Living with nature and things: contributions to a new social history of the middle Islamic periods
Angaben zur beteiligten Person Walker: Prof Dr Bethany J. Walker is Research Professor of Mamluk Studies at the University of Bonn and Director of the Research Unit of Islamic Archaeology. A historically-trained archaeologist, she directs several field projects in Jordan and Israel.
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
| Language: | English |
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Göttingen
V&R unipress
[2020]
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| Series: | Mamluk studies
volume 23 |
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Mamluk studies (volume 23)
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| Volumes / Articles: | Show Volumes / Articles. |
| DOI: | 10.14220/9783737011037 |
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| Online Access: | Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig: https://doi.org/10.14220/9783737011037
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| Author Notes: | Bethany J. Walker/Abdelkader Al Ghouz (eds.) |
| Summary: | Angaben zur beteiligten Person Walker: Prof Dr Bethany J. Walker is Research Professor of Mamluk Studies at the University of Bonn and Director of the Research Unit of Islamic Archaeology. A historically-trained archaeologist, she directs several field projects in Jordan and Israel. Angaben zur beteiligten Person Al Ghouz: Dr Abdelkader Al Ghouz studied Islamic studies, translation and political science. He completed his Ph.D. in Near and Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Bonn. Since October 2016, he has been the academic coordinator for the Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg Centre for Advanced Studies. His research focuses on Mamluk history, Islamic philosophy, theology, and contemporary Arabic thought. Angaben zur beteiligten Person Kühn: Dr. Miriam Kühn ist Kuratorin am Museum für Islamische Kunst in Berlin. Sie studierte in Bamberg, Paris und Bonn. Ihr Forschungsschwerpunkt ist die mamlukische Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte. Angaben zur beteiligten Person Abou-Khatwa: Dr Noha Abou-Khatwa is Adjunct Assistant Professor at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Her PhD is from the University of Toronto. Prior to her PhD she started and directed projects for the Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation. Angaben zur beteiligten Person Şen: Dr. Gül Şen ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Orient- und Asienwissenschaften der Universität Bonn. This edited volume represents the research results of two international conferences organized and sponsored by the Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg: "Environmental Approaches in Pre-Modern Middle Eastern Studies" and "Material Culture Methods in the Middle Islamic Periods". The following work consists of three parts, which correspond to the themes of the aforementioned conferences (Contributions to Environmental History and Material Culture Studies) and a third which bridges the gap between the two approaches (Practice and Knowledge Transfer). The present contributions cover a wide range of such topics as urban pollution, local perceptions of weather, rural estate economy, Sufi understandings of nature and the body and mind, houses and socialization, text and gardens, local know-how and interdependence in medieval Syrian agriculture, crop selection and the medieval agricultural economy. |
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| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISBN: | 9783737011037 3737011036 |
| DOI: | 10.14220/9783737011037 |