Buddhism, Humanities and Ethnographic Methods<\/p>\n
University of Vermont, Friday April 29-Saturday April 30<\/p>\n
Sponsored by the University of Vermont Humanities Center, Department of Religion, Asian Studies Program.<\/p>\n
Friday, April 29 4 PM, Waterman Meorial Lounge<\/p>\n
Title TBA<\/p>\n
Mark Rowe<\/strong>, Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies<\/p>\n McMaster University<\/p>\n Claire M. Lintilhac Speaker, Asian Studies Program, University of Vermont<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Saturday, April 30: Waterman Manor 427<\/p>\n 8:30-9 arrival<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 9:00-10:30 Session one: Gaps and Spaces \u2013 Emerging Ethnographic Fields in the Study of Buddhism<\/em><\/p>\n Sean Ashley<\/strong>, Capilano University, \u201cIsn\u2019t making merit fun?\u201d: The Playful side of Theravada Buddhism<\/p>\n Nicholas Sihl\u00e9<\/strong>, Center for Himalayan Studies, CNRS, :The local\/regional emergence of a new category of Tibetan Buddhist religious actors: ngakma<\/em> (non-monastic female tantric practitioners in Repkong\u201d<\/p>\n Keziah Wallis<\/strong>, University of Otago, Vessels of the Dhamma: Thinking outside the square regarding Buddhism in Myanmar<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 10:30-11 Break<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 11-12:30 Session two: Positionality of the Ethnographer<\/em><\/p>\n Gareth Fisher<\/strong>, Syracuse University, \u201cWho Needs Key Informants? What I Learned from the Monk who Kept Saying No\u201d<\/p>\n Michelle Sorensen<\/strong>, Western Carolina University, \u201cPolitics and Poetics in the Field: On Conducting Research with Female Practitioners of Buddhist Ch\u00f6d\u201d<\/p>\n Sara Ann Swenson<\/strong>, Syracuse University, \u201c\u2019Friending\u2019 Buddhists in the Field: Using Social Media as an Ethnographic Method\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lunch 12:30-1:30<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1:30-3: Session 3: Senses and Sensibilities<\/em><\/p>\n Felicity Aulino<\/strong>, \u201cLove and Compassion, Pity and Distraction: An Ethnographic View of \u2018Metta\u2019 and \u2018Karuna\u2019 in Lay Thai Buddhism\u201d<\/p>\n Julia Cassaniti<\/strong>, Washington State University, \u201cEthnographies of Affect in Buddhist Communities\u201d<\/p>\n Darcie DeAngelo<\/strong>, McGill University, \u201cBeyond Words: Sensory Ethnography and Buddhism in a Cambodian Minefield\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3-3:30 break<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3:30-5:30 Session four\/five: Knowledge, Discipline and the Study of Buddhism<\/em><\/p>\n Sue Darlington<\/strong>, Hampshire College, \u201cThe Word or the Deed: Beyond the Philosophical Debate of Buddhism and Ecology\u201d<\/p>\n Erick White<\/strong>, Cornell University, \u201cOpportunities and Challenges in the Ethnography of Buddhism: the View from Anthropology\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dinner: TBA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Buddhism, Humanities and Ethnographic Methods University of Vermont, Friday April 29-Saturday April 30 Sponsored by the University of Vermont Humanities Center, Department of Religion, Asian Studies Program. Friday, April 29 4 PM, Waterman Meorial Lounge Title TBA Mark Rowe, Associate … Continue reading