Ani-La
The nuns from Redna Menling
Joke van de Belt | | 2010
‘No, but we are different. Tonpa Sherab treated men and women in the same way, he passed on his teachings to both men and women and that is why we nuns are on equal footing…
Candi, Space and Landscape
A study on the distribution, orientation and spatial organization of Central Javanese temple remains
Véronique Degroot | | 2009
Central Javanese temples were not built anywhere and anyhow. On the contrary: their positions within the landscape and their architectural designs were determined by socio-cultural, religious and economic factors. This book explores the correlations between…
The Expression & Perception of Space in Wayana
Karen Hough | | 2008
Until recently it was assumed that all cultures perceive and express ‘space’ from the ego. However, this belief in a universal phenomenological bias is currently being challenged by many linguists from several disciplines, who believe…
Visiting the Calvario at Mitla, Oaxaca
A critical look at the continuity of a religious practice
William R. Arfman | | 2008
In the centre of the Mexican town of Mitla stands a run-down chapel on an overgrown pre-colonial pyramid. The chapel, housing three crosses, is the town’s Calvario, the local representation of the hill on which…
Vóór de veearts kwam...
Volksdiergeneeskunde van weleer
Servais Hutschemakers | | 2008
Volksdiergeneeskunde is een vrijwel verdwenen, een wat geheimzinnige wereld van praktische oplossingen, kwakzalverij, toverij, geloof en bijgeloof. Een bijna ontoegankelijke wereld die alleen kan worden betreden door mensen die vertrouwen inboezemen, door intimi. Zo’n vertrouwens…
Death and Display
Kuba funerary art from the Congo River Basin
Raymond Corbey | | Forthcoming
During funerals of nobles in the Kuba kingdom (Democratic Republic of Congo), visitors used to theatrically offer so-called bongotols to the deceased and the mourning family. These highly appreciated valuables were either positioned under the…
Ani-La
The nuns from Redna Menling
Joke van de Belt | | 2010
‘No, but we are different. Tonpa Sherab treated men and women in the same way, he passed on his teachings to both men and women and that is why we nuns are on equal footing…
Candi, Space and Landscape
A study on the distribution, orientation and spatial organization of Central Javanese temple remains
Véronique Degroot | | 2009
Central Javanese temples were not built anywhere and anyhow. On the contrary: their positions within the landscape and their architectural designs were determined by socio-cultural, religious and economic factors. This book explores the correlations between…
The Expression & Perception of Space in Wayana
Karen Hough | | 2008
Until recently it was assumed that all cultures perceive and express ‘space’ from the ego. However, this belief in a universal phenomenological bias is currently being challenged by many linguists from several disciplines, who believe…
Visiting the Calvario at Mitla, Oaxaca
A critical look at the continuity of a religious practice
William R. Arfman | | 2008
In the centre of the Mexican town of Mitla stands a run-down chapel on an overgrown pre-colonial pyramid. The chapel, housing three crosses, is the town’s Calvario, the local representation of the hill on which…
Vóór de veearts kwam...
Volksdiergeneeskunde van weleer
Servais Hutschemakers | | 2008
Volksdiergeneeskunde is een vrijwel verdwenen, een wat geheimzinnige wereld van praktische oplossingen, kwakzalverij, toverij, geloof en bijgeloof. Een bijna ontoegankelijke wereld die alleen kan worden betreden door mensen die vertrouwen inboezemen, door intimi. Zo’n vertrouwens…
Death and Display
Kuba funerary art from the Congo River Basin
Raymond Corbey | | Forthcoming
During funerals of nobles in the Kuba kingdom (Democratic Republic of Congo), visitors used to theatrically offer so-called bongotols to the deceased and the mourning family. These highly appreciated valuables were either positioned under the…
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