Cluster 3.4: Typologies of Text and Image Relations (cliffs/caves)

Cluster 3.4: Typologies of Text and Image Relations (cliffs/caves)

Cluster Leader: Christoph Anderl, University of Ghent This cluster investigates the development of specific patterns of text-image relations in East Asian Buddhist iconography, with a focus on Chinese sites but also including data from Buddhist sites in other Asian countries. We attempt to analyze how textual and visual media interact Continue reading

Cluster 4.1: Talismans and Talisman Cultures in Contemporary Vietnam: Meaning, Making, Medium

Cluster 4.1: Talismans and Talisman Cultures in Contemporary Vietnam: Meaning, Making, Medium

Cluster Leaders: Cynthea Bogel, Kyushu University,  Hien Thi Nguyen, Vietnam National University This cluster project investigates the religious, historical, material, practical, and iconographic dimensions of talismans/amulets in contemporary contexts in Vietnam, with particular attention to talismans that share Buddhist and non-Buddhist functions, including those from Daoist, shaman, Shinto and other Continue reading