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Overview
Laura Jones is in the third year of a PhD project looking at Muslim experiences of Ramadan (the month of fasting) in contemporary Britain. She holds an MA in Islam in Contemporary Britain and an MTh in Chaplaincy Studies.
Her ethnographic research of Ramadan uses photo diaries and qualitative interviews to explore the significance of the holy month for Muslims in the UK. Her findings focus on attitudes towards food, communal elements of Ramadan and spirituality. She is interested in theories of embodiment and social construction in relation to her findings.
Publication
2022
- Jones-Ahmed, L. 2022. Isolation, community and spirituality: British Muslim experiences of Ramadan in lockdown. Religions 13(1), article number: 74. (10.3390/rel13010074)
- Jones-Ahmed, L. 2022. A culture of ambiguity: an alternative history of Islam [Book Review]. Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations 33(1), pp. 91-93. (10.1080/09596410.2021.2018798)
- Jones, L. 2022. Ramadan in the UK: A month of ambiguity. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2021
- Jones, L. 2021. Islam on campus: contested identities & the cultures of higher education in Britain [Book Review]. Journal of Contemporary Religion 36(3), pp. 585-587. (10.1080/13537903.2021.1935486)
Articles
- Jones-Ahmed, L. 2022. Isolation, community and spirituality: British Muslim experiences of Ramadan in lockdown. Religions 13(1), article number: 74. (10.3390/rel13010074)
- Jones-Ahmed, L. 2022. A culture of ambiguity: an alternative history of Islam [Book Review]. Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations 33(1), pp. 91-93. (10.1080/09596410.2021.2018798)
- Jones, L. 2021. Islam on campus: contested identities & the cultures of higher education in Britain [Book Review]. Journal of Contemporary Religion 36(3), pp. 585-587. (10.1080/13537903.2021.1935486)
Thesis
- Jones, L. 2022. Ramadan in the UK: A month of ambiguity. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Research
- Islam in contemporary Britain
- Religion in the public sphere
- Muslims and the media
- Interfaith studies
- Social theory
- Subaltern counterpublics (Fraser 1992)
- Geertz - significance, thick description
Supervisors
Dr Michael Munnik
Senior Lecturer in Social Science Theories and Methods, Director of Learning and Teaching
