World Ikat Textiles exhibition in the Brunei Gallery

By Farzana Whitfield|April 19, 2016|Africa, Art and Archaeology, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, South Asia, South East Asia|0 comments

A major new exhibition has opened in the Brunei Gallery of World IKAT textiles presented by The World Crafts Council and The World Crafts Council Asia Pacific. It is curated by Edric Ong and Manjari Nirula. The exhibition celebrates the rich legacy of Ikat, an age old textile technique stretching across the continents of the world. This unique collection brings together an array of some of the priceless pieces of

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Development Studies – July 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 8, 2013|Development Studies|0 comments

Studies in Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding : Peace In Between : Post-War Violence and Peacebuilding / Mats Berdal, Astri Suhrke [e-book from ebrary] Ethnographic research in the construction industry / edited by Sarah Pink, Dylan Tutt, and Andrew Dainty. Women and wars / edited by Carol Cohn ; with a foreword by Cynthia Enloe. Development, security, and aid : geopolitics and geoeconomics at the U.S. Agency for International Development / Jamey

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Development Studies – April 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|May 6, 2013|Development Studies|0 comments

Coffee and power : revolution and the rise of democracy in Central America / Jeffery M. Paige The art of coercion : the primitive accumulation and management of coercive power / Antonio Giustozzi. The new protectorates : international tutelage and the making of liberal states / James Mayall, Ricardo Soares De Oliveira, editors. Understanding economic growth in China and India : a comparative study of selected issues / Yanrui Wu.

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Development Studies – January and February 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|March 5, 2013|Development Studies|0 comments

Every nation for itself : winners and losers in a G-Zero world / Ian Bremmer. Crisis, capital flows and FDI in emerging Asia / Ramkishen S. Rajan with Sasidaran Gopalan, Rabin Hattari. From iron rice bowl to informalization: markets, workers, and the state in a changing China / [edited by] Sarosh Kuruvilla, Ching Kwan Lee, and Mary E. Gallagher.[Available as an e-book via ebrary] Modalities of change : the interface

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Politics and International Relations – September to November 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|December 20, 2012|Politics|0 comments

Great games, local rules : the new power contest in Central Asia / Alexander Cooley. Chaos, violence, dynasty : politics and Islam in Central Asia / Eric McGlinchey. Understanding Central Asia : politics and contested transformations / Sally Cummings. Movement, power and place in Central Asia and beyond : contested trajectories / edited by Madeleine Reeves. Extremists in our midst: confronting terror [electronic resource] / Abdul Haqq Baker. [Available as

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Development Studies – September and October 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|November 28, 2012|Development Studies|0 comments

 e-books Coming climate crisis?  : consider the past, beware the big fix / Claire L. Parkinson. Available from Dawsonera. Abortion in Asia local dilemmas, global politics / edited by Andrea Whittaker. Available from Dawsonera. United in discontent : local responses to cosmopolitanism and globalization / edited by Dimitrios Theodossopoulos and Elisabeth Kirtsoglou. Available from Dawsonera. e-book and print Ethics for disaster / Naomi Zack. [Also available as an e-book from

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