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Quiet Aid: Service and Salvation in the Balkans-to-Bengal Complex is a collaborative research project that studies the nexus between modern aid and longstanding Islamic concerns across societies in Central Asia, South Asia and West Asia.
Funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, Quiet Aid spans over a five-year period (2022-27) and is based at the Geneva Graduate Institute (Department of Anthropology & Sociology and Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy). The team conducts ethnographic and historical research in locations from Serbia to Bangladesh with the central aim of rethinking aid through practices of service and doing good.
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Transforming Landscapes of Aid: How Gulf Business, the War in Ukraine and Equestrian Sports Change Small-Town Kyrgyzstan
by Till Mostowlansky Over the last decade, international development in Kyrgyzstan has undergone significant transformations. Despite the ongoing presence of diverse foreign organizations, notable shifts have occurred with the emergence …
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Diasporas of Empire: Ismaili Networks and Pamiri Migration
by Till Mostowlansky In this chapter, based on ethnographic and historical research, I explore the coming together of post-Cold War…
Islam’s Weight in Global History
by Pol Llopart i Olivella and Till Mostowlansky In this commentary, we discuss three major themes that Sidaway raises in…
#8 The Need to Help
The Need to Help: The Domestic Arts of International Humanitarianism by Liisa H. Malkki 31/5/2023, 12.15-2pm CET In The Need…
#7 An Enchanted Modern
An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety by Lara Deeb 3/5/2023, 12.15-2pm CET Based on two years of ethnographic research…