Amarah Niazi Khan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5978827 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amarah Niazi Khan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amarah Niazi |
| FAMILY NAME | Khan |
| SIGNATURE | KHAN A N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oregon State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Burqa and the human umwelt
We all construct models of the world by which we make sense of the phenomena we encounter. But rarely is the model of the women who wear the burqa considered. We hold that the world must be perceived through the body of the other before meaning can be assessed. We argue that the burqa is not an object, but a set of human relationships. It has no singular interpretant by which it can be understood. It is a highly nuanced semiosic phenomenon that w…
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Burqa and the human umwelt
We all construct models of the world by which we make sense of the phenomena we encounter. But rarely is the model of the women who wear the burqa considered. We hold that the world must be perceived through the body of the other before meaning can be assessed. We argue that the burqa is not an object, but a set of human relationships. It has no singular interpretant by which it can be understood. It is a highly nuanced semiosic phenomenon that w…
Aesthetics (1 work) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (1 work) · Communication (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Construct (python library) (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Families in Therapy and Culture (1 work) · Islamic Studies and History (1 work) · Linguistics (1 work) · Meaning (existential) (1 work)