Matt M Husain
Biographic Data
| ID | 3684329 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matt M Husain |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matt M |
| FAMILY NAME | Husain |
| SIGNATURE | HUSAIN M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1063-5862 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Covid-19 and crises of higher education: Responses and intensifying inequalities in the Global South
This special issue contributes to the vibrant debates concerning the ‘responses and intensifying inequalities in the Global South’ underway with regard to COVID-19 and the subsequent crises of higher education. With neoliberal globalization in a deeper crisis by the pandemic, transforming higher education and teaching configurations in ways that appease the rich and powerful players, while simultaneously seeking to neutralize forms of equity in e…
To what extent emotion, cognition and behaviour enhance a student’s engagement: A case study on the Maja teaching approach
This empirical article problematises student engagement in today’s higher education system. The objective of this research is to stimulate a student’s behavioural, emotional and cognitive engagement. I employed an inclusive, inductive and reflexive approach and used mixed methods for collecting data from 948 volunteer participants. The preliminary findings illustrate that playing soft or lively music for a few minutes before a class as well as co…
A preliminary study on visually impaired students in Bangladesh during the Covid-19 pandemic
This article problematizes the status of the visually impaired students in Bangladesh under the COVID-19 global pandemic. We inquire into two inter-related questions: (a) what level and quality of technological access does a visually impaired student have in their higher education institution (e.g. a university or government-affiliated college operating under a university)? And, (b) how are these students coping academically under the pandemic? O…
Marketisation of Islam and politics of development in Bangladesh
This article problematises the marketisation of Islam in Bangladesh and the relationship between neo-liberal economic policies and the resurgence of a certain kind of Islamic religiosity in the country. Based on the findings of three field studies that employed a multi-method approach, the article analyses the macro-cultural impacts of development as well as highlights the embedded, nuanced, and complex set of economic and political relationships…
Jai (rest), Chai (tea) and Wi‐Fi: Exploring Feasibility of Mobile Language Learning App for Asylum Seekers in Greater Athens
This paper problematizes asylum seekers' social, economic and cultural experiences in Greater Athens and explored how their lack of proficiency in the Greek language impede gaining a foothold. A preliminary, multisited observational investigation was conducted based on interdisciplinary approach. The empirical findings based on 21 informal interviews at two day camps indicate asylum seekers face acute linguistic issues. In addition, lack of relia…
“Coconut” Anthropologist: A Methodological Enquiry into Employing Ethnographic Methods at Home
Can technology change the existing culture? Case study on Bangladesh's public sector
This article highlights the challenges development aid donors can face in Bangladesh’s post-colonial culture, as well as substantiating how lack of quality control in an aid project can influence local values, beliefs, and subjective experiences. The article also suggests that improving quality control, such as through monitoring and evaluation (M&E), can generate greater impact of development aid resources
Indigenous Autonomy, Community-Based Research, and Development aid: Sumaq kawsay in three epistemic scenarios
In this paper, the future of Indigenous autonomy and Indigenous community-based research is illustrated by analyzing re-Westernization, de-Westernization, and decoloniality in relation to the regeneration of the Indigenous glocal (global/local) concept of sumaq kawsay (“living well” in Quechua). The regeneration of sumaq kawsay as a new geopolitical and cultural polycentric and multipolar world is examined from an Indigenous studies decolonial pe…
A Holistic Study on Hegemonic Foreign Aid and Civil Society’s Fragility in Bangladesh
Marketisation of Islam and politics of development in Bangladesh
This article problematises the marketisation of Islam in Bangladesh and the relationship between neo-liberal economic policies and the resurgence of a certain kind of Islamic religiosity in the country. Based on the findings of three field studies that employed a multi-method approach, the article analyses the macro-cultural impacts of development as well as highlights the embedded, nuanced, and complex set of economic and political relationships…
Can technology change the existing culture? Case study on Bangladesh's public sector
This article highlights the challenges development aid donors can face in Bangladesh’s post-colonial culture, as well as substantiating how lack of quality control in an aid project can influence local values, beliefs, and subjective experiences. The article also suggests that improving quality control, such as through monitoring and evaluation (M&E), can generate greater impact of development aid resources
A Holistic Study on Hegemonic Foreign Aid and Civil Society’s Fragility in Bangladesh
A Holistic Study on Hegemonic Foreign Aid and Civil Society’s Fragility in Bangladesh
Indigenous Autonomy, Community-Based Research, and Development aid: Sumaq kawsay in three epistemic scenarios
In this paper, the future of Indigenous autonomy and Indigenous community-based research is illustrated by analyzing re-Westernization, de-Westernization, and decoloniality in relation to the regeneration of the Indigenous glocal (global/local) concept of sumaq kawsay (“living well” in Quechua). The regeneration of sumaq kawsay as a new geopolitical and cultural polycentric and multipolar world is examined from an Indigenous studies decolonial pe…
Can technology change the existing culture? Case study on Bangladesh's public sector
This article highlights the challenges development aid donors can face in Bangladesh’s post-colonial culture, as well as substantiating how lack of quality control in an aid project can influence local values, beliefs, and subjective experiences. The article also suggests that improving quality control, such as through monitoring and evaluation (M&E), can generate greater impact of development aid resources
“Coconut” Anthropologist: A Methodological Enquiry into Employing Ethnographic Methods at Home
Jai (rest), Chai (tea) and Wi‐Fi: Exploring Feasibility of Mobile Language Learning App for Asylum Seekers in Greater Athens
This paper problematizes asylum seekers' social, economic and cultural experiences in Greater Athens and explored how their lack of proficiency in the Greek language impede gaining a foothold. A preliminary, multisited observational investigation was conducted based on interdisciplinary approach. The empirical findings based on 21 informal interviews at two day camps indicate asylum seekers face acute linguistic issues. In addition, lack of relia…
Covid-19 and crises of higher education: Responses and intensifying inequalities in the Global South
This special issue contributes to the vibrant debates concerning the ‘responses and intensifying inequalities in the Global South’ underway with regard to COVID-19 and the subsequent crises of higher education. With neoliberal globalization in a deeper crisis by the pandemic, transforming higher education and teaching configurations in ways that appease the rich and powerful players, while simultaneously seeking to neutralize forms of equity in e…
To what extent emotion, cognition and behaviour enhance a student’s engagement: A case study on the Maja teaching approach
This empirical article problematises student engagement in today’s higher education system. The objective of this research is to stimulate a student’s behavioural, emotional and cognitive engagement. I employed an inclusive, inductive and reflexive approach and used mixed methods for collecting data from 948 volunteer participants. The preliminary findings illustrate that playing soft or lively music for a few minutes before a class as well as co…
A preliminary study on visually impaired students in Bangladesh during the Covid-19 pandemic
This article problematizes the status of the visually impaired students in Bangladesh under the COVID-19 global pandemic. We inquire into two inter-related questions: (a) what level and quality of technological access does a visually impaired student have in their higher education institution (e.g. a university or government-affiliated college operating under a university)? And, (b) how are these students coping academically under the pandemic? O…
Marketisation of Islam and politics of development in Bangladesh
This article problematises the marketisation of Islam in Bangladesh and the relationship between neo-liberal economic policies and the resurgence of a certain kind of Islamic religiosity in the country. Based on the findings of three field studies that employed a multi-method approach, the article analyses the macro-cultural impacts of development as well as highlights the embedded, nuanced, and complex set of economic and political relationships…
Sociology (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Social science (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Development economics (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works)