – Most cited AAA Anthropology Articles Available 0

Closer Holiday Service – Most cited AAA Anthropology Articles Available

It’s almost holiday here and what is better than to read a good article from an anthropological journal (except swimming, riding and/or walking in the mountains or doing nothing at all)? Anyway, because the AAA journals do so well, they decided to give people free access to the most cited articles of their different journals, for one one month. Here’s the overview with the links you need.

Autumn School AISSR – Secular sounds, Islamic sounds: Politics of listening in secular-liberal nation-states 0

Autumn School AISSR – Secular sounds, Islamic sounds: Politics of listening in secular-liberal nation-states

This Amsterdam University Autumn School wants to think through the conundrums posed not only by the visible but also by the sonic presence of Muslims in the West. It aims at understanding the issues at stake of the sensing, and more particular listening body, in connection to secular-liberal governance by post-Christian nation-states. We want to tackle several questions: What does the emerging and quickly evolving Islamic soundscape and their interlinked listening practices in the West tell us about new (ethical) Muslim subjectivities? How does this relate to the ways in which sonic experiences affect the body? What kind of transformation occurs when these new practices leave the protected space of the counter-public sphere? How can these Islamic sound practices be submitted to governmental regimes? To what extent are sound policies implemented in order to securize the Western (European) secular (post-Christian) hegemonic project? The three days summer school, followed by a one-day workshop, will take place from 27-30 October

In Memoriam: Nasr Hamid Abu Zeid (1943-2010) 3

In Memoriam: Nasr Hamid Abu Zeid (1943-2010)

Vandaag is in een ziekenhuis in Cairo professor Nasr Hamid Abu Zeid overleden aan een hersenvliesontsteking. Hij is 66 jaar geworden. Na een conflict in Egypte kwam hij in de jaren negentig naar Nederland. Abu Zeid heeft in zijn carrière de controverse niet geschuwd door zijn weliswaar genuanceerde en voorzichtige standpunten over zeer gevoelige onderwerpen voor moslims en niet-moslims. Zijn kritiek op het anti-islam gevoel en zijn pleidooi voor een alternatieve lezing van de Koran leverde veel zere tenen op, maar ook waardering voor iemand die het waagde geen partij te kiezen in de wereld die soms beheerst lijkt te worden tussen wij-zij indelingen van moslims en niet-moslims.