{"id":2410,"date":"2018-03-29T17:34:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T08:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2021-en\/?page_id=2410"},"modified":"2020-04-02T14:37:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T05:37:44","slug":"edoardo-siani","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2021-en\/about\/staff-page\/edoardo-siani\/","title":{"rendered":"Edoardo Siani"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Edoardo Siani<\/h1>\n
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<\/i><\/strong> edosiani <\/i> cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp<\/p>\n

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Research Departments\u30fbPosition<\/h2>\n

Global Humanosphere\u30fbAffiliated Assistant Professor<\/p>\n

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Social\/Cultural Anthropology, Thai Studies, Southeast Asian Studies<\/p>\n

Research Interests \/ Keywords<\/h2>\n

\u30fbSovereignty and embodient in contemporary Thailand
\n\u30fbEthnography on divination in Bangkok (book project)\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\n <\/i> Research<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n <\/i> KAKEN page<\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Overview<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Sovereignty and embodient in contemporary Thailand<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
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\n My current postdoctoral research project at CSEAS explores the relationship between emodiment and sovereign power in contemporary Buddhist Thailand through an ethnographic investigation of the recent boom of health-related practices in Bangkok. My primary tool for data collection is participant observation, conducted with sports and clean-food fanatics at fitness centers that opened in Bangkok during the period of interregnum. The project investigates why a marked interest in the body of the citizen should have boomed at such a pivotal time in Thai history. It assesses whether theories that were developed in the context of Christian Europe may be applicable to present-day Buddhist Thailand. These theories posit that the passing of the last monarchs in Europe resulted in a new interest in the bodies of the citizens, who underwent new regimes of fitness and healthy eating in order to become the physical bearers of the principle of sovereignty.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Ethnography on divination in Bangkok (book project)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
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\n I have been adapting my PhD thesis into a book manuscript, which explores ethnographically the world of divination in Bangkok.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Research funds<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n\n\n
Type<\/th>\nTheme<\/th>\nPeriod<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists<\/td>\nCan the Divine Pollute? An Ethnographic Enquiry into Contemporary Buddhist Spirit Mediumship in Bangkok<\/a><\/td>\n2019 \u2013 2020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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