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.