Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Global Maritime and Colonial Histories

External reference: https://openalex.org/T13215

  1. Reflexivity links Africa-China encounters to knowledge production
    Examine how transnational cultural encounters between Africa and China generate new knowledge frameworks through reflexive analysis of artistic engagement and epistemic inquiry across regions.
  2. Amharic “heart” is linked to positive emotions
    Cognitive linguistic analysis of Amharic ləbb 'heart' reveals systematic metonymic associations with positive emotions and cross-linguistic patterns in body-based emotional conceptualization.
  3. Lotuturu Hill holds layered memories of colonial and Amin-era rule
    Explore Lotuturu Hill in Northern Uganda as a material archive of political history from colonial rule through Idi Amin's regime, examining how local oral traditions intersect with official.
  4. Reassessing Women’s Economic Agency Through the Lens of the Shariʿa Court Records: The Case of Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Tripoli
    Examine how eighteenth-century Ottoman Tripoli women actively engaged in economic transactions through shariʿa courts, challenging stereotypes of economic passivity through analysis of court records.
  5. Mauritius preserved Indian indenture-era cultural traditions
    Cultural preservation among Indian indentured laborers in Mauritius, examining role of organizations including Arya Samaj in maintaining native traditions from settlement through contemporary period.
  6. Crayfish trade in Kenya links foodways, race, and ecology
    Examines how Louisiana crayfish became valued food commodity among Chinese workers in Kenya, revealing intersections of ecology, race, and culinary politics at Lake Naivasha.
  7. Colonial whaling sharply reduced whale populations in Southern Africa
    Explore colonial whaling's devastating impact on Southern African cetaceans and marine ecosystems from the 1700s-1900s, examining environmental exploitation, indigenous displacement, and.
  8. Bill-fish taxonomy and angling potential in South and East Africa
    Survey of billfishes in the tropical Western Indian Ocean documents high abundance, persistent taxonomic and life-history gaps for marlins, and calls for focused ontogenetic and systematic research.