Category: History & Area Studies
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Muslim Nesan is described as a catalyst for Muslim reform in colonial Ceylon
This research indicates that Muslim Nesan helped promote educational reform, social progress, religious restoration, and resistance to colonial and missionary influence among Tamil-speaking Muslims in Sri Lanka.
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Seasonal and gendered patterns shaped marine subsistence in Mfumbwi
This research indicates that seasonal monsoonal change and local gender roles affected which marine species were harvested and by whom in Mfumbwi.
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Aceh oral tradition preserves a different Gajah Mada narrative
This research indicates that the collective memory of Aceh’s Tamiang people preserves accounts of Patih Gajah Mada that differ from the commonly accepted version, especially the version associated with Java.
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War drove severe, prolonged staple food price spikes in Indonesia
This research indicates that the Indonesian War of Independence was associated with more severe and longer-lasting staple food price peaks, and that high rice prices helped motivate Operation Product while urban unskilled wage labourers often fell below subsistence nutrition levels in 1946 and early 1947.
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Kiswahili dominates religious signboards in Dar es Salaam
This research indicates that Kiswahili mainly supports access to religious information on worshipscape signboards in Dar es Salaam, while English and other languages can create barriers for many Tanzanians.
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Village heads used government aid to sustain political power
This research indicates that village heads in Indonesia used government assistance to maintain loyalty, influence voting, and remain important to district and central political elites.
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The article links negara kesatuan to a folk religious vision of the state
This research indicates that negara kesatuan is rooted in Indonesia's folk religious sensibility, especially the metaphor of kawulo manunggaling gusti, and that this helps explain its symbolic and emotional resonance among many Indonesians.
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