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Please find more information about the Network DORISEA at: http://www.dorisea.de/en
and visit our blog at: http://dorisea.de/wordpress/ The competence network "dynamics of religion in Southeast Asia" (DORISEA) is a research network funded by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) and coordinated by the Departement of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Göttingen. Scientists from the Universities of Göttingen, Hamburg, Münster, Heidelberg and Berlin (Humboldt University) are involved in several projects that investigate the relationship between religion and modernity in Southeast Asia.
Southeast Asia is a region particularly marked by a complex coexistence and cooperation among different cultures and religions. Religions here have developed a rich dynamic and play a prime role in shaping modernization processes. It can be observed that religion in Southeast Asia is not declining, but rather it is intensifying. The competence network’s research will focus on three dimensions of religious dynamics, namely religious practices, the politicization of religion and the clash of moral systems.
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It's here! The final network discussion from DORISEA members and contributors on "The Configurations of Religion - A Debate". Of theoretical interest to all scholars of Southeast Asia, and of religion. Read now...
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A fascinating new book on women's agency in Vietnam, featuring a chapter from Dorisea Senior Research Fellow Kirsten Endres. Weaving Women’s Spheres in Vietnam offers an in-depth study of the status of women in Vietnamese society through an examination of their roles in the context of family, religious and local community life from anthropological, historical and sociological perspectives. Unlike previous works on gender issues relating to Vietnam which focus on women as passive subjects and are restricted to specific spheres such as family, this book, through a series of case studies and life stories, not only examines the suppressive gender structure of the Vietnamese family, but also demonstrates Vietnamese women's agency in appropriating that structure and creating alternative spheres for women which they have interwoven in between the dominant realms of public and private spheres in the areas of family, religious practice, community organizations, and politics, including their participation in the (re)construction of national identity. Accordingly, this volume is expected to become an important new benchmark relating to gender issues in Asian societies, especially in the context of so-called ‘transitional’ societies, such as China and Vietnam.
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