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This article examines the Sri Lankan Buddhist nationalist organization Bodu Bala Sena (BBS), focusing on how anti-Muslim rhetoric is inter-twined with broader projects of nationalism, religion, and identity formation. Drawing on digital material published by BBS, including articles, statements, and visual content, the study analyses how Muslims are portrayed as religious, cultural, demographic, an
Historically, rhythmic capacities in animals have been systematically studied in few taxa, like fireflies and crickets, while other behaviours have been considered rhythmic but lack de facto rigorous analysis, such as chimpanzee “rain dance”. Emerging fields like animal rhythm often suffer from data scarcity, leading to premature theories that overemphasize limited data and confuse the absence of
Across human cultures, rhythmic movement appears to be consistently associated with the induction of altered states of consciousness (ASCs), yet research on the topic remains scarce. In this chapter, we examine the potential role of rhythmic movement in ASC induction and its significance for understanding the evolution of dance and music. We discuss the cross-cultural spread of the association bet
Varför är Sverigedemokraterna intresserade av historia när så få andra politiska partier i vår samtid verkar vara det? Vilken historia är det som lockar och hur görs den till politiska poänger? Svaren finns i deras nationalistiska ideologi. Här ses historien genom ett särskilt prisma där nationalismen avgör hur händelser och personer framträder. Genom att konstruera existensen av en nationell ödes
Ellen Ammann, geboren Sundström (1870–1932), war eine Schlüsselfigur der katholischen Sozialbewegung in Bayern. Sie wuchs in einem gebildeten und liberal gesinnten Elternhaus in Stockholm auf. Ihr Vater, Carl Rudolf Sundström, war Journalist, Zoologe und Volksbildner; er starb vorzeitig im Jahr 1889. Ihre Mutter Lilly, die ebenfalls als Journalistin tätig war, konvertierte 1881 zur katholischen Ki
What defines “Gnosticism” articulated in contemporary Swedish podcasting? Rather than presuming the stability of a theological concept, this explorative study gesture toward a theoretical shift in analysis from origin or tradition to a digital reception. Gnosticism functions here as an encoded resource that circulates across epistemic territories, it is claimed, where meaning emerges through mediWhat defines “Gnosticism” articulated in contemporary Swedish podcasting? Rather than presuming the stability of a theological concept, this explorative study gesture toward a theoretical shift in analysis from origin or tradition to a digital reception. Gnosticism functions here as an encoded resource that circulates across epistemic territories, it is claimed, where meaning emerges through medi
This volume brings together interdisciplinary research in Islamic, religious, and cultural studies, covering a wide range of subjects and perspectives and challenging conventional academic boundaries and assumptions. It discusses both historical and contemporary examples, with a particular focus on issues relating to theory and methodology, music, soundscapes, and popular and material culture. It
Debates on artificial intelligence (AI) in art tend to emphasise aesthetic dimensions, while the epistemic capacities of AI in this domain remain underexamined. This paper proposes a conceptual framework for analysing the intersection of artistic research and generative AI, grounded in Karl Popper’s World 3 thesis. Popper’s triadic ontology distinguishes between empirical outputs (World 1), subjec
