"In addition to my own #scholarship and #teaching on #Jewish #folklore, I also proudly serve as the co-chair of the #American Folklore Society’s #JewishFolklore and #Ethnology Section and as an associate editor of the #academic journal Jewish Folklore and Ethnology. My work, like that of my colleagues, depends on engagement with communities, with #archives, and with #scholars across borders.

It is precisely that kind of engagement that is now under threat.

Within #folkloristics, #ethnomusicology examines music as a form of cultural knowledge and expression, a way of understanding identity, history, and society. Recently, the group Music Scholars for #Palestine has pushed for the Society of Ethnomusicology (SEM) to adopt a resolution aligned with the #Palestinian Campaign for the #Academic and #Cultural #Boycott of #Israel (#BDS)."

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/when-academic-boycotts-target-jewish-culture/

Quote from احمد منصور/Ahmad Mansoor (@mdmnwr45443132):

The Pakistani military regime has always used Pakistani scholars for their own objectives and then assassinated them.

Why did the ISI target Sheikh Sahib? The truth is that they want to create discord and mistrust among those with spiritual affiliations in this region.

We are aware of the Haqqani network's position and services. Our difference has always been with some of the statements by certain scholars associated with the institution, which have not taken into consideration the sensitivities and politics of the region.

The Pakistani military and intelligence agencies have been targeting scholars with assassinations for some time now.

They want to hide the consequences of internal divisions, relations with the United States and Israel, and the unjustified/harmful ongoing war with Afghanistan.

We are awake, and we will thwart all of the military regime’s nefarious plans in their infancy.

Our request to the esteemed scholars is that you understand your dignity. Calling yourselves Deobandi alone cannot save you from problems; you must completely follow the traditions of Darul Uloom Deoband.

Your status in the Pakistani constitution is to be exploited and assassinated.

#Ahmed_Mansour

#Scholars

د پاکستان پوځي رژيم تل پاکستاني علماء د خپلو موخو لپاره کارولي او بيا يې ترور کړي

دا چې ولې ISI شيخ صيب يې په نښه کړ؟ حقيقت دا ده چې په دې سيمه کې غواړي معنوياتو سره تړاؤ لرونکو تر مینځ خوابدۍ او بدګمانۍ پيدا کړي

مونږ ته د حقانيې مقام او خدمات معلوم دي، اختلاف مو تل د يادې جامعې د استاذانو له ځينو څرګندونو سره ساتلی چې پکې د سيمې نزاکتونه او سياستونه يې مد نظر نه دي نيولي

پاکستانی فوځ او استخباراتو يې څه مودې راهيسې بيا د علماؤ ترور ته مخه کړې

غواړي داخلي اختلافات، امريکا، اسرائيلو سره رابطې او افغانستان سره د بې موجبه روانې/زيانمنې جګړې نتايج پټ کړي

مونږ بيداره يو د پوځي رژيم ټول شوم پلانونه به په نطفه کې خنثاء کړو

کوزو علماء کرامو څخه مو غوښتنه دا ده چې خپل منزلت درک کړی، تنها ځانونه ديوبندي بلل تاسو له مشکلاتو نه شي ژغورلای، بايد د ديوبند دارالعلوم اسلافو کامل تقليد وکړی

ستاسو حيثيت په پاکستاني آئين کې همدا ده چې وکارول شی او ترور کړل شی.

#احمد_منصور

#علماء

Source: احمد منصور/Ahmad Mansoor (@mdmnwr45443132)
[ https://x.com/mdmnwr45443132/status/2051578955434500587 ]

#Afghanistan #Israel #Haqqani #Pakistan

A podcast featuring Sigi Jöttkandt, Joanna Zylinska and myself from Open Humanities Press, titled 'Friendship, and Other Ways of Producing Knowledge', is now available on the Scholē IRL website.

https://www.scholeirl.org/

And on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPuu4XjOkK0&t=4s

‘This week, we are joined [by] the Directors of OHP, an international community of #scholars, editors and readers with a focus on critical and cultural theory and a mission to make leading works of contemporary critical thought available worldwide. #OHP has operated as an independent initiative since 2006, promoting #openaccess #scholarship in journals, #books and exploring new forms of scholarly #communication OHP’s organization is a community-interest company headquartered in London. They act on the principles of access, scholarship, #diversity and transparency. They have also partnered with a number of groups and institutions to explore #grassroots solutions to the crisis in #Humanities #publishing.'

#LGBTQ related #Wikipedia article created 1 hour ago

Jane M. Bowers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_M._Bowers
Jane Meredith Bowers (September 17, 1936 – June 28, 2022) was an American flautist, musicologist, educator and feminist. She is most known for editing Women Making Music: The Western Art Tradition, 1150-1950 (1986) and for her contributions to The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

#Educators #Wellesley #Writers #Scholars