"Sublime Aftershocks: Sociological Reason in the Aftermath of an Earthquake in Gujarat, Western India" lecture at Max Mueller Bhavan, 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg > 6pm on 3rd March 2011
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Event Details : 'Sublime Aftershocks: Sociological Reason in the Aftermath of an Earthquake in Gujarat, Western India'.
Concept for Lecture: An earthquake is a distinct kind of catastrophe, which history, comparative literature and the ethnography from Gujarat suggests demands particular kinds of explanation. Such explanations are typically organised around the theme of sin, as well as other provocations of the divine order of the gods. Unlike situations of mass violence, the blame for disaster is not projected outwards onto ‘others’ but inwards on one’s ‘self’. To blame others would be to grant power and legitimacy to their gods. In this lecture, Edward Simpson examines the structures of the blame narratives found in Gujarat.
Edward Simpson is senior lecturer in social anthropology at the Centre for South Asian Studies, SOAS in London. He is interested in the anthropologies of history, religion, and natural disaster in India. He is reviews editor for the journal Contemporary South Asia and co-editor of a book series called Society and History in the Indian Ocean, published jointly with Hurst and Columbia University Press.
This keynote lecture is part of the workshop ‘The Transculturality of Historical Disasters: Governance and the Materialisation of Glocalisation‘ organised by Heidelberg University’s Cluster of Excellence ‘Asia and Europe in a Global Context‘ from 3rd March to 5th March 2011.
For further information please visit www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/en
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Place : Siddhartha Hall, Max Mueller Bhavan / Gothe Institut, 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110001
Concept for Lecture: An earthquake is a distinct kind of catastrophe, which history, comparative literature and the ethnography from Gujarat suggests demands particular kinds of explanation. Such explanations are typically organised around the theme of sin, as well as other provocations of the divine order of the gods. Unlike situations of mass violence, the blame for disaster is not projected outwards onto ‘others’ but inwards on one’s ‘self’. To blame others would be to grant power and legitimacy to their gods. In this lecture, Edward Simpson examines the structures of the blame narratives found in Gujarat.
Edward Simpson is senior lecturer in social anthropology at the Centre for South Asian Studies, SOAS in London. He is interested in the anthropologies of history, religion, and natural disaster in India. He is reviews editor for the journal Contemporary South Asia and co-editor of a book series called Society and History in the Indian Ocean, published jointly with Hurst and Columbia University Press.
This keynote lecture is part of the workshop ‘The Transculturality of Historical Disasters: Governance and the Materialisation of Glocalisation‘ organised by Heidelberg University’s Cluster of Excellence ‘Asia and Europe in a Global Context‘ from 3rd March to 5th March 2011.
For further information please visit www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/en
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"Sublime Aftershocks: Sociological Reason in the Aftermath of an Earthquake in Gujarat, Western India" lecture at Max Mueller Bhavan, 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg > 6pm on 3rd March 2011
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