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Congratulations CAPSTRANS graduates!

 

CAPSTRANS would like to congratulate recent PhD graduates Dr Kim Gray, and Dr Nazrina Zuryani, who will be attending the April 14 graduation ceremony.

 

Kim's thesis was entitled, 'Bananas, Bastards and Victims? Hybrid Reflections on cultural Belonging in Intercountry Adoptee Narratives', while

 

Nazrina's thesis was entitlesd 'Empowerment, and development initiatives: Two villages from the European Union Project in North Bali'.

 

Both Dr Gray and Dr Zuryani will be continuing on with CAPSTRANS as Research Associates, and are currently working on publishing research from their theses.

 

CAPSTRANS is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Dr Alex Broom as Deputy Director.

 

 

‘Timothy Asch Ethnographic Film Retrospective’

CAPSTRANS Director, Professor Linda Connor is currently overseas, travelling to Estonia to give a plenary lecture at the World Film Festival and Conference, hosted by the Estonia National Museum and the World Film Society, from the 24th to the 30th March, in Tartu, Estonia. Professor Connor’s lecture is entitled: ‘Timothy Asch Ethnographic Film Retrospective’.

Abstract

The work of Timothy Asch has been the subject of many reviews and scholarly discussion since the famous Yanomami films made in the late 1960s and 1970s. Tim Asch went on to several other productive collaborations with anthropologists, including four anthropologists who worked in Indonesia – James Fox, Douglas Lewis, Raharjo, and Linda Connor. These films were mostly filmed in 16mm, prior to the ready availability of cheap digital recording equipment, which has created a revolution in ethnographic documentation. It is important to reflect on the aesthetic and anthropological qualities of Tim Asch’s films made in Indonesia in the 1970s and 1980s, and on the opportunities that his participation in Indonesian fieldwork provided for Tim to experiment with different sorts of anthropological representation. The Bali films exemplify the ways that relationships between ethnographers, filmmakers and local people become shared stories that are an intrinsic part of the filmmaking process and the works produced, creating continuities that are a counterpoint to the ironies of ethnographic research.

 

Click here for more information on the Worldfilm Festival and Conference 

 

The Origins of Yoga and Tantra: Indic Religions to the Thirteenth Century

CAPSTRANS is proud to announce the March release of CAPSTRANS Research Associate, Professor Geoffrey Samuel’s sole-authored book;

 

 

 

Conjoint Professor for the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and CAPSTRANS Research Associate Geoffrey Samuel is currently seconded to a tenure position as a Professorial Fellowship at the School of Religious and Theological Studies, Cardiff University, Wales, U.K.

 

The Origins of Yoga and Tantra: Indic Religions to the Thirteenth Century

Yoga, tantra and other forms of Asian meditation are practised in modernized forms throughout the world today, but most introductions to Hinduism or Buddhism tell only part of the story of how they developed. This book is an interpretation of the history of Indic religions up to around 1200 CE, with particular focus on the development of yogic and tantric traditions. It assesses how much we really know about this period, and asks what sense we can make of the evolution of yogic and tantric practices, which were to become such central and important features of the Indic religious scene. Its originality lies in seeking to understand these traditions in terms of the total social and religious context of South Asian society during this period, including the religious practices of the general population with their close engagement with family, gender, economic life and other pragmatic concerns.

 

For more information please visit the Publisher's website

 

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