and totality that momentarily dissolves the individuality, disconnection, and anonymity of contemporary hyper-technological and fast-speed societies. Indeed, a big crowd or a small gathering can cultivate the Elsewhere through certain rituals
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Sarah M. Hillewaert
shortcomings and omissions are my own. Notes 1 To protect the anonymity of my interlocutors, all names in this article are pseudonyms, including those of hotels and organizations. 2 As one of the anonymous reviewers pointed out, this discourse of
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The Ethics of Collective Sponsorship
Virtuous Action and Obligation in Contemporary Tibet
Jane Caple
preserve anonymity. 2 Dewa ( sde ba ) simply means ‘village’. 3 However, see Sihlé (2015: 369–376) for a corrective on the assumed centrality of the gift in laity- sangha relations. In at least some Tibetan contexts, interactions focusing on religious
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Mariske Westendorp, Bruno Reinhardt, Reinaldo L. Román, Jon Bialecki, Alexander Agadjanian, Karen Lauterbach, Juan Javier Rivera Andía, Kate Yanina DeConinck, Jack Hunter, Ioannis Kyriakakis, Magdalena Crăciun, Roger Canals, Cristina Rocha, Khyati Tripathi, Dafne Accoroni, and George Wu Bayuga
at once class, religious, ethnic, and gender divisions. Since names identify and resuscitate caste and ethnic hostility, at FSK people come together in anonymity, following the Sufi ethic of gharib nawazi (hospitality to strangers), while the ritual
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