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The Highlander Journal is an academic, open-access, and peer reviewed online journal, broadly concerned with the study of Asia's highland communities historically situated at the margins of the state, and is inspired by debates on the spatio-cultural aspects of 'Zomia'. This concept was used originally to imagine an alternate cartography of upland Asia, which in-turn spurred debates on state, culture, and social formation in the so-called peripheries. The Journal is a unique and accessible forum for multidisciplinary and comparative discussions, taking these concepts within and beyond Asia and thereby engaging with global conversations on interconnection and fragmentation.

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Current Issue

Volume 4, No. 1Naga Performing Arts & Oral Traditions - Special Issue edited by Christian Poske

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/

Published July 25, 2025

Issue description

This special issue of The Highlander Journal, edited by Christian Poske, explores Naga performing arts and oral traditions, with contributions from scholars based in India and Algeria. Topics include contemporary musical expressions of historical memory, poetic regist ... See the full issue

Editorial

  1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16306046

Articles

  1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16080385
  2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16081344
  3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16080987

Book Reviews

  1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16081571