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SUMMARY:Invisible Villages & Flying Monsters: Folktales About Place Among the Tibetans of Geza
DESCRIPTION:Invisible Villages & Flying Monsters:\nFolktales About Place Among the Tibetans of Geza\n \nPublic Talk by Eric Mortensen \nWednesday\, February 19\, 20145-6:30PM55 W. 13th St.\, 2nd Fl.\, Dorothy Hirshon Suite \nThe mountains of Geza are awash in old tales about invisible villages and wild people (Tibetan: nags myi rgod).  This presentation assesses the oral performances of nags myi rgod stories\, with a focus on the specific stories surrounding the flying monster called the myi rgod shung shung.  In the Tibetan communities of Geza Township in rGyalthang (Xianggelila County of Northwest Yunnan Province)\, such stories are tied to the cultural memory of local geography\, including the invisible village of Panlung\, which can be heard but not seen. \nSpecifically\, this project compares twenty six variant nags myi rgod stories and interview information about nags myi rgod collected and digitally recorded on four separate fieldwork trips to the Geza villages of Langdu\, Gönpa\, Geza (brgya rtsa)\, Nagara\, and gter ma rong village in neighboring Dongwang. Although nags myi rgod (& Chinese ye ren) stories are widespread throughout Tibet and the Himalayas\, several of the stories from Geza contain variant descriptions of an invisible village called Panlung. In the stories\, a mushroom gatherer or herder – who was often identified as a relative of the storyteller – would stop in wonder and hear the rushing water and agricultural sounds typical of village life\, but the village could (at least initially) not be seen. Nags myi rgod\, who live in the forests looking down on the bucolic invisible village\, mischievously invert human farming efforts and hunting practices and thereby make the village of Panlung uninhabitable\, even for those lucky enough to breakthrough the invisible meniscus and see or enter the valley with its perfect pasturage and farmland. The stories involve frightful encounters with nags myi rgod\, and longer tales recount how clever hunters or farmers trick the nags myi rgod\, and escape being killed (through being tickled to death\, squeezed\, or pulverized by a nags myi rgod’s armpit stone) or used as a mate. Some families in the region maintain the surname Panlung\, and consider themselves refugees from the invisible village. Panlung\, also known as Zayzong in Nagara (zay zong is near to Bala) and Natöeyong in Dongwang\, appears in many of the stories with the refugee element as the most common theme. \nThe centerpiece of the project is a comparative analysis of the performative function and cultural meaning of the invisible village in story. What does it mean for individuals to be refugees from an invisible dystopian village while facing current cultural\, economic\, and religious repression related to the land itself? In the context of this oral tradition\, why\, when\, by whom\, and to who are these stories of inversion and reversal told? [Degh 1958; Doniger 1998] To what degree are the performances of nags myi rgod tales subversive\, intended for cultural maintenance\, or simply fun for children? How can the variant tales inform upon the interrelated dynamics of place\, identity\, lament\, and memory? [Mueggler\, 2001].  As the myi rgod shung shung story is directly tied to features of the landscape of Geza\, how do the performances of these stories contribute to local identity and inform upon the imagining of inhabitation of wildspace in this rapidly changing region? \nEric Mortensen is currently an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Guilford College\, located in Greensboro\, NC. He complete his undergraduate studies at Carlton College and had the opportunity to study abroad in Beijing\, Nepal\, India\, and Bhutan. Upon graduating in 1993\, he spent his graduate career at Harvard\, where he studied languages\, anthropology\, religion\, folklore\, and history for ten years. During this time\, he grew to love teaching and Asia\, further fostering an academic interest in Tibetology. These two loves drew him to Guilford and its Religious Studies Department. Although he does not hold a degree in religious studies\, he has made religion his specialty through his focused research on Buddhist religion and culture. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRefreshments will be served. Seating is limited – RSVP is required. RSVP Now. \n\n \nDownload Event Poster [PDF]
URL:https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/event/invisible-villages-flying-monsters-folktales-about-place-among-the-tibetans-of-geza/
CATEGORIES:Public Talks
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SUMMARY:Screening of film ‘Mani\, The Hidden Valley of Happiness at a Crossroads’ w/ Sonam Lama
DESCRIPTION:Screening of Mani\, The Hidden Valley of Happiness at a Crossroads\n\n\n\nPresented by Sonam Lama \n\n\n\nFriday\, Feb. 21st 3pm-5pm66 W. 12th St\, Klein Conference Room (510) \n\n\n\nSonam Lama\, a first time co-director\, started the project of collecting inventories of the ancient architectural monuments in his home region Tsum in Oct 2012. He is an architect who advocates for protecting cultural heritage\, appropriate infrastructure development in the remote Himalaya region of Tsum\, Nepal. \n\n\n\nThe documentary film presents the architectural heritage and in relations to the upcoming infrastructure development in Tsum. The documentary reveals insightful information of these age old built heritage that have stood silent along the ancient salt-trade and pilgrimage foot trail for many centuries. Through extensive field interviews\, and for the first time\, the film significantly reveals the inner voice of the Tsum community on the sensitive and controversial issue of the motor road development. In the rapid pace of modernization in the 21st century\, this film captured a moment of a once isolated and remote community facing a crossroads in the history of time. \n\n\n\nWatch a trailer for the film here: http://vimeo.com/76061755
URL:https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/event/screening-of-film-mani-the-hidden-valley-of-happiness-at-a-crossroads-w-sonam-lama-2/
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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SUMMARY:Passage: Migration w/ Ashmina Ranjit
DESCRIPTION:The India China Institute in association with the Vera List Center present:\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPassage: Migration\n\n\n\nPerformance Art by Ashmina RanjitFulbright Scholar and Internationally Recognized Artist\n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, Feb. 25th 5pm-6:30pm66 W. 12th St.\, 5th Fl.\, Klein Conference Room (510) \n\n\n\n\nThe performance aims to explore the narratives of transition and assimilation\, the experiences in living in the liminal space of belonging\, and the idea of prabas and prabasi\, one who has left home to settle in a new land. \n\n\n\nDiscussant: Radhika Subramaniam\, Director/Chief Curator of the Sheila C. Johnson Center and Assistant Professor of Art and Design History and Theory at Parsons The New School for Design. \n\n\n\nLearn more about Ashmina Ranjit and her work here.
URL:https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/event/passage-migration-w-ashmina-ranjit/
CATEGORIES:Performance
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SUMMARY:Anti-Corruption Movements in China and India - Dissent Magazine + The New Yorker
DESCRIPTION:Anti-Corruption Movements in China and India\n\n\n\nThu\, Feb 27\, 2014 | 3:00-4:30 PM\n\n\n\nJoin the India China Institute for an exciting discussion about anti-corruption movements in China and India. The event will feature Dissent Magazine contributor Mehboob Jeelani\, Dissent Magazine Editorial Member Jeff Wasserstrom\, The New Yorker Contributor Jiayang Fan\, and Jonathan Shainin\, Web editor at The New Yorker. The event will be moderated by ICI Academic Co-Director Mark Frazier. \n\n\n\nThe event is free and open to the public\, but an RSVP is requested. RSVP NOW. Share this with your friends! http://bit.ly/MYcuGu \n\n\n\nDownload Event Poster [PDF] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore information on Dissent Magazine and The New Yorker.
URL:https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/event/anti-corruption-movements-in-china-and-india-dissent-magazine-the-new-yorker/
CATEGORIES:Public Talks
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