The room is posted but would you please send a fuller address? I would like to attend.  Is there a charge?
Many thanks,
Melanie

Sent from my iPod

On Mar 6, 2013, at 8:03 AM, OLUWATOYIN ADEPOJU <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Kulasundari Devi <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 17:47:14 -0800
> Subject: [Shakti_Sadhana] Kōyilkātụ: Modern Day Sacred Grove
> Temples of Tamil Nadu - Friday, March 15th, 3pm
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 
> For those of you in the San Francisco Bay Area...
> 
> 
> 
> [image: CIIS Logo]****
> 
> ** **
> 
> *The Asian and Comparative Studies Department*
> 
> *invites you to a*
> 
> *Doctoral Dissertation Defense*
> 
> *By*
> 
> *Andrea Vecchione*
> 
> * *
> 
> *Ko**̄**yilka**̄**tu**̣**: **Modern Day Sacred Grove Temples of Tamil Nadu;*
> 
> *Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Beliefs, and Modern Times** ** *****
> 
> ** **
> 
> Friday, March 15, 2013    Room 311   3:00pm****
> 
> ** **
> 
> The concept of “sacred groves” has existed in multiple cultures in various
> religious and spiritual forms throughout history. Most recently, the value
> of preserving forests and “sacred groves” is recognized and advocated for
> by organizations such as the United Nations Environmental Protection
> (UNEP), the Office of Secretariat of the Convention of Biological
> Diversity, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
> (FOA),  (Higgins-Zogib, 50 ).****
> 
> In 1993, a survey was preformed by a local Indian NGO’s established two
> different types of ecological heritage traditions in Tamil Nadu, India;
> the   “Sacred groves” (*kovil kaadugal)  *found outside villages, and the
> “sacred tree” (*sthala vrksha)*, found in every Hindu/Dravidian temple.
> These traditions have evolved over thousands of years in a complex
> interplay between religion, culture, and indigenous technologies or
> “Traditional Ecological Knowledge” (TEK). (Gadgil 1995, 282). ****
> 
>  ****
> 
> ** **
> 
> Using interviews from three documented sacred grove sites in Tamil Nadu, I
> examine the current belief systems regarding the “sacredness” of these
> groves. I study how modern culture is impacting the traditional system of
> biological conservation. In addition, I compare and contrast the historical
> and environmental documentation of these areas previously amassed by local
> environmental organizations and university studies. ****
> 
> I found that these areas not only continue to be spiritual sanctuaries and
> community refuges, but that with increased industrial growth, the
> traditions seem to have grown stronger. This is reflected in the increasing
> number of individuals patronizing these groves and the devotion they
> express.****
> 
> ** **
> 
> Dissertation Committee Chair : **Jim Ryan**,  Ph.D.****
> 
> Dissertation Committee Member: Karabi Sen, Ph.D.****
> 
> Dissertation External Committee: Dianne Jenett, Ph.D.****
> 
> ** **
> 
>  ****
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> *Kulasundari Devi*
> *
> *
> Sri Kamakhya Mahavidya Mandir | PO Box 1790, Alameda, CA 94501
> 510.545.4314 | [log in to unmask] | www.jaimaa.org
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Compcros <http://danteadinkra.wix.com/compcros>
> Comparative Cognitive Processes and Systems
> "Exploring Every Corner of the Cosmos in Search of Knowledge"