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The complex web of Indian life and culture with its historic background of hoary past presents ceremonies, customs, and institutions which well-nigh defy the attempts of the anthropologist, sociologist, or the philosophical historian at anything like a systematic and satisfactory account of their sources and careers. For a proper interpretation of the institutions and practices obtaining in India at the present day the scientist has thus to lay under consideration the data of archaeology, ecology, as well as ethnology. But the study of Indian social facts and phenomena is yet in its nonage. We are yet in the stage of collecting materials about the manifold aspects of our socio-economic, socio-religious, and socio-political usages and theories. The science of Indian sociology is only in the making.

Drawing inspiration from discussions on the relationship between archaeology and video games (“archaeogaming”), this article argues that contemporary games address three central concepts of archaeological theory: the uncertain materiality of archaeological finds, the way in which caring for artifacts complicates a linear or chronological understanding of history, and the open-ended quality of archaeological interpretation. The “archaeogames” I examine—which include Heaven’s Vault (Inkle, 2019), Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital, 2019), The Forgotten City (Modern Storyteller, 2021), and Elden Ring (FromSoftware, 2022)—capture these concepts by implementing a variety of gameplay and narrative mechanics. In addition to embedding archaeological objects at the level of representation, these games turn archaeological theory into a gameplay practice—a process potentially leading to the emergence of collaborative and creative storytelling within what I call archaeological fandom.

This volume -the tenth book of a series on the cultural transfers between the Ottoman Empire and Europe with a focus on the performing arts- edited by Holm and Rasmussen begins with an informative and insightful introductory “Kaleidoscoscopic Reflections” that will undoubtedly increase the familiarity of readers for the topic. Editors explain their aims for this volume over the approaches, interpretations, and the discussions held during the sessions introduced by Professor İlber Ortaylı and supported by the C. L. David Foundation and Collection. This study as the editors mentioned took its main outset from the series of seminars titled “The Image of the Turks in Early Modern Europe” at Copenhagen University.

Global sea-level rise causes increasing threats of coastal flood and subsequent pollutant dispersion. However, there are still few studies on the disparity arising from such threats and the extent to which different communities could be exposed to flood-induced pollution dispersion from toxic sites under future sea level rise. To address this gap, this study selects Texas (a U.S. state with a large number of toxic sites and significant flood hazards) as the study area and investigates impacts of flood-induced pollutant dispersion on different communities under current (2018) and future (2050) flood hazard scenarios.The results show, currently, north coastline in Texas bears higher threats and vulnerable communities (i.e., low income, minorities and unemployed) are disproportionally exposed to these threats. In addition, the future sea-level rise and the exacerbated flood hazards will put additional threats on more (about 10%) Texas residents, among which vulnerable communities will still be disproportionately exposed to the increased threats. Our study reveals the facts that potential coastal pollutant dispersion will further aggravate the environmental injustice issues at the intersection of toxic sites and flood hazards for vulnerable populations and exacerbate risk inequalities. Given the dire impacts of flood-induced pollution dispersion on public health, the findings have important implications for specific actions from the policy makers to mitigate the inequitable risks.

This paper explores how Antony as a ghost in Act I of Étienne Jodelle’s Cléopâtre captive (1553) engages spectators in a reflection on history. By drawing on Walter Benjamin’s discussion of the ghost figure in the German mourning play, the paper reinterprets Antony’s ghost as a borderline figure both caught up in the dramatic action and a figure apt to reflect on the nature of history. This is done by firstly re-examining Jodelle’s creative merging of the protatic ghost found in Seneca’s Thyestes and Agamemnon and the ghostly dream vision from Pseudo-Seneca’s Octavia, and secondly by paying attention to Antony’s treatment of concepts such as God-given order and vicissitude. L’article explore comment le spectre d’Antoine à l’acte I de Cléopâtre captive d'Étienne Jodelle (1553) engage les spectateurs dans une réflexion sur l’histoire. En prenant Walter Benjamin et sa discussion du spectre dans le Trauerspiel comme point de départ, l’article réinterprète le spectre d'Antoine comme une figure à la fois prise dans l'action dramatique et invitant une réflexion sur l’histoire. L’auteur procède en réexaminant, en premier lieu, la fusion créative par Jodelle du spectre protatique chez Sénèque dans Thyeste et Agamemnon et la vision fantomatique dans Octavie de Pseudo-Sénèque puis, dans un deuxième temps, en s’intéressant au traitement par Antoine de concepts tels que l'ordre divin et la vicissitude.

The cultural and architectural history of Pera, also known as Galata, has been the focus of many studies. However, its soundscape has not attracted much scholarly interest to date. The present study fills part of this gap by tracing the history of bell ringing in the settlement. Written and material evidence sheds light on the use of bells by the Latin community of Pera from the period of Genoese rule until the late Ottoman Empire. Sounds and silence provide new insights into the long history of the Latin presence in Pera and its evolution throughout the centuries. Pera ya da Galata’nın kültür ve mimarlık tarihi birçok çalışmaya konu olmuştur. Ancak bölgenin ses peyzajı (soundscape) araştırmacıların şimdiye değin çok ilgisini çekmemiştir. Bu çalışma, bu eksikliği kısmen giderme amacıyla bölgede çan çalmanın tarihine bakıyor. Yazılı ve maddi bulgular, Pera’nın Latin cemaatinin çan kullanımının, bölgedeki Ceneviz idaresinden geç Osmanlı dönemine uzanan tarihine ışık tutuyor. Ses ve sessizlik, Pera’daki Latin varlığının uzun geçmişine ve yüzyıllar içindeki değişimine dair yeni bir bakış sağlıyor.

Despite the several attempts to rework on his ideas, using non-mainstream approaches, George L. Shackle has remained an outsider in the economic discipline. Shackle, however, if we take seriously what he thought of economics, as a discipline concerned with a subject that is not self-contained but open-ended and impermanent, is not a man alone. Starting from an assessment of Shackle’s understanding of choice as originative and creative, the paper argues that Shackle should be rescued from the role of a nihilist where he is often relegated. In this perspective, a fundamental key to assessing the originality and anticipatory character of Shackle’s contribution can be found in the recent developments of several “friendly” disciplines such as the psychology of motivations and of self-rewarding actions, narrative as the “science” of the possible and the role of calendar time in choice theory. In fact, all these novel rethinkings can contribute to the understanding of Shackle’s main point, that human (and therefore economic) agents are active, creative enterprisers, who cut the deterministic thread by injecting the new in history to come, in making a difference in the future courses of action. Malgré de nombreuses tentatives pour retravailler ses idées au sein d’approches non-orthodoxes, George L. Shackle est resté un outsider des sciences économiques. Shackle, cependant, n’est pas un auteur isolé, du moins, si on prend au sérieux ce qu’il pensait des sciences économiques, en tant que discipline dont l’objet n’est pas auto-suffisant mais ouvert et changeant. Nous proposons d’abord une lecture de Shackle, centrée sur sa compréhension du choix, comme acte créatif et créateur ; sur cette base, notre article propose une manière de sauver Shackle du rôle de nihiliste, auquel il est souvent relégué. Dans cette perspective, on peut identifier le caractère original et précurseur de la contribution de Shackle par une analyse des développements récents de plusieurs disciplines « voisines », comme la psychologie des motivations et des actions d’auto-récompense, les narratives comme « science » du possible ou le rôle du temps calendaire dans la théorie du choix. En réalité, tous ces nouveaux développements intellectuels peuvent contribuer à la compréhension de l’argument principal soulevé par Shackle, à savoir, que les agents humains (et donc, économiques) sont actifs et créatifs, et qu’ils rompent tout fil déterministe pour introduire de la nouveauté dans l’histoire à venir, et que cela fait une différence dans le déroulement futur de l’action.

In lieu of an abstract: Located in the Istanbul Research Institute Library archives, this original autographed document is a typewritten letter from Nazım Kıbrızlı, the president of the Turkish Society for the Protection of Animals (Türkiye Hayvanları Koruma Cemiyeti) throughout the 1940s.1 It is a reader’s letter directly addressed to Fikret Adil (1901–1973), a prominent figure in Istanbul’s cultural milieu from the early republican period onward.

A 65-year-old Japanese woman underwent umbilical cord blood transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia. Zinc acetate dihydrate tablets were administered for hypozincemia after transplantation, and vomiting and appetite loss occurred soon thereafter. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed mucosal redness, erosion, white coat adhesion, and ulcers. Although graft-versus-host disease, intestinal transplant-associated microangiopathy, and cytomegalovirus infection were considered as possible causes, we diagnosed the patient with zinc acetate dihydrate tablet-associated gastric mucosal alterations based on the endoscopic features. This case reinforces the notion that medication-associated gastric lesions should be suspected in patients taking zinc acetate dihydrate tablets.

The global COVID-19 pandemic has seen unprecedented state border closures and a proliferation of novel restrictions on human mobility both within and between states. This article examines the human rights implications for refugees and asylum seekers of one COVID-19 response measure within and beyond Australia: namely, the adoption of COVID-19 vaccination passport systems. We argue that the use of COVID-19 passport systems in 2021 intensified and entrenched the growing inequalities between states and people in the vaccine-rich Global North and vaccine-deprived Global South as well as between citizens and non-citizens within particular states. Using the concepts of ‘mobility injustice’ and ‘immunoprivilege’, we explore how COVID-19 passport systems created particular additional barriers for refugees to access asylum, to exercise their right to mobility and to realise their right to health. We thus call for ongoing vigilance against the potential for COVID-19 passport systems to be redeployed in future times of global pandemics or emergencies to the detriment of refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented people, both in Australia and globally, even while being touted as a means of protecting populations, opening international travel and granting greater freedoms.