PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies最新文献

The Human Dredger 人类挖泥船

PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-09 DOI: 10.5130/pjmis.v19i1-2.8306

Billy De Luca

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Migration, Brokerage and Recruitment 移民，经纪和招聘

PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-09 DOI: 10.5130/pjmis.v19i1-2.7680

S. Chan

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Edgeways Logic: The Space and Language of In-betweenness in New Delhi’s Roadside Shrines 边缘逻辑:新德里路边神龛的空间与语言

PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies Pub Date : 2022-11-21 DOI: 10.5130/pjmis.v18i1-2.7810

Ronie Parciack, Rita Brara

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Through the Looking Glass: 镜中奇遇记:

PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies Pub Date : 2022-11-21 DOI: 10.5130/pjmis.v18i1-2.7808

Kathinka Frøystad

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The Contemporary Deconstruction of Religion: How Current Scholarship in Religious Studies is Changing Methods and Theories 当代宗教解构:当前宗教研究如何改变方法和理论

PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies Pub Date : 2022-11-21 DOI: 10.5130/pjmis.v18i1-2.7807

N. Goldenberg

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Boundaries and Crossings: Religious Fluidity in Twenty-first Century India 边界与跨越:21世纪印度的宗教流动性

PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies Pub Date : 2022-11-21 DOI: 10.5130/pjmis.v18i1-2.8245

L. Davidson

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Curating divinity: Religious souvenirs, shopkeepers and bazaar curation 策划神性:宗教纪念品、店主和集市策划

PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies Pub Date : 2022-11-21 DOI: 10.5130/pjmis.v18i1-2.7809

R. Chopra

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Silence, Exile and Cunning: Concealment and Worship at the Holy Infant Jesus Church, Bangalore 沉默，流亡和狡猾:在圣婴耶稣教堂的隐藏和崇拜，班加罗尔

PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies Pub Date : 2022-11-21 DOI: 10.5130/pjmis.v18i1-2.7877

D. Ghosh

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Numb From Rejection: Academic Publishing Is Not for the Faint-hearted. 被拒绝的麻木学术出版不适合胆小鬼。

PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.211140

Naomi Schlesinger, Victor S Sloan, Richard S Panush

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Kampong French

PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.5130/pjmis.v18i1-2.7897

J. Duruz

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