Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Richmond
Dr. Nourse studied Indonesian at Cornell University, UC Berkeley and Satya Wacana University and has conducted fieldwork in Sulawesi, Indonesia (Southeast Asia) and Bassarel, Guinea-Bissau (West Africa). In addition to numerous articles and presentations, Dr. Nourse's book, Conceiving Spirits: Birth Rituals and Contested Identities Among Lauje of Indonesia was published in the Fall of 1999 by Smithsonian Press.
In addition to articles and presentations on her research topics she has appeared on Indonesian talk shows and world news programs to discuss changing attitudes in the history of marriage and problems with issues in sex trafficking.
The mosques that survived Palu's tsunami and what that means
Oct 17, 2018 22:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
In the devastation that followed the earthquake and resulting tsunami in the Indonesian city of Palu in Central Sulawesi, many Muslim religious sites were destroyed. Two mosques, however, survived, with little to no...
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