The paper discusses musical performances used at mourning ceremonies by the Ismaili Muslims in mountainous Gorno–Badakhshan province of Tajikistan (hereafter GBAO). Shī’a Ismailis make up most population this province, compared to a majority Sunni Muslim rest Tajikistan. These have lived remote for centuries and therefore evolved their own unique culture that is different from Tajikistan. ...

Cylcons are common in Australia, reported early accounts (e.g., by Etheridge, McCarthy) as spiritually important for Aboriginal people, but where the Indigenous perspectives on these stones? Here we provide two stories about our engagement with objects and then look at an archaeological excavation that allowed culture science to come together helping us interpret stones. Les cylcons sont objets...