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Volume-IV

, Issue-I

(SPRING 2021)



01 - Normative Orders in Everyday-Life: Being Expatriate in Times of COVID-19 Pandemi...

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gasr.2021(IV-I).01
10.31703/gasr.2021(IV-I).01      Published : Jun 2021

    In the contemporary world of a strong digital order, yesterday's political borders give the impression of being not that more important. The old world was determined through its concepts of borders, frontiers, statehood, institutions, or the membership of its citizens. The strongholds of a state are its physical borders, politics (process), polity (structures/institutions) and policy (content/norm... Details
    Normative Orders, COVID-19, Pandemic, Crisis, Frankfurt
    (1) Syed Imran Haider
    Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Allama Iqbal Open University, Isalmabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Homayun Alam
    Goethe University Frankfurt am Main Germany.
    (3) Muhammad Ali
    Department of Sociology, Allama Iqbal Open University, Isalmabad, Pakistan.

02 - Limited Formal Education and its Impact of Disease Profile of Older Persons of R...

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gasr.2021(IV-I).02
10.31703/gasr.2021(IV-I).02      Published : Jun 2021

    Increased life expectancy and low mortality rates are the major reason for the increasing number of the older population. Developed countries are not only facing this problem, but the number of developing countries are also increasing. Pakistan is also among those countries having a greater portion of the older population. Objective: The present study was focused on exploring the relationship betw... Details
    Older Persons, Aging, Disease Profile, Education and Disease, Elder People
    (1) Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry
    Chairman, Department of Anthropology, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Aftab Ahmed
    PhD Scholar, Department of Sociology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Khurum Irshad
    PhD Scholar, Department of Sociology, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

03 - Corona Pandemic: Fear and Challenges in Gujrat, Pakistan...

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gasr.2021(IV-I).03
10.31703/gasr.2021(IV-I).03      Published : Jun 2021

    The biggest health disaster of the 21st century hit the world in Nov-2019 in the Hubei Province of China. The present study focused on the role of socio-cultural practices in the COVID-19 spread. Further geographical mobility discussed as a reason for the spread. It is a qualitative study based on observations, key informants interviews, and desk research. The study revealed three main elements th... Details
    COVID-19, Corona, Corona and Pakistan, Corona and Punjab, Corona and Gujrat
    (1) Ansa Riaz
    Master in Development Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia.
    (2) Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry
    Chairman, Department of Anthropology, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Aftab Ahmed
    PhD Scholar, Department of Sociology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

04 - Insignias in Shi'a Ethos and Commemoration: An Anthropological Analysis of Symbo...

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gasr.2021(IV-I).04
10.31703/gasr.2021(IV-I).04      Published : Jun 2021

    Shi'a is a popular sect of Muslims all over the world, and they have so many interesting signs and symbols in their culture; it is a need of the hour to explore and get in-depth knowledge about unique symbols which have remarkable latent meanings. This paper deals with the symbolic spiritual interpretation of colors in the Shi'a populace of the Chakwal. An Anthropological qualitative research tech... Details
    Shia, Symbolism, Commemoration, Colors, Ritual, Alam
    (1) Riaz Ahmad Muazzmi
    Department of Anthropology, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Faiza Iqbal
    Department of Asian Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Ghyas Ahmad Muazzmi
    Department of Sociology, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan.

05 - Un Masking the Socio-Cultural Precursors of Miscarriages; Voicing the Unheard...

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gasr.2021(IV-I).05
10.31703/gasr.2021(IV-I).05      Published : Jun 2021

    Miscarriages are a trauma that devastates the social and family life of the sufferers. They create unexpected social and psychological problems concerning shakeup in endogamy, physical and mental torture, offensive diatribe from the family males and in-laws. Medical reasons like chromosomes abnormalities, uncontrolled growth of cells, and Rh factor, which are apparently evident in such serious con... Details
    Pregnancy, Un-Awareness, Reproductive Health, Uncertain Fears
    (1) Ghazala Idrees
    MPhil Scholar, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.