Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE150100676
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$352,350.00
Summary
From Sivasasana to Agama: The (Trans)formation of Balinese Hindu Canon. This project is an interdisciplinary study of the foundational textual canon underpinning the reformed version of Hinduism that developed on Bali from the early 20th century. It aims to provide a new perspective on modern and contemporary Balinese Hinduism in the light of the premodern Hindu religious discourse, analysing neglected sources of textual and historical data. The approach is designed to do justice to the sophisti ....From Sivasasana to Agama: The (Trans)formation of Balinese Hindu Canon. This project is an interdisciplinary study of the foundational textual canon underpinning the reformed version of Hinduism that developed on Bali from the early 20th century. It aims to provide a new perspective on modern and contemporary Balinese Hinduism in the light of the premodern Hindu religious discourse, analysing neglected sources of textual and historical data. The approach is designed to do justice to the sophisticated and centuries-old Balinese tradition of translation and exegesis of Sanskrit sources from the Indian Subcontinent, which still plays an important role in contemporary Bali.Read moreRead less
Textual traditions, identity and cultural production in contemporary Bali. This project investigates contemporary interest in Bali's unique textual heritage as a marker of ethnic, religious and cultural identity and highlights the political and social consequences of new technologies in this process. It will provide new understandings of regional concerns with identity and cultural difference in Indonesia.