Anthropological Research on the regional diversities and networks among Islamic Religion in the East African Goast

本研究的目的是探索东非海岸（包括沿海腹地和近海岛屿）伊斯兰宗教的区域多样性和网络，并阐明通过东非海岸的区域伊斯兰网络，伊斯兰教形象的各种地方表达如何与伊斯兰知识的分布模式相关联。更具体地说，我们的研究有三个分析焦点。首先，分析伊斯兰知识和话语在该地区传播的多个网络的动态。其次，分析伊斯兰教的全球化与本土化在每个地方背景下的动态互动，在大多数情况下，穆斯林和非穆斯林人口共存。第三，探讨在穆斯林与非穆斯林之间错综复杂的边界中，适合伊斯兰实践或表现的人的文化策略。这些不同的方法和分析焦点放在一起，预计我们将获得对伊斯兰宗教及其在东非沿海社会特定背景下的社会文化活力的更细致入微的理解和新的理论见解。

The purpose of the research is to explore regional diversities and networks among Islamic religion in the East African Coast(including the coast hinterland and the offshore islands) and to elucidate how various local articulations of the image of Islam are correlated with the patterns of distributions of Islamic knowledge through the regional Islamic networks in the East Africa coast.More specifically our research has three analytical foci.Firstly, to analyze the dynamics of multiple networks through which Islamic knowledge and discourses are distributed in this region.Secondly, to analyze the dynamic interaction of the globalization and localization of Islam Working at the same time in each local context, where in most cases both Muslim and Non-Muslim populations coexist.Thirdly, to explore the cultural strategy of the people that appropriate the Islamic practice or representation in the intricate boundary between Muslim and Non-Muslim people.These different approaches and analytical foci put together, it is expected we will obtain the more nuanced understanding and new theoretical insights on Islamic religion and its socio-cultural dynamism in specific contexts to the East African coastal societies.