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This dissertation is a study about belonging among the Fatanis who are caught between two places, namely Makkah and Jawi. Using historical and ethnographic data collected during two years of transnational fieldwork in Saudi Arabia, Thailand, and Malaysia, this dissertation shows…

Living within the many faiths and cultures of Thailand and experiencing the effects of modernisation, consumerism and globalisation, my practice-led research aims to develop installations that can capture and offer experiences of inhabiting ambiguous, disruptive and playful stat…

Over the past 150 years, the European violin has grown from a new import to a fundamental fixture in the Arab music of Egypt. Due to the violin's history, physical attributes, and symbolic importance, violinists regularly work between categories often set in opposition, especial…