Neue Orte für die Götter
Since the 1980s, Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka and their descendants have been practicing Hindu traditions in diaspora countries such as Switzerland. Based on ethnographic research, the author analyses processes involved in establishing Tamil Hindu practice. The aim is to provide a comprehensive ins...
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| description | Since the 1980s, Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka and their descendants have been practicing Hindu traditions in diaspora countries such as Switzerland. Based on ethnographic research, the author analyses processes involved in establishing Tamil Hindu practice. The aim is to provide a comprehensive insight into the different consecutive phases of how Tamil Hindus have made Switzerland their home. In the formation of sacred spaces and the presentation of Tamil Hindu practices in public, references to the country of origin and transnational networks of the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora as well as the conditions for incorporation in the country of residence, Switzerland, play a central role.
The study focuses in particular on places, their dynamics and the associated performances. Thereby, the importance of self-managed temples as sensual, multifunctional perceptual spaces for the marginalised Tamil Hindu migrants is made clear. Through creative processes of adaptation new forms of religious practice emerge. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-812852025-03-14T05:04:03Z Neue Orte für die Götter Eulberg, Rafaela Hindu traditions, Hindu practices, Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora, Tamil refugees Since the 1980s, Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka and their descendants have been practicing Hindu traditions in diaspora countries such as Switzerland. Based on ethnographic research, the author analyses processes involved in establishing Tamil Hindu practice. The aim is to provide a comprehensive insight into the different consecutive phases of how Tamil Hindus have made Switzerland their home. In the formation of sacred spaces and the presentation of Tamil Hindu practices in public, references to the country of origin and transnational networks of the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora as well as the conditions for incorporation in the country of residence, Switzerland, play a central role. The study focuses in particular on places, their dynamics and the associated performances. Thereby, the importance of self-managed temples as sensual, multifunctional perceptual spaces for the marginalised Tamil Hindu migrants is made clear. Through creative processes of adaptation new forms of religious practice emerge. 2022-05-12T04:28:45Z 2022-05-12T04:28:45Z 2022-05-04T07:45:08Z 2022 book OCN: 1367232265 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/54260 9783037772423 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/81285 ger Culturel open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/54260/1/oa_9783037777558.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/54260/1/oa_9783037777558.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/54260/1/oa_9783037777558.pdf Seismo 10.33058/seismo.30755 10.33058/seismo.30755 245b1e00-e247-4b65-a6af-8f43bc5221de Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung 9783037772423 Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) 408 open access |
| spellingShingle | Hindu traditions, Hindu practices, Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora, Tamil refugees Eulberg, Rafaela Neue Orte für die Götter |
| title | Neue Orte für die Götter |
| title_full | Neue Orte für die Götter |
| title_fullStr | Neue Orte für die Götter |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neue Orte für die Götter |
| title_short | Neue Orte für die Götter |
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| topic | Hindu traditions, Hindu practices, Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora, Tamil refugees |
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