Let it flow
Economy, spirituality and gender in the Sindhi network
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2401623 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dieter Haller (The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 154-175 |
| Publication date | 2005-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropological Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1463-4996 • E-ISSN: 1741-2641 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1463499605050868 |
| OpenAlex | W2084724709 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 20 |
The concept of diaspora is applied to all kinds of groups characterized spatially by its links between locality and a 'homeland'. In this article I will argue that the analytical value of the concept of diaspora could be strengthened by focusing on the third spatial relationship characteristic to diasporas but often neglected: the lateral relationship of individual communities. This essay deals with all three spatial connections and focuses on how diasporic groups can be approached anthropologically. It argues that despite recent claims to pursue a more and more mobile research methodology, in practice these claims often cannot be carried out due to various circumstances that prevent the researcher from being mobile himself. Using my field-research on the Sindhis of Gibraltar, it points out two possible approaches of how stationary anthropological field research still can be carried out in diasporic situations. It shows how relevant space relations both to the diaspora as a whole as well as to India as the mythic land of origin are created, performed, maintained, lived and given sense locally, arguing that both public discourse and counter-narratives about Gibraltar, India and the diasporic web are expressions of various power struggles over spatial and social control
Diaspora · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Homeland · Linguistics · Locality · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Computer Science · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Routes
Ethnography in/of the World System
Conceptualizing Diaspora. The Preservation of Religious Identity in Foreign Parts, Exemplified by Hindu Communities Outside India
The Construction of Communalism in Colonial North India
Signifying Identities
Anthropological Locations
The Global World of Indian Merchants, 1750–1947
Place and ethnicity in two merchant diasporas
Diasporas in Modern Societies
Some reflections on the Hindu diaspora1
The diaspora of a diaspora
Siting Culture
Diasporas
Global Desirings and Translocal Loves
Colonialism, Nationalism, and Colonialized Women
The Habit of Ex-Nomination
Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2023 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |