Alter-Native Mobilities and Boundaries Seminar (original) (raw)

Muslim networks are globally diverse and mobile. Taking Islam as a transnational case study invites us to rethink Muslim religious-secular practices and their relationships to transnational public space and boundaries. By studying the discourse of contemporary Muslim scholars, the pilgrimage of observant Muslims, the female headscarf as a symbol between fashion and piety, global-local Muslim entrepreneurs, we analyze the border-crossing ‘movement’ of Muslims from different angles (social, religious and economical). These case studies deal with a range of theoretical debates by which anthropologists have come to define their thinking about the study of Muslims moving between global and local forms and practices, including key concepts such as de-territoralization and re-territorizaliton, and transnationalism among Muslims.