Browsing Crossroads Asia Working Paper Series by Classification (DDC) "ddc:300"
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Gendered realms: Species of spaces in the city of Mazār-i Šarīf, Northern Afghanistan
Durdu, Ayfer (2014-04)This paper is an attempt at an inventory — alas, certainly not as poetic as Perec's. A number of distinctive spaces in urban Mazār-i Šarīf are described, each of which is deeply affected by gender divides. The inquiry ... -
How migrants made their way: The role of pioneering migrants and solidarity networks of the Wakhi of Gojal (Northern Pakistan) in shaping the dynamics of rural-urban migration
Benz, Andreas (2013-07)In this working paper, I investigate the role which solidarity networks based on different types of shared identities, perceived relatedness and kinship affiliations played for enabling, shaping, facilitating and intensifying ... -
Mobile Life on the Frontiers of Crossroads Asia
Marsden, Magnus (2011-04-27)In what ways do Chitralis and the wider region’s inhabitants themselves perceive, act within and seek to understand this geo-politically divided and culturally discontinuous space? I want to explore these questions ... -
Mobility and Urban Conflict: A Study of Lyari, Karachi
Kirmani, Nida (2015-06)This paper […] focuses more closely on the transregional impacts of conflicts on local residents, most of whom are not themselves personally involved in these conflicts. For young Baloch men struggling to survive within ... -
Not Quite Home or Alone: A Conversation on Belonging in a Digital Age
Bier, Mareike; Amoo-Adare, Epifania (2016-02)This paper is the product of conversations we have had over a significant period of time about the meaning of belonging in a digital age. It began as a series of personal answers to the question: “Where would you consider ... -
Off the Grid: Environmental Degradation and Citizenship at the Margins
Harms, Arne (2015-05)In this paper I have presented some preliminary thoughts on political repercussions of environmental degradations on the margins. In order to do that I have embraced two approaches derived from political theory. First, I ... -
Reflections on Migration Dynamics in Northern Ghana from the ‘Crossroads Perspective’
Adaawen, Stephen (2016-02)The paper analyses mobility patterns in Northern Ghana while reflecting also on my ‘positionality’ as researcher from the area thus critically analysing mobility patterns and processes of negotiating social boundaries and ... -
Social Media as a Tool for Transparency and Good Governance in the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Hussain, Yasir (2014-10)This article focuses on a social media initiative of the Chief Secretary of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) using the popular social network platform Facebook as a tool to enhance E-Government services in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), a ... -
Strategic Positioning and the Reproduction of Inequality: The case of the Johari Shauka of the Kumaon Himalaya, India
Benz, Andreas (2014-11)This paper is concerned with socio-economic inequalities and their (re-)production, empirically inquired for the particular case of the upper Gori valley in the Kumaon Himalaya of India. The strand of so-called reproduction ... -
Uzbekistan – A Region of World Society (?) Variants of Differentiation in Agricultural Resources Governance
Hornidge, Anna-Katharina; Van Assche, Kristof; Shtaltovna, Anastasiya (2015-04)This article studies the layered coexistence and mutual shaping of three forms of differentiation (functional, segmentary, hierarchical) in rural Uzbekistan, a region of world society that, since 1991, is undergoing ... -
Vartan bhanji-exchange practices and social (im-)mobility: Exploring the coping strategies of low-income households of different biraderis in rural Punjab
Nasir, Aftab; Mielke, Katja (2015-07)This paper assesses whether vartan bhanji exchange practices are a boon or a burden, an enabling or disabling factor, a pass or an impasse for social mobility of the poor households of biraderis living in rural areas of ...