Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies: Recent submissions
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Decolonizing climate change–heritage research
(Nature Research, 14 February 2022)Climate change poses a threat to heritage globally. Decolonial approaches to climate change–heritage research and practice can begin to address systemic inequities, recognize the breadth of heritage and strengthen adaptation ... -
African heritage sites threatened as sea-level rise accelerates
(Nature Research, 10 February 2022)The African coast contains heritage sites of ‘Outstanding Universal Value’ that face increasing risk from anthropogenic climate change. Here, we generated a database of 213 natural and 71 cultural African heritage sites ... -
Remote Sensing for Biocultural Heritage Preservation in an African Semi-Arid Region: A Case Study of Indigenous Wells in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia
(MDPI, 11 January 2022)The region of Southern Ethiopia (Borana) and Northern Kenya (Marsabit) is characterised by erratic rainfall, limited surface water, aridity, and frequent droughts. An important adaptive response to these conditions, of ... -
MADE a Difference? British Muslim Youth and Faith-Inspired Activism between ‘Post-Conventional Politics’, ‘Post-Secularity’, and ‘Post-Immigration Difference
(Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge, 5 May 2016)How do young British Muslims understand their political subjectivity and operationalize their agency? How are they mobilized by UK-based Muslim activist organizations? And how can these questions inform broader debates ... -
Continuing intense malaria transmission in northern Uganda
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 5 May 2011)Recent reports of reductions in malaria transmission in several African countries have resulted in optimism that malaria can be eliminated in parts of Africa where it is currently endemic. It is not known whether these ...