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Nr. 134 (2015) Artikel Article 47–71 {:en}Land Use Change in the Coastal Regions of Bangladesh: A Critical Discussion of the Impact on Delta-Morphodynamics, Ecology, and SocietyThe article discusses various internal and external factors influencing the environmental and socioeconomic changes that have occurred in the coastal regions of Bangladesh, changes that have led to significant human displacement and migration. The transformation in traditional land use patterns, and specifically from rice farming to export-oriented shrimp cultivation for the growing global market, can … von by Gregor C. Falk
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Nr. 134 (2015) Artikel Article 95–120 {:en}The Blight in the Center: Dhaka’s Kawran Bazar in the Context of Modern Space ProductionThe focus of this article is on the planned relocation of Kawran Bazar, the largest traditional food market of Dhaka, Bangladesh, from the city center to three new locations on the urban periphery. We are interested in this specific case as the plans for relocating and decentralizing the market are by now already 20 years … von by Alexandra Eisenberger und and Markus Keck
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Nr. 134 (2015) Artikel Article 121–42 {:en}Energy, Hydropower, and Geopolitics — Northeast India and its Neighbors: A Critical Review of the Establishment of India’s Largest Hydropower BaseIndia’s demand for electricity has recently been increasing at one of the fastest rates of any country in the world. Among renewables, hydropower plays a crucial role as a mature, cost-effective, and reliable power generation technology. India’s Northeast (Brahmaputra Basin) holds an immense hydropower potential of 63 gigawatts, which to this day remains virtually untapped. … von by Thomas Hennig
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Nr. 134 (2015) Artikel Article 143–65 {:en}The Emergence of Certified Organic Agriculture in Pakistan — Actor Dynamics, Knowledge Production, and Consumer DemandCertified Organic Agriculture (COA) is a much debated alternative to conventional and industrialized farming, with recent scholarship having paid attention to different aspects of organic commodities within a global agrofood system. Organic standards link consumers in the Global North with producers in the Global South, and transport agricultural knowledge around the global. For farmers in … von by Julia Poerting
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Nr. 134 (2015) Artikel Article 167–92 {:en}Changing the Educational Landscape in India by Transnational Policies: New Perspectives Promoted Through Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)Transnational educational policies are challenging current pedagogic practices in India. The United Nations Decade of “Education for Sustainable Development” (UNDESD, 2005 to 2014) is based on constructivist concepts of learning, and encourages the ongoing transformation from an authoritarian to a participative, student-oriented teaching methodology. The implementation of this global educational initiative in a local developing … von by Stephanie Leder und and Erach Bharucha
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Nr. 133 (2014) Research Note 72–88 {:en}The Cosmopolitization of Remembrance — The Kwangju Uprising and the UNESCO “Memory of the World” RegisterThe Kwangju Uprising of May 1980 represents an important turning point in South Korea’s contemporary history, as it played a decisive role in the subsequent democratization of the country. Despite the numerous studies done on the uprising, however, there has nonetheless rarely been any research conducted either on how it has been commemorated or on … von by Hannes B. Mosler
Nr. 133 (2014) Asien Aktuell 89–100 {:de}Verdruss statt Feierlaune: Japan und Südkorea am Vorabend des 50. Jahrestags der Aufnahme diplomatischer BeziehungenEven though Japan and South Korea share the same interests in a number of areas, their record of political cooperation has been repeatedly marred by conflicts. Controversial subjects concerning the legacy of Japanese colonialism in Korea in particular obstruct significant progress in their otherwise fruitful relations; these historical issues range from territorial disputes to conflicts … von by Nadia Galati
Nr. 133 (2014) Asien Aktuell 101–108 {:de}Südkorea und die EU: Die europäische Finanzkrise aus asiatischer SichtEurope has long been a role model in Asia as far as political and economic integration is concerned. Most countries envy the European Union’s success in this respect. The interest in European integration is particularly keen in South Korea where the media make detailed reports on every development in Europe. This is understandable, because South … von by Sang-tu Ko und and Olaf Leiße
Nr. 132 (2014) Artikel Article 60–80 {:en}Political Parties in Europe and South Asia and Unwritten Rules: Patterns, Differences, and Similarities of Party StructuresThis article traces indicators for the “unwritten rules” that shape the functioning of political parties. Unwritten rules are taken to be ideas and patterns of meaning that are not formalized, but that nevertheless still influence and inform the political choices and actions of both individual and collective actors. For these unwritten rules to be able … von by Claudia Wiesner und and Andrea Fleschenberg
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Nr. 132 (2014) Artikel Article 81–97 {:en}Women’s Empowerment in Religious Contexts: Competitive Modernity and the Feminized Public Sphere in MalaysiaThe Malaysian public sphere has provided an effective communication structure for the espousal of group positions. The empowerment of the country’s women in the religious context can only be properly understood when examined within this social framework. However, the feminization of the public sphere in Malaysia has been complicated by the existence of multiple understandings … von by Maznah Mohamad
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Nr. 131 (2014) Asien Aktuell 46–56 {:de}The Internationalization of Japanese Universities: English-Mediated Courses as the Key to SuccessEfforts to attract more foreign students have been driving higher-education reform in Japan for decades. In 2008, the Japanese government announced its aim of reaching 300,000 international students by 2020 with the launch of its 300,000 International Students Plan. Under the scheme, the government has been providing funding for selected core universities in an initiative … von by Matthias Hennings
Nr. 131 (2014) Asien Aktuell 57–67 {:de}„Krieg um die Geschichte“: Die Schulbuch-Kontroverse in SüdkoreaThe latest controversy on schoolbooks in Korea broke out in spring 2013 when Kyohak Publishing Co. submitted its reactionary revisionist textbook for history classes at high schools to the authorities for approval. That the textbook was officially approved by the Ministry of Education despite the fact that it contained an enormous amount of errors in … von by Hannes B. Mosler
Nr. 130 (2014) Editorial 5–7 {:en}Bengal: A Region with a Pioneering Past and an Uncertain FutureThis special issue of ASIEN is dedicated to the region of Bengal, which was the focus of two interdisciplinary “Conferences on Bengal Related Studies for Students and Young Scholars” at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in 2010 and 2012. The conferences brought together young scholars from different disciplines, primarily the humanities, whose research focuses on … von by Carmen Brandt und and Kirsten Hackenbroch
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Nr. 130 (2014) Artikel Article 8–23 {:en}Breaking the Cage: Traveling, Freedom, and English Society in Iṃlaṇḍe BaṅgamahilāThis article provides an analysis of Iṃlaṇḍe baṅgamahilā (“A Bengali Woman in England”), a travelogue written in the 19th century by a Bengali woman named Krishnabhabini Das (Kṛṣṇabhābinī Dās) (1868–1919). Despite being the most well-documented travelogue written at that time by an Indian woman, it was eventually forgotten until its recent rediscovery. The travelogue is … von by Sukla Chatterjee
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Nr. 130 (2014) Artikel Article 24–41 {:en}From Rabīndra Saṅgīt to Doraemon: The Inheritance and Globalization of Children’s Leisure Culture in KolkataThis article looks at some aspects of the contemporary leisure culture of middle-class children in Kolkata, based on interviews conducted with the current generation of children and two older cohorts — in the main their parents and grandparents. It argues that although this leisure culture has been influenced by globalization — particularly by the so-called … von by Hia Sen
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Nr. 130 (2014) Artikel Article 42–59 {:en}Trade Unions, NGOs, and Transnationalization: Experiences from the Ready-Made Garment Sector in BangladeshThe recent factory collapse in Bangladesh raises questions about the promotion and protection of workers’ rights and about the relevant actors who support workers’ interests. As trade unionism in the Bangladeshi ready-made garment (RMG) sector is very weak, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) recently turned to the factories to provide support. Simultaneously, reports about poor working conditions … von by Elisabeth Fink
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Nr. 130 (2014) Artikel Article 60–81 {:en}Cyclone-Induced Migration in Southwest Coastal BangladeshThis research investigates the relationship between disasters, migration, and resulting social change in southwest coastal Bangladesh. The focus is on individual households’ adaptation strategies in the aftermath of cyclones. Migration is understood here in the context of Cyclone Sidr (2007) and Cyclone Aila (2009), and is defined as the temporary or even permanent migration of … von by Bishawjit Mallick
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Nr. 129 (2013) Artikel Article 51–72 {:en}The Past as a Burden: Washers of the Dead between Merit and StigmaIn some parts of southwestern Central Asia, washing the deceased before burial was (and to some extent still is) traditionally undertaken by professional corpse washers, a low-status, marginalized group. Against the backdrop of a popular recourse to tradition and the past in these countries as a resource for identity formation after the demise of the … von by Jeanine Dağyeli
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Nr. 129 (2013) Artikel Article 73–90 {:en}“Unmasking Enemies” Again and Again? The Memoirs of Mordekhay Bachayev and the Revenge of the Soviet PastThe memoirs of Mordekhay Bachayev (1911–2007), a Bukharan Jewish intellectual and poet, are an important document for understanding the history, culture, and everyday life of Bukharan Jews in the first two decades of Soviet rule in Central Asia. Nevertheless, thus far they have been widely excluded from the post-Soviet efforts of the Bukharan Jewish communities … von by Thomas Loy
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Nr. 129 (2013) Artikel Article 91–99 {:en}Trust and Deception in (Post-)Soviet UzbekistanThe breakdown of the Soviet Union together with the dissolution of the socialist order was experienced as a painful severance from a life people in Uzbekistan had been intimately familiar with. The emotional response aroused by Uzbek independence becomes apparent in oral accounts of trust and deception. The older generation tends to view the past … von by Jesko Schmoller
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Nr. 129 (2013) Artikel Article 100–14 {:en}Travel Destination: Tibet. Modernizing the Present and Concreting over the PastModernization is understood as the implementation of innovations of various kinds and can happen gradually or very suddenly. After the invasion of China’s People’s Liberation Army in 1951, Tibet was literally catapulted into “modernity.” Transformations took place on various levels. The introduction of the new Communist ideology went hand in hand with the destruction of … von by Diana Lange
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Nr. 129 (2013) Artikel Article 115–36 {:en}The Successful Life of Qurbon Amirqulov: Memories of Leadership in the Southern Periphery of UzbekistanAutobiographical stories, which are a favorite literary genre in Central Asia today, provide rich source material for a yet-to-be-written cultural history of the region in Soviet and post-Soviet times. “Destiny” is the extended life story of Qurbon Amirqulov, a manager and entrepreneur from the periphery of Uzbekistan who in synopsis rates his lifetime struggles and … von by Ingeborg Baldauf
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Nr. 129 (2013) Artikel Article 137–50 {:en}Mongolia’s Golden Ages: A Brisk Gallop through Changing Representations“Golden Age” is a trope commonly applied to periods of outstanding prosperity. Concerning Mongolia, it is likely to conjure up images of Genghis Khan1, the Mongol Empire, and the Pax Mongolica. Surprisingly, though, there exists (at least so far) no globally recognized Mongolian equivalent to such widely established concepts as the Danish, the Polish, the … von by Ines Stolpe
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Nr. 127 (2013) Research Note 30–47 {:en}Quality, Employability and Capabilities: The Enduring Elusive Triangle in Indian EducationIndia is historically known for its caste system and ascriptive social stratification. Inheritance-based ascription permits a small percentage of the population to be at the top of the social hierarchy and enjoy economic privileges. For this reason, the intersection between caste and economic factors often reproduces the “underclass” (MacDonald 1997). This is largely due to … von by Lakshmi Narayanan Venkataraman

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