Mollie Arbuthnot
Biographic Data
| ID | 4136031 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mollie Arbuthnot |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mollie |
| FAMILY NAME | Arbuthnot |
| SIGNATURE | ARBUTHNOT M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nazarbayev University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8234-7344 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A Soviet history of the Quran of Uthman, or decolonization Bolshevik-style
After the conquest of Samarkand by Russian forces in 1868, a sacred relic, the reputed Quran of Uthman, was removed from the Khoja Ahrar madrassa and taken to the Imperial Library in St Petersburg. Following the October 1917 revolution, successive Muslim organizations successfully petitioned for the Quran’s ‘return’, representing a remarkably early case of formerly colonized peoples reclaiming cultural property taken under imperial duress on the …
Non-Aligned Visions
The People and the Poster
The relationship between political posters and their intended viewers was the focus of numerous texts in the 1920s; this article analyzes the ways in which Soviet theorists sought to understand this relationship. They operated in an intellectual context that tried to conceive the modern subject as an active consumer and co-creator, rather than a passive audience. Their study of the contexts of viewing, of display practices and of the role of the …
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The People and the Poster
The relationship between political posters and their intended viewers was the focus of numerous texts in the 1920s; this article analyzes the ways in which Soviet theorists sought to understand this relationship. They operated in an intellectual context that tried to conceive the modern subject as an active consumer and co-creator, rather than a passive audience. Their study of the contexts of viewing, of display practices and of the role of the …
Non-Aligned Visions
A Soviet history of the Quran of Uthman, or decolonization Bolshevik-style
After the conquest of Samarkand by Russian forces in 1868, a sacred relic, the reputed Quran of Uthman, was removed from the Khoja Ahrar madrassa and taken to the Imperial Library in St Petersburg. Following the October 1917 revolution, successive Muslim organizations successfully petitioned for the Quran’s ‘return’, representing a remarkably early case of formerly colonized peoples reclaiming cultural property taken under imperial duress on the …
Art (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Vision (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations (1 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (1 works) · CLARITY (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works)