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Manuscript Flows in Highland Asia
When: Monday, 25 March 2024 10:00 am CET – Tuesday, 26 March 2024 4:00 pm
Where: Warburgstraße 26, 20354 Hamburg
Manuscripts produced across large geographical areas, roughly corresponding to the region that has come to be known as Zomia, share certain features. These have been generated by the use of local materials rather than extensive imports depending on trade, the cultural practices of indigenous traditions, as well as local skills and technologies transmitted and assimilated over many generations. These heritage objects, written on different supports, such as paper, birch-bark, palm-leaves and other materials, were often produced in regions that were situated at the margins of the state beyond the government’s military and fiscal control. Their producers (ethnic or religious minorities from the point of view of the hegemonic states around them) often migrated over the course of history, often changing their relation to power centers. As a result of such constant interactions with other cultures, whether dominant or assimilative, local manuscript cultures became increasingly differentiated. This resulted in significant differences in models of manuscript production, reflecting the dynamic between the changes in the habits of use of specific materials and technologies from a spatial and temporal perspective within Highland Asia.
In this workshop we aim to discuss networks of both manuscripts and people, as well as all kinds of interaction between these agents in connection to material culture. We will bring together researchers representing both the humanities and natural sciences working in various fields, such as textual studies, anthropology, (art)history, and material analysis, who engage with the methods and concepts concerned with manuscript studies and network analysis.
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https://uni-hamburg.zoom.us/j/66164346956?pwd=SGdrYmpOa1VBcWUvTXE3T3FHSlFNQT09
Meeting ID: 661 6434 6956
Passcode: 60554781
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