Société Européenne pour l'Etude des Civilisations de l'Himalaya et de l'Asie Centrale

AUTHORITATIVE SPEECH IN THE HIMALAYAN REGION

Maison Suger, Paris, 25-26 November 2011

Salle de conférences, rez-de-chauusée, 16-18 rue Suger

Organized by Marie Lecomte-Tilouine and Anne de Sales

PROGRAMME

Friday 25th November

Chair person: Michael Hutt, SOAS, London

9:30-9:50 Coffee

9:50-10:15 Introduction Anne de Sales and Marie Lecomte-Tilouine

10:15-11:00 — gregory g. maskarinec (University of Hawai'i)
Nepalese Shaman Mantras: Does knowing and knowing how to use mantras confer intrinsic authority and provide "Symbolic Capital" to define the social function of individuals who use them?

11:00-11:45 — arik moran (University of Haifa):
Authoritative Speech in Himachal pradesh

11:45-12:00 break

12:00-12:45 — john leavitt (Université de Montréal):
Who Do the Gods Speak For? Central Himalayan Divine Speech as Evocation and Injunction

Lunch break

14:30-15:15 — william s. sax (SAI, Heidelberg):
The Language of the Gods: Oracular Speech in Garhwal

15:15-16:00 — Daniela Berti (CNRS, Villejuif)
Oral Dialogues and legal Records in Shimla District Court (Himachal Pradesh)

16:00:-16:30 Coffee break

16:30-17:15 — Barbara Berardi-Tadié (EHESS, Paris):
«Raising the Voices»: Production and Circulation of Discourses in Nepali Associations

17:15-18:00 — pustak raj ghimire (Oxford University):
Authority, Status, and Caste markers in Everyday Village Conversations (eastern Nepal)

18:00-18:15 break

18:15-19:00 —marie lecomte-tilouine (CNRS, Villejuif):
From the bottom to the top and vice versa: Alterocentrism in Nepal's oral traditions

Saturday 26th November

Chair person: CK Lal, editorialist, Nepal

9:30-10:15 — charles ramble (EPHE, Paris)
The babbling lark and the dragon that defines the seasons: recipes for powerful speech in the Tibetan oratorical tradition

10:15-11:00 — Christian Jahoda (University of Vienna)
A Comparative perspective on oral traditions in Western Tibet (Spiti, Purang)

11 :00-11 :30 coffee break

11:30-12:15 — mireille mazard (University of Regina)
« God and the CCP Protected Me » : Persuasion and Authority on China's Tibeto-Burman Frontier

12:15-13:00 — franck bernede (CNRS, Villejuif):
Authoritative Speech in Newar Music

13:00-14:45 Lunch break

14:45-15:15 — martin gaenszle (University of Vienna)
Meaning and intention in Rai divinatory discourse

15:15-16:00 — Judith Pettigrew (University of Limmerick):
Contested Authority: Who Speaks for the Tamu-mai?

16:00-16:30 Break

16: 30-17:15 — Mark Turin (University of Yale)
Performative Plurilingualism and Competitive Codeswitching : the Register of the Thangmi Shaman

17:15-18:00 — anne de sales (CNRS, Nanterre)
Persuasion and violence in shamanic speech

18:00-18:15 short break

Final remarks by the two chair persons and general discussion Perspectives for the future of the Himalayan Oral Traditions Network Financial support: Région Ile de France, CNRS, CEH Villejuif, LESC Nanterre, ANR Just India.

18/11/2011 21:39