In this episode of Learning from the Levant, Shatha Mubaideen speaks with Dr. Carmen Ting, an archaeologist specialising in materials analysis and ancient technologies. Dr. Ting directs several projects on the emergence and spread of medieval glazed tableware across the Levant, Islamic lands, and Central Asia. She also develops innovative non-invasive techniques to study medieval Persian ceramics, expanding the context and narratives of museum collections.
Dr. Ting is the Co-editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Open Archaeology Data and has held research and teaching positions at Cambridge, UCL, and internationally. Her work highlights the complex networks of production, trade, and consumption that shaped the medieval world.
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In this episode of Learning from the Levant, Shatha Mubaideen speaks with Dr. Carmen Ting, an archaeologist specialising in materials analysis and ancient technologies. Dr. Ting directs several projects on the emergence and spread of medieval glazed tableware across the Levant, Islamic lands, and Central Asia. She also develops innovative non-invasive techniques to study medieval Persian ceramics, expanding the context and narratives of museum collections.
Dr. Ting is the Co-editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Open Archaeology Data and has held research and teaching positions at Cambridge, UCL, and internationally. Her work highlights the complex networks of production, trade, and consumption that shaped the medieval world.
Rebel Populism: Revolution and Loss Among Syrian Labourers in Beirut I Philip Proudfoot I Sept 2022
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Rebel Populism: Revolution and Loss Among Syrian Labourers in Beirut I Philip Proudfoot I Sept 2022
Rebel populism tells the story of the Syrian uprising through the eyes of migrant workers in Beirut. Workers from Syria have maintained a presence in Lebanon for decades. There was a time when their wages stretched further back home. However, from the mid-2000s, liberalising reforms saw accelerating levels of poverty. Migration shifted from an ‘opportunity’ to a survivalist strategy.
But in 2011, revolution came to Syria. Rural towns and villages – the birthplaces of this book’s principal characters – exploded in revolt. Several men returned, some later joining armed militias, but even those who remained abroad found means to protest at a distance. This political moment, which Proudfoot conceptualises as an example of ‘rebellious populism,’ also represents an increasingly common global contentious political formation. It is a form of mass politics which emerges not via a charismatic orator or longstanding ideological convictions, but through the weaving together of grievances aimed at the ruling class. Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, Rebel populism offers fresh and vital insight into Syrian uprising, war and ultimate crisis.
About the speaker:
Philip Proudfoot is an anthropologist based in the Power and Popular Politics Cluster at the Institute of Development Studies. He is also the former Assistant Director of CBRL Amman. Philip’s work explores the political economy of de-development, forced migration, gender and sexuality, humanitarianism, protracted conflict, and populist mass movements.
Follow Philip on Twitter @PhilipProudfoot
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In this episode of Learning from the Levant, Shatha Mubaideen speaks with Dr. Carmen Ting, an archaeologist specialising in materials analysis and ancient technologies. Dr. Ting directs several projects on the emergence and spread of medieval glazed tableware across the Levant, Islamic lands, and Central Asia. She also develops innovative non-invasive techniques to study medieval Persian ceramics, expanding the context and narratives of museum collections.
Dr. Ting is the Co-editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Open Archaeology Data and has held research and teaching positions at Cambridge, UCL, and internationally. Her work highlights the complex networks of production, trade, and consumption that shaped the medieval world.
