Aidan Parkes
Biographic Data
| ID | 3892346 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aidan Parkes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aidan |
| FAMILY NAME | Parkes |
| SIGNATURE | PARKES A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian National University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8800-9349 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Critical Dialogue
The Ashura Assemblage
Assemblage theory complicates an already extensive literature on religious urbanity, cultural heritage, the social construction of space and the power of place. Nevertheless, the concept can be applied to social and religious history in locations such as West Asia. As this paper argues, avoiding dichotomous and politicised treatments of Karbala in dynamics of the Sunni-Shia divide and debates concerning the so-called "Karbala Paradigm", the "Ashu…
Afghan-Hazara Migration and Relocation in a Globalised Australia
This study examines a set of unique isolated lived-experiences to offer some general observations concerning Afghan-Hazara migration, relocation, and individuation in Australia. Culture may have the appearance of immutability. However, like any social formation, it is produced, reproduced, and contested through time. Everyone is an individual, and while we speak of the impact and culture, lived-experience is very different. People always have cho…
Trials of the Past
German sociologist Max Weber observes that the centralisation of administrative function is imperative to a stable nation state. Yet, despite this sovereign necessity, attempts at incorporating heterogeneous sociopolitical entities into a cohesive society eluded nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Afghanistan. Ahmad Shah Durrani is known as the father of Afghanistan. He bears this title because he unified a collection of tribes and establishe…
Lessons through Reform
International security studies (ISS) is a young discipline in the political science realm. The study of intelligence is even more obscure because of its intrinsic secretiveness and resulting lack of documentation. Therein lies the need for exploration of Australian intelligence reforms. Justice Robert Marsden Hope carried out three security reviews with three profound outcomes: political freedom, national intelligence independence, and security o…
A multi-disciplinary study of the origin and glaciological significance of the Woore Moraine, Shropshire, and implications for the south-western sector of the British-Irish Ice Sheet
Afghan-Hazara Migration and Relocation in a Globalised Australia
This study examines a set of unique isolated lived-experiences to offer some general observations concerning Afghan-Hazara migration, relocation, and individuation in Australia. Culture may have the appearance of immutability. However, like any social formation, it is produced, reproduced, and contested through time. Everyone is an individual, and while we speak of the impact and culture, lived-experience is very different. People always have cho…
A multi-disciplinary study of the origin and glaciological significance of the Woore Moraine, Shropshire, and implications for the south-western sector of the British-Irish Ice Sheet
Lessons through Reform
International security studies (ISS) is a young discipline in the political science realm. The study of intelligence is even more obscure because of its intrinsic secretiveness and resulting lack of documentation. Therein lies the need for exploration of Australian intelligence reforms. Justice Robert Marsden Hope carried out three security reviews with three profound outcomes: political freedom, national intelligence independence, and security o…
Trials of the Past
German sociologist Max Weber observes that the centralisation of administrative function is imperative to a stable nation state. Yet, despite this sovereign necessity, attempts at incorporating heterogeneous sociopolitical entities into a cohesive society eluded nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Afghanistan. Ahmad Shah Durrani is known as the father of Afghanistan. He bears this title because he unified a collection of tribes and establishe…
Afghan-Hazara Migration and Relocation in a Globalised Australia
This study examines a set of unique isolated lived-experiences to offer some general observations concerning Afghan-Hazara migration, relocation, and individuation in Australia. Culture may have the appearance of immutability. However, like any social formation, it is produced, reproduced, and contested through time. Everyone is an individual, and while we speak of the impact and culture, lived-experience is very different. People always have cho…
The Ashura Assemblage
Assemblage theory complicates an already extensive literature on religious urbanity, cultural heritage, the social construction of space and the power of place. Nevertheless, the concept can be applied to social and religious history in locations such as West Asia. As this paper argues, avoiding dichotomous and politicised treatments of Karbala in dynamics of the Sunni-Shia divide and debates concerning the so-called "Karbala Paradigm", the "Ashu…
Critical Dialogue
Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Afghan (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Intelligence, Security, War Strategy (2 works) · Islamic Studies and History (2 works) · Political economy (2 works)