The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
@jich.bsky.social
A peer-reviewed Taylor & Francis academic journal exploring the British Empire, the Commonwealth, and wider colonialism.
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JICH will now award two annual prizes: The Stockwell-Burroughs Prize for Best Article; & the Murphy-Howe Prize for Best Postgrad Article.
Winners will be announced each Feb & receive £200 in book vouchers from @tandfresearch.bsky.social. Winning articles will become free access for 12 months.
Winners will be announced each Feb & receive £200 in book vouchers from @tandfresearch.bsky.social. Winning articles will become free access for 12 months.
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Latest from me on the Royal #Irish Constabulary commemoration fiasco a few years ago - thanks to everyone at @jich.bsky.social for their assistance.
#OpenAccess and recently published! Check out: 'Revisionism 2.0: The Royal Irish Constabulary Commemoration Controversy of 2020' by Shaun McDaid: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Revisionism 2.0: The Royal Irish Constabulary Commemoration Controversy of 2020
This article explores the Royal Irish Constabulary Commemoration controversy of 2020. It argues that the Irish government’s attempts to separate the ‘good’ (Irish) recruits from ‘bad’ (British) rec...
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November 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Latest from me on the Royal #Irish Constabulary commemoration fiasco a few years ago - thanks to everyone at @jich.bsky.social for their assistance.
See the recent essay '‘Neutral in Matters of Party Politics’?: The Uneasy Place of The Mormon Church within Commonwealth Politics' by Brenton Griffin: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
‘Neutral in Matters of Party Politics’?: The Uneasy Place of The Mormon Church within Commonwealth Politics
This current debate historicises and scrutinises the claim of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more commonly known as the Mormon Church, in regards to its stance of ‘political neutr...
doi.org
November 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
See the recent essay '‘Neutral in Matters of Party Politics’?: The Uneasy Place of The Mormon Church within Commonwealth Politics' by Brenton Griffin: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
#OpenAccess and recently published! Check out: 'Revisionism 2.0: The Royal Irish Constabulary Commemoration Controversy of 2020' by Shaun McDaid: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Revisionism 2.0: The Royal Irish Constabulary Commemoration Controversy of 2020
This article explores the Royal Irish Constabulary Commemoration controversy of 2020. It argues that the Irish government’s attempts to separate the ‘good’ (Irish) recruits from ‘bad’ (British) rec...
doi.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
#OpenAccess and recently published! Check out: 'Revisionism 2.0: The Royal Irish Constabulary Commemoration Controversy of 2020' by Shaun McDaid: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
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Hong Kong diaspora communities are inhibited in accessing their city’s colonial history, I argue in my blog post for @activehist.bsky.social activehistory.ca/blog/2025/11...
Based on my paper in @jich.bsky.social (open access) doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Based on my paper in @jich.bsky.social (open access) doi.org/10.1080/0308...
November 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Hong Kong diaspora communities are inhibited in accessing their city’s colonial history, I argue in my blog post for @activehist.bsky.social activehistory.ca/blog/2025/11...
Based on my paper in @jich.bsky.social (open access) doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Based on my paper in @jich.bsky.social (open access) doi.org/10.1080/0308...
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In our latest @jich.bsky.social Current Debates essay entitled "Between Anti-Colonial Resistance and Colonial Genocide: Gaza at the Limits of International Law", Nicola Perugini interrogates the tension between anticolonial and colonial indistinction. #OpenAccess www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Between Anti-Colonial Resistance and Colonial Genocide: Gaza at the Limits of International Law
Amid Israel's war of annihilation in Gaza, which began in 2023, this article interrogates the tension between anticolonial and colonial indistinction. By indistinction, I refer to the transgression...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
In our latest @jich.bsky.social Current Debates essay entitled "Between Anti-Colonial Resistance and Colonial Genocide: Gaza at the Limits of International Law", Nicola Perugini interrogates the tension between anticolonial and colonial indistinction. #OpenAccess www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New advance access book review published in @jich.bsky.social
@farsouthhistory.bsky.social reviews 'An Empire of Magnetism: Global Science and the British Magnetic Enterprise in the Age of Imperialism' by Edward J. Gillin
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@farsouthhistory.bsky.social reviews 'An Empire of Magnetism: Global Science and the British Magnetic Enterprise in the Age of Imperialism' by Edward J. Gillin
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
An Empire of Magnetism: Global Science and the British Magnetic Enterprise in the Age of Imperialism
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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November 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM
New advance access book review published in @jich.bsky.social
@farsouthhistory.bsky.social reviews 'An Empire of Magnetism: Global Science and the British Magnetic Enterprise in the Age of Imperialism' by Edward J. Gillin
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@farsouthhistory.bsky.social reviews 'An Empire of Magnetism: Global Science and the British Magnetic Enterprise in the Age of Imperialism' by Edward J. Gillin
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
See Ciarán McKillop-O'Shea's recent book review of 'The Root of All Evil: The Irish Boundary Commission' by Cormac Moore, (Irish Academic Press, 2025): doi.org/10.1080/0308...
The Root of All Evil: The Irish Boundary Commission
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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November 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
See Ciarán McKillop-O'Shea's recent book review of 'The Root of All Evil: The Irish Boundary Commission' by Cormac Moore, (Irish Academic Press, 2025): doi.org/10.1080/0308...
See the recent book review by Joe Redmayne of 'Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century' by Ravi Ahuja (Verso, 2024): doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2025)
doi.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:13 AM
See the recent book review by Joe Redmayne of 'Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century' by Ravi Ahuja (Verso, 2024): doi.org/10.1080/0308...
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New book review published in @jich.bsky.social
Ciarán McKillop-O’Shea reviews “The Root of All Evil: The Irish Boundary Commission” by Cormac Moore
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Ciarán McKillop-O’Shea reviews “The Root of All Evil: The Irish Boundary Commission” by Cormac Moore
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Root of All Evil: The Irish Boundary Commission
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
New book review published in @jich.bsky.social
Ciarán McKillop-O’Shea reviews “The Root of All Evil: The Irish Boundary Commission” by Cormac Moore
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Ciarán McKillop-O’Shea reviews “The Root of All Evil: The Irish Boundary Commission” by Cormac Moore
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Our latest Current Debates essay is now out! In 'Neutral in Matters of Party Politics'? Brenton Griffin explores the role of the Mormon Church in Commonwealth politics. @jich.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘Neutral in Matters of Party Politics’?: The Uneasy Place of The Mormon Church within Commonwealth Politics
This current debate historicises and scrutinises the claim of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more commonly known as the Mormon Church, in regards to its stance of ‘political neutr...
www.tandfonline.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Our latest Current Debates essay is now out! In 'Neutral in Matters of Party Politics'? Brenton Griffin explores the role of the Mormon Church in Commonwealth politics. @jich.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We are proud to share that JICH has received over 58k downloads in 2025's 3rd quarter - a 76% increase from this time last year! Well done to our editorial team and all our supporters - @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social @evansmithhist.bsky.social @jonasgjerso.bsky.social @yiannicart.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
We are proud to share that JICH has received over 58k downloads in 2025's 3rd quarter - a 76% increase from this time last year! Well done to our editorial team and all our supporters - @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social @evansmithhist.bsky.social @jonasgjerso.bsky.social @yiannicart.bsky.social
Check out the recent article 'Engendering Empire: The British Women’s Services in Egypt & Palestine, 1940–1945' by Natalie D. McDonald: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Engendering Empire: The British Women’s Services in Egypt & Palestine, 1940–1945
During the Second World War, women’s branches of the British military were established in Egypt and Palestine. Both British and local women were employed in ‘auxiliary’ duties ranging from clerical...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Check out the recent article 'Engendering Empire: The British Women’s Services in Egypt & Palestine, 1940–1945' by Natalie D. McDonald: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
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1,000+ views in less than 4 weeks!
Delighted to see that my paper ‘Hong Kong Colonial Government Migrated Archives at Hanslope Park’ has reached over 1,000 views just 26 days after its publication.
Published open access in @jich.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Delighted to see that my paper ‘Hong Kong Colonial Government Migrated Archives at Hanslope Park’ has reached over 1,000 views just 26 days after its publication.
Published open access in @jich.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0308...
October 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
1,000+ views in less than 4 weeks!
Delighted to see that my paper ‘Hong Kong Colonial Government Migrated Archives at Hanslope Park’ has reached over 1,000 views just 26 days after its publication.
Published open access in @jich.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Delighted to see that my paper ‘Hong Kong Colonial Government Migrated Archives at Hanslope Park’ has reached over 1,000 views just 26 days after its publication.
Published open access in @jich.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0308...
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I’ve been revisiting the East African Campaign, which is where it all began for me in terms of studying Africa. A new perspective or analysis of Von Lettow-Vorbeck is just the ticket!
Hot off the press and #OpenAccess, check out 'Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck’s Career as a Colonial Officer: Learning the ‘Colonial Way of War’?' by Sibylle Scheipers: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck’s Career as a Colonial Officer: Learning the ‘Colonial Way of War’?
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck is best known as commander of the Schutztruppe in German East Africa during the First World War. His previous career as a colonial officer with deployments in the Boxer Rebe...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I’ve been revisiting the East African Campaign, which is where it all began for me in terms of studying Africa. A new perspective or analysis of Von Lettow-Vorbeck is just the ticket!
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New book review published at @jich.bsky.social
@joeredmayne.bsky.social reviews Ravi Ahuja's 'Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century'
@versobooks.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@joeredmayne.bsky.social reviews Ravi Ahuja's 'Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century'
@versobooks.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
New book review published at @jich.bsky.social
@joeredmayne.bsky.social reviews Ravi Ahuja's 'Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century'
@versobooks.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@joeredmayne.bsky.social reviews Ravi Ahuja's 'Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century'
@versobooks.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Hot off the press and #OpenAccess, check out 'Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck’s Career as a Colonial Officer: Learning the ‘Colonial Way of War’?' by Sibylle Scheipers: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck’s Career as a Colonial Officer: Learning the ‘Colonial Way of War’?
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck is best known as commander of the Schutztruppe in German East Africa during the First World War. His previous career as a colonial officer with deployments in the Boxer Rebe...
doi.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Hot off the press and #OpenAccess, check out 'Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck’s Career as a Colonial Officer: Learning the ‘Colonial Way of War’?' by Sibylle Scheipers: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
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📖We're thrilled to share a new article by Prof. Rotem Giladi
@rgiladi.bsky.social: “Flogging Jack Nafte: Corporal Punishment, Imperial Assimilation, and Jewish Whiteness in Pre-Apartheid South Africa” in @jich.bsky.social.
🔗For the full #openaccess article:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@rgiladi.bsky.social: “Flogging Jack Nafte: Corporal Punishment, Imperial Assimilation, and Jewish Whiteness in Pre-Apartheid South Africa” in @jich.bsky.social.
🔗For the full #openaccess article:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
📖We're thrilled to share a new article by Prof. Rotem Giladi
@rgiladi.bsky.social: “Flogging Jack Nafte: Corporal Punishment, Imperial Assimilation, and Jewish Whiteness in Pre-Apartheid South Africa” in @jich.bsky.social.
🔗For the full #openaccess article:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@rgiladi.bsky.social: “Flogging Jack Nafte: Corporal Punishment, Imperial Assimilation, and Jewish Whiteness in Pre-Apartheid South Africa” in @jich.bsky.social.
🔗For the full #openaccess article:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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My piece for @historyworkshop.org.uk reflects on the politics of forgetting, detailing how Hong Kong’s displaced colonial archives have exiled memory to the metropole www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
Based on my paper in @jich.bsky.social (open access) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Based on my paper in @jich.bsky.social (open access) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
My piece for @historyworkshop.org.uk reflects on the politics of forgetting, detailing how Hong Kong’s displaced colonial archives have exiled memory to the metropole www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
Based on my paper in @jich.bsky.social (open access) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Based on my paper in @jich.bsky.social (open access) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Our latest current debate is out and #OpenAccess, see 'Mobility Justice and the Big Ride for Palestine' by John Munro: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Mobility Justice and the Big Ride for Palestine
With a focus on how anticolonial social movements can pose solutions to multiple contemporary problems, this essay takes up the Big Ride for Palestine. The principal argument – that the Big Ride co...
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October 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Our latest current debate is out and #OpenAccess, see 'Mobility Justice and the Big Ride for Palestine' by John Munro: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Check out our latest article 'The Doctrine of Lapse in Nagpur: Decision-Making at the Periphery' by J. H. Song: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
The Doctrine of Lapse in Nagpur: Decision-Making at the Periphery
This article reinterprets the Doctrine of Lapse not as a uniform legal code or mere pretext for aggrandisement but as a situational instrument fashioned and applied at the colonial periphery. Centr...
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October 19, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Check out our latest article 'The Doctrine of Lapse in Nagpur: Decision-Making at the Periphery' by J. H. Song: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
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Our latest 'Current Debates' essay in @jich.bsky.social is now out! In 'Mobility Justice and the Big Ride for Palestine' @johnmunro.bsky.social highlights the connections between decolonial activism with environmentalist mobility justice. #OpenAccess
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Mobility Justice and the Big Ride for Palestine
With a focus on how anticolonial social movements can pose solutions to multiple contemporary problems, this essay takes up the Big Ride for Palestine. The principal argument – that the Big Ride co...
www.tandfonline.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Our latest 'Current Debates' essay in @jich.bsky.social is now out! In 'Mobility Justice and the Big Ride for Palestine' @johnmunro.bsky.social highlights the connections between decolonial activism with environmentalist mobility justice. #OpenAccess
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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In my post for Imperial & Global Forum (@exeter.ac.uk), I compare how different colonial governments handled records towards the end of the British Empire imperialglobalexeter.com/2025/10/16/d...
Based on my paper in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 (OA) doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Based on my paper in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 (OA) doi.org/10.1080/0308...
October 16, 2025 at 8:58 AM
In my post for Imperial & Global Forum (@exeter.ac.uk), I compare how different colonial governments handled records towards the end of the British Empire imperialglobalexeter.com/2025/10/16/d...
Based on my paper in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 (OA) doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Based on my paper in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 (OA) doi.org/10.1080/0308...
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“officials often destroyed or doctored countless files in an effort to uphold the Empire’s glorious image…. One former British colony has, however, remained absent from the literature: Hong Kong”
- @mrmhurst.bsky.social
@jich.bsky.social
imperialglobalexeter.com/2025/10/16/d...
- @mrmhurst.bsky.social
@jich.bsky.social
imperialglobalexeter.com/2025/10/16/d...
October 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
“officials often destroyed or doctored countless files in an effort to uphold the Empire’s glorious image…. One former British colony has, however, remained absent from the literature: Hong Kong”
- @mrmhurst.bsky.social
@jich.bsky.social
imperialglobalexeter.com/2025/10/16/d...
- @mrmhurst.bsky.social
@jich.bsky.social
imperialglobalexeter.com/2025/10/16/d...
Just released & #OpenAccess, check out 'Flogging Jack Nafte: Corporal Punishment, Imperial Assimilation, and Jewish Whiteness in Pre-Apartheid South Africa' by Rotem Giladi: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Flogging Jack Nafte: Corporal Punishment, Imperial Assimilation, and Jewish Whiteness in Pre-Apartheid South Africa
This article focusses on the whip and the body to examine an imperial variety of Jewish assimilation. Empire, the article argues, not only provided Jews more diverse opportunities for social mobili...
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October 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Just released & #OpenAccess, check out 'Flogging Jack Nafte: Corporal Punishment, Imperial Assimilation, and Jewish Whiteness in Pre-Apartheid South Africa' by Rotem Giladi: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Hot off the press & #OpenAccess, check out 'Amendments to Non-European Naturalisation Policy, 1956–1957: Differentiating Between Intention and Effect' by Nathan Gardner Molina: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Amendments to Non-European Naturalisation Policy, 1956–1957: Differentiating Between Intention and Effect
This article challenges benign depictions of the gradual and intentional liberalisation of the ‘White Australia policy’ during the Menzies government through an analysis of the quick series of amen...
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October 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Hot off the press & #OpenAccess, check out 'Amendments to Non-European Naturalisation Policy, 1956–1957: Differentiating Between Intention and Effect' by Nathan Gardner Molina: doi.org/10.1080/0308...