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Water Connection: Everyday Religion And Environments In Kathmandu Valley, Mukta S. Tamang
Water Connection: Everyday Religion And Environments In Kathmandu Valley, Mukta S. Tamang
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
This case study aims to explore the relationship between ‘everyday religion’ and prospects for urban sustainability in the context of on-going changes -in Kathmandu. It argues that everyday religion plays a role in furnishing the incentive for urban residents to sustainably manage ‘culturalized nature’ in the city. In particular, I examine water, the practices surrounding its use, and how these practices connect various social realms. I suggest that water in Kathmandu valley plays an important role as a connector encompassing life and death, religion and environment, as well as politics and development.
Souls Gone In The Wind? Suspending Belief About Rebirth In Contemporary Artistic Works In The Tibetan World, Françoise Robin
Souls Gone In The Wind? Suspending Belief About Rebirth In Contemporary Artistic Works In The Tibetan World, Françoise Robin
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
Belief in rebirth constitutes a core tenet of Tibetan Buddhism and has thus structured social and political power in Tibetan society for centuries through the tulku (reincarnate lama lineage) institution. Still, it appears to be questioned in a selection of recent short stories and films emanating from Tibet, in which the authorial voices point to a lack of certainty about reincarnation, opting for a suspension of belief. After a brief overview of the literary scene in Tibet today, and an analysis of the surveyed works, several hypothesis will be made to account for what may be seen as the beginning …
The 'Look Of Tibet' Without Religion: A Case Study In Contemporary Tibetan Art In Lhasa, Leigh Miller
The 'Look Of Tibet' Without Religion: A Case Study In Contemporary Tibetan Art In Lhasa, Leigh Miller
HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
The artworks and career phases of the Lhasa contemporary artist Gadé illustrate the complex entanglement of religion and the secular in modern Lhasa, while illuminating broader trends in contemporary Tibetan art as a cultural formation of local mediation of modernity’s strong influences. While the past is vital to Gadé, he is driven to “locate traditional Tibetan art in a contemporary context” where it can also be “detached from religion,” raising questions about representations of Tibet and the cultural future. He takes a secular approach to the role of artists in society that, along with his cohorts in the emergent contemporary …