Alireza Rezaei
Biographic Data
| ID | 128290 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alireza Rezaei |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alireza |
| FAMILY NAME | Rezaei |
| SIGNATURE | REZAEI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utah State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0517-6449 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Ritual Fusion
This article explores domestic religious practices of Iranian Muslim women in Los Angeles. In the diasporic context, Iranian women’s voluntary engagement in vernacular Islamic practices is often associated with an unreflexive pursuit of religion and lack of agency or with complicity with the Islamic Republic’s conservative brand of Shiism. To examine the complexities of such practices in the United States, this research relies on the ethnography …
The Halfie Predicament in the Ethnography of Religion
This article draws from fieldwork with Iranian-American Muslim women in Los Angeles to address the difficulties of occupying a halfie position in the ethnography of faith. While halfies are assumed to have easier access to communities in which they are part-members, and often have to justify their sufficient distance from the research subject, they are not readily accepted as insiders by their interlocutors either. I argue that having an in-betwe…
Human Rights in Our Own Backyard
Additional informationNotes on contributorsAlireza RezaeiAlireza Rezaei is with Islamic Azad University, Hamedan Branch, Iran
China's Energy Relations with the Developing World
The Potential of Modern Telelearning Tools for Collaborative Learning
Recently, a variety of telelearning/teaching tools and Web-based course delivery systems have been developed. Most of these tools are reported to be useful in collaborative learning. However, in this paper it is argued that true collaboration in schools requires not only the technology, but also well-designed learning activities based on sound principles of collaborative learning. In this paper, theoretical foundations and the importance of colla…
The Ritual Fusion
This article explores domestic religious practices of Iranian Muslim women in Los Angeles. In the diasporic context, Iranian women’s voluntary engagement in vernacular Islamic practices is often associated with an unreflexive pursuit of religion and lack of agency or with complicity with the Islamic Republic’s conservative brand of Shiism. To examine the complexities of such practices in the United States, this research relies on the ethnography …
The Halfie Predicament in the Ethnography of Religion
This article draws from fieldwork with Iranian-American Muslim women in Los Angeles to address the difficulties of occupying a halfie position in the ethnography of faith. While halfies are assumed to have easier access to communities in which they are part-members, and often have to justify their sufficient distance from the research subject, they are not readily accepted as insiders by their interlocutors either. I argue that having an in-betwe…
The Potential of Modern Telelearning Tools for Collaborative Learning
Recently, a variety of telelearning/teaching tools and Web-based course delivery systems have been developed. Most of these tools are reported to be useful in collaborative learning. However, in this paper it is argued that true collaboration in schools requires not only the technology, but also well-designed learning activities based on sound principles of collaborative learning. In this paper, theoretical foundations and the importance of colla…
Human Rights in Our Own Backyard
Additional informationNotes on contributorsAlireza RezaeiAlireza Rezaei is with Islamic Azad University, Hamedan Branch, Iran
China's Energy Relations with the Developing World
The Ritual Fusion
This article explores domestic religious practices of Iranian Muslim women in Los Angeles. In the diasporic context, Iranian women’s voluntary engagement in vernacular Islamic practices is often associated with an unreflexive pursuit of religion and lack of agency or with complicity with the Islamic Republic’s conservative brand of Shiism. To examine the complexities of such practices in the United States, this research relies on the ethnography …
The Halfie Predicament in the Ethnography of Religion
This article draws from fieldwork with Iranian-American Muslim women in Los Angeles to address the difficulties of occupying a halfie position in the ethnography of faith. While halfies are assumed to have easier access to communities in which they are part-members, and often have to justify their sufficient distance from the research subject, they are not readily accepted as insiders by their interlocutors either. I argue that having an in-betwe…
Political science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Faith (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Islam (2 works) · Religious Tourism and Spaces (2 works)