Focus and Scope

Aims and Scope

Muqoddima invites scholarly contributions that interrogate power, identity, institutions, and meaning in contemporary and historical settings. The journal welcomes interdisciplinary and comparative approaches that enrich sociological analysis with insights from anthropology, political science, religious studies, and cultural studies. We seek to elevate voices, cases, and ideas from Southeast Asia and the Global South more broadly.

Thematic Areas

  • Social inequality and community transformation
  • Cultural practices, everyday life, and identity
  • Political sociology, governance, and resistance
  • Sociology of religion and spirituality
  • Labor, livelihoods, and economic justice
  • Environmental sociology and disaster studies
  • Theoretical innovation and sociological critique
  • Decolonial, indigenous, and feminist perspectives