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MprinT project (2021 – 2025)
Investigate the shift from manuscriptto print culture in Islamic textual traditions along the Swahili coast ofEast Africa during the 19th and 20th centuries
Collect and document data on themanuscript-to-print transition in the region
Compare manuscript and printed textsto assess if print promoted a more 'global' Islam
MprinT is funded by the Research Council of Norway and supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy - EXC 2176 'Understanding Written Artefacts: Material, Interaction and Transmission in Manuscript Cultures', project no. 390893796. The research was partially conducted within the scope of the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at University of Hamburg.
