Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi)
"An Anthropological Study of Buddhist Movements and Everyday Practices
of 'Untouchables' in Contemporary North India"
Project Leader: FUNAHASHI, Kenta
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- Outline
- In this research program, I am researching Buddhist conversion movements
as well as everyday practices of 'Untouchables' in contemporary north India.
In particular, I am focusing on the identity and ritual practices of 'Converted-Buddhists'
in Uttar Pradesh. I am examining how Converted-Buddhists interact with
others, especially with relatives and affinities who are not Buddhists
but Hindus. This examination will enable us to understand how Converted-Buddhists
negotiate with 'caste': their own 'casteness' and the past. Through this
investigation, I hope to emphasize that we should consider conversion in
the context of the continuity of their past, present and future.
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