Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce an upcoming, two-day workshop at the
Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies (ISTB),
University of Vienna, Austria.
"Kiranti Culture in Contemporary Nepal"
April 4th & 5th, 2014
Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies (ISTB),
University of Vienna, Austria
There has been a growing academic interest in the diverse traditions
of Kiranti-speaking groups in East Nepal since the 1970s, when N.J.
Allen published his pioneering studies on the Thulung Rai. Especially
linguists have done extensive research and documentations of the
highly variable languages belonging to the Kiranti subgroup of
Tibeto-Burman. However, ethnographic studies have lagged behind:
whereas now sketch grammars exist for more than a dozen Kiranti
languages, this is not matched by thorough description of cultural
traditions. Therefore the workshop is meant to give a platform for the
existing expertise on Kiranti cultures and to discuss the present
state of research. A particular focus will be on “Kiranti religion”,
which is a label acknowledged in the Nepal Census since 1991 but which
is still a little known entity. In the present political context of
ethnic politics it will be of particular interest to study the
changing configuration of these traditions.
Speakers:
Prof. Dr. Martin Gaenszle (ISTB, University of Vienna)
"The study of Kiranti religion as an emerging field"
Dr. Boyd Michailovsky (LACITO/CNRS, Villejuif)
"On the Limbu (Sirijanga) script in the 20th century"
Dr. Grégoire Schlemmer (CNRS, Paris)
"Persistence through changes: Evolution of the Kulung Rai religious
practice during the 20th century"
Dr. Vishnu Singh Rai (Guest Researcher funded by the Open Society Foundation)
"The language of invocation vis-à-vis the language of communication"
lic. phil. Marion Wettstein (ISTB, University of Vienna)
"Dolokumma: Layers of cultural knowledge and practice in the sakela
performance of the Dumi Rai"
lic. phil. Alban von Stockhausen (ISTB, University of Vienna)
"Walking with the ancestors: New approaches to the study of ritual
landscapes in Eastern Nepal"
More information: http://www.univie.ac.at/kiratstudies
Flyer and Programme (PDF):
http://www.univie.ac.at/kiratstudies/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/FlyerKirantiWorkshop2014_HighRes.pdf
Regards,
Alban von Stockhausen
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lic. phil. Alban von Stockhausen
PostDoctoral Researcher, FWF-Project
"Ritual, Space, Mimesis among the Rai of Eastern Nepal"
Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies
University of Vienna
Uni-Campus AAKH
Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2.7
A-1090 Vienna
Phone +43-1-4277 43564
Fax +43-1-4277 9435
further information at www.stockhausen.ch
Upcoming Publication, April 2014:
"Imag(in)ing the Nagas: The Pictorial Ethnography of Hans-Eberhard
Kauffmann and Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf" Stuttgart: Arnoldsche.
www.arnoldsche.com
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