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Cultures of South India: three lectures
Professor Heidrun Brückner, Head of the Chair of Indology at Würzburg University, has been invited by IKOS to lecture on three topics related to cultures of South India
1. Folk Culture and Modernity: The Case of Goddess Renuka Ellamma and her Special Devotees
The presentation introduces the South Indian goddess Renuka-Ellamma and her temple at Saundatti in North Karnataka. The lecture will be illustrated by slides and film clips. Special groups of devotees are dedicated to the goddess and initiated at her temple. Over the last few decades, some of the folk-religious practices in the area have been questioned and criticized as not fitting either the self-image of India as a modern nation or the rapidly spreading middle-class values. The lecture discusses the impact of "modernization" on "folk" or popular religious culture, taking the so-called "Devadasis" and...
Siste samling 22. april m? desverre avlyses da foreleser ikke rekker hjem i tide grunnet flytrafikksituasjonen.
Kvalifiseringsoppgave for REL 2220 Hinduismen v?ren 2010:
Gj?r rede for den klassiske hinduiske ideologi om samfunnets orden, og forklar hvordan den er brukt, og fortsatt brukes, for ? legitimere sosiale og kulturelle forhold i India.
F?rste forelesning finner sted torsdag 14. januar i Auditorium 5 Eilert Sundts hus kl. 10:15 - 12:00. Se detaljert undervisningsplan.
Det kan bli lagt inn endringer i undervisningsplanen i begynnelsen av uke 2. F?lg med!