Anthropology of Fright – Perspectives from Asia
15-17 May 2017
9:30-17:00
Aarhus University
Programme:
Monday, 15th May
2.30pm – Departure to the Conference Centre at Sandbjerg Gods
6pm – Welcome at Sandbjerg and Introduction – followed by dinner
7pm – Introductory lecture: Harald Tambs-Lyche: Of fear and fright: Reminiscences from the Bangladesh Sundarbans in Colonel Ershad’s time
Tuesday, 16th of May
9.30 – 10.15 – Keynote: Marine Carrin: When ghosts are married in Tulunadu
10.15am – Tea break
10.30-12.00 – Panel 1 – Fright, fear and religion
Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger: How to cope with fright and fear among Hindus in Mauritius
Lidia Guzy: Conversion as the domestication of fear – an Example of Mahima Dharma in Eastern India
Alevtina Solovyeva: Who is scarier: ‘the frightening’ in Mongolian demonology
12-1pm – Lunch
1-1,45pm – Keynote: Ülo Valk: How to make sense of supernatural encounters? Notes on Assamese demonology
1.45-3.15 – Panel 2 – Landscapes of fear and fright
Baburam Saikia: Belief and Fear: a Study on the Natural Challenges of Majuli Island
Kikee D. Bhutia: The supernatural landscape and the fear of upsetting the deities in North Sikkim
Margaret Lyngdoh: “Fear Death by Water”: Possession and Place within the Khasi Perspective
3.14-4.45 – Walk the Talk – Group discussions
4.45-6.15 – Panel 3 – Ghost Stories
Stefano Beggiora: An ontology of fear among the indigenous communities of Himalayas
Serena Bindi: Growing up with ghosts. Healing rituals for a new adolescence
Irene Majo Garigliano: “A very naughty place!” – Frightening visions of Assam and the Kāmākhyā Temple.
7pm – Dinner followed by film screening “Ghora” by Irene Garigliano (38 min)
Wednesday, 17th May
9.30am – Panel 4: Fear, healing and well-being
Tina Otten: Fear and Fright in Healing Rituals: Case Studies from the Rona in Koraput/ Odisha
Gauri Pathak: Blood, Stress, and Fears: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Metamedical Commentary on Globalizing India
Uwe Skoda: Frigthening pictures? Notes on death and its photographibility in India and beyond
11am – Tea Break
11.15-12.30 – The road ahead – results and future plans
12.30 – Lunch
1.30 – Departure to Aarhus
Ca. 3.30 – Return to Aarhus
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