Brownbag Lunch: Margaret Lyngdoh

Margaret Lyngdoh
October 10, 2012
1:00PM - 2:30PM
168 Dulles Hall, History Conference Room

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2012-10-10 13:00:00 2012-10-10 14:30:00 Brownbag Lunch: Margaret Lyngdoh Belief Worlds and Shifting Realities: Of Weretigers and Name MagicMargaret Lyngdoh, University of Tartu, Estonia, and North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong. Margaret will discuss her fieldwork on supernatural belief in northeastern India, including the practical and representational challenges of conducting fieldwork at home; she will also tell us about gender distinctions among were-tigers.  168 Dulles Hall, History Conference Room America/New_York public

Belief Worlds and Shifting Realities: Of Weretigers and Name Magic

Margaret Lyngdoh, University of Tartu, Estonia, and North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong. Margaret will discuss her fieldwork on supernatural belief in northeastern India, including the practical and representational challenges of conducting fieldwork at home; she will also tell us about gender distinctions among were-tigers.

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