Historicity has emerged within anthropology to refer to cultural perceptions of the past. It
calls attention to the techniques such as rituals that people use to learn about the past, the …

Historical time is a notoriously elusive notion. Yet, as societies attempt to make sense of
rapidly changing worlds, it gains a new significance in the twenty-first century. This Element …

This article examines dreaming as an Islamic practice of historical inquiry among
traditionalist Muslims of Central Java, Indonesia. Combining insights from the …

In this research, the process of world-making at stake in movie direction and movie images
is explored. Following Deleuze and Bergson, I investigate how the process of designing and …

This article, a prologue to the special issue 'Memory Worlds: Reframing Time and the Past',
is a follow-up to the plenary session 'Connecting Memory Traditions around the World' …

Arguing for the urgent need to place colonial and European history in dialogue, this text
criticizes the literature that examines campaigns to resettle the native population of Spanish …

Research for this book has been supported by a variety of institutions and individuals both in
Indonesia and in the UK. I would like to begin by thanking the Economic and Social …

This book centers on two inquisitorial investigations, both of which began in the 1540s. One
involved the relations of Europeans and Native Americans in an Oaxacan town (in New …

In this work, I explore four meanings of'contemporary,'emphasizing its designation as a
historical field. I argue that disagreements about when the presento or the contemporary era …

This article explores Bernard Stiegler's concept of Epiphylogenesis as an alternative
framework for understanding modern nations while aspiring to resolve major gaps in the …