Results 41 to 50 of about 2,836,830 (258)
Towards a cosmopolitan criticality: Relational aesthetics, Rirkrit Tiravanija and transnational encounters with pad thai [PDF]
, 2013 Marsha Meskimmon and Nikos Papastergiadis have responded to contemporary art’s concern with transculturalism, audience participation and intersubjectivity by re-articulating the cosmopolitan in relation to both aesthetics and globalisation.
null null, Renate Dohmen
core +1 more source
Moral Entertainment – The Buddhist Hell Parks of Thailand
Studia Religiologica, 2021 Visiting Hell parks is a popular pastime in contemporary Thailand. Situated near Buddhist temples, these gruesome sculpture gardens depict the Buddhist vision of Hell.
Roman Husarski
doaj +1 more source
On Buddhism, Divination and the Worldly Arts: Textual Evidence from the Theravāda Tradition [PDF]
, 2014 This essay attends to the sticky web of indigenous terminology concerning divination and other so-called “mundane” or “worldly” arts, focusing primarily upon Buddhist canonical texts preserved in Pāli, augmented by references to commentarial and ...
Fiordalis, David
core +1 more source
Amida Worship and Religious Practices: Women’s Role in Nara Period Buddhist Art
Global Perspectives on JapanArt is a powerful medium for communicating with the divine, expressing the inexpressible, and enhancing religious rituals. Buddhism was introduced to Japan in the 6th century, profoundly enriching this connection and fostering a vibrant ...
Selin Özdemir
doaj +1 more source
One Statuette from the National Museum of Tatarstan Analyzed
Монголоведение, 2022 Introduction. The article deals with an item contained in the Buddhist Collection of Tatarstan’s National Museum. Buddhist art is essentially canonical, which sets forth some difficulties to be faced when it comes to refer certain pieces to different ...
Elza P. Bakaeva, Natalya V. Fomina
doaj +1 more source
Tracing change in the public perception of plants: insights from archives and social media in China
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.As urbanization accelerates, historic gardens serve as vital cultural treasures that offer spiritual and cultural support to the public. This study proposes an innovative approach that merges historical records from the Qing Dynasty with contemporary social media data to explore changes in public perceptions of these gardens.
Dong Xu +4 more
wiley +1 more source
The Framework of Modeling Buddhist Head in 3D with Semantic Information [PDF]
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information SciencesBuddhist statues hold profound spiritual and cultural significance, yet their comprehensive analysis and identification remain largely reliant on manual annotation and expert scrutiny.
Y. Pan +5 more
doaj +1 more source
Journal of the Royal Anthropological InstituteEthical encounters in cross‐cultural contexts have been a major concern in the anthropology of morality and religion, yet the dominant view assumes that processes of ethical transformation and conversion emphasize the centrality of texts and beliefs ...
Yu Qiu
semanticscholar +1 more source
TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article reports on a qualitative study of the way instructors and students understand and respond to traumatizing events in a Sri Lankan university. It shows how the attitudes and practices in the society at large are carried over to classrooms even though local institutions do not have a programmatic trauma‐informed pedagogy.
Suresh Canagarajah +1 more
wiley +1 more source
Brahmā at the Ajapāla Banyan Tree: Re-Examining Paintings at the Sulamani Temple, Bagan
Religions, 2020 This article examines how the literary evidence corroborates with the visual evidence for the unusual presence of Brahmā with the Buddha at the Ajapāla banyan tree of the goatherd symbolizing the Fifth of the Seven Weeks after the Enlightenment of the ...
Osmund Bopearachchi
doaj +1 more source