Browsing BCDSS Working Papers by Classification (DDC) "ddc:900"
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Dependency at the Centre and Periphery of the Tibetan Empire: Sayings, Doings and Interagency
Doney, Lewis (2023-06)This paper presents a microhistory of ninth-century asymmetrical social relations in the centre and on the periphery of the Tibetan empire (ca. 600–850 CE), as well as relations between the periphery and the centre. ... -
Dependency, Subjugation and Survival: A Working Paper on the Jaina Culture in Medieval Karnataka, South India
Hegewald, Julia A. B. (2022-12)This paper investigates the changing position of the Jaina religious community in the south Indian State of Karnataka in premodern times. From the early fifth century onwards, the influence of the Jainas in the region ... -
Moving Workers: Historical Perspectives on Labour, Coercion and Im/Mobilities
Bernardi, Claudia; Müller, Viola Franziska; Vilhelmsson, Vilhelm; Stojić, Biljana; Marcon, Gabriele; Heinsen, Johan; Ressel, Magnus; Gunnlaugsson, Emil; Özbek, Müge; Rahi-Tamm, Aigi; Kussy, Angelina; Nail, Thomas (2023-10-04)This book explores how workers moved and were moved, why they moved, and how they were kept from moving. Combining global labour history with mobility studies, it investigates moving workers through the lens of coercion. The ... -
Prostitution / Servitude / Slavery: Picturing Female Dependencies in Seventeenth Century Amsterdam
Münch, Birgit Ulrike (2024-07)This working paper seeks to explore the concept of asymmetrical dependency from an art and cultural historical perspective. Prostitution and sex work are central domains in which female dependency was negotiated and ... -
Slavery in Eighteenth Century Mongolia: Transactions in People and Notions of Property According to the Qanggin Banner Archives
Heuschert-Laage, Dorothea (2022-12)This paper investigates moments of transition in which people were forced into dependency, or had to change from one relationship of asymmetrical dependency to another. It is argued that these transitions were backed ... -
Transcending Boundaries: Rethinking Slave Agency in the Ottoman Empire Through Religious Conversion Practices
Wagner, Veruschka; Gökçe, Zeynep Yeşim; Abacı, Zeynep Dörtok; Allahverdiyeva, Turkana (2024-05)This article explores the religious conversion of slaves in the Ottoman Empire and the Crimea as a profound and transforming event in the lives of slaves. We will analyze the conditions, reasons, and consequences of ...