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SUMMARY:A Discussion of Form and Function Regarding the Buddhist Cave Site
 s along the Silk Road
DTSTART:20221109T160000Z
DTEND:20221109T180000Z
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UID:a-discussion-of-form-and-function-regarding-the-bu-9052@ceres.rub.de
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DESCRIPTION:Online Discussion hosted by the BuddhistRoad project\, CERES.
  \n\nThe discussion will take place online via ZOOM on 9 November 2022 at
  5 pm (CET).\n\nAn online discussion between Robert Sharf (Berkeley)\, Nob
 uyoshi Yamabe (Tokyo)\, Carmen Meinert and Henrik H. Sørensen of the Budd
 histRoad Project concerning Buddhist usage and practice in the cave sanctu
 aries located along the Northern Part of the Silk Road in Central Asia. Th
 e discussion takes the views presented in Sharf’s paper “Art in the Da
 rk\,” and the response by Henrik Sørensen in “Light on Art in the Dar
 k” as the points of departure.\n\nIn the past decade there has been an o
 ngoing debate as regards form and function of the Buddhist cave-sanctuarie
 s located along the Silk Road\, i.e.\, were they temples\, places of activ
 e practice and worship\, or were they mostly\, ancestral commemorative spa
 ces that were not visited\, but rather left in darkness as monuments of pi
 ety and prestige? If they were places of worship and practice\, how did th
 at express itself\, if the caves functioned as actual temples with a monas
 tic population living in them\, what is the evidence for this\, and if pla
 ces of meditation\, on the basis of what may this be established? Is it at
  all possible to gauge function from the physical forms or decoration of t
 he caves? Were there different types of usage depending on the cultures th
 at used them? The discussion will centre on these issues\, and the partici
 pants will present their respective views and argue for them on the basis 
 of their research. Those attending the meeting are invited to participate 
 in the discussion\, and to the extent possible have prepared questions or 
 comments.\n\nIn order to follow the discussion and the presentations\, it 
 is recommended to read the following three articles beforehand:\n\nRobert 
 Sharf. “Art in the Dark: The Ritual Context of Buddhist Caves in Western
  China.” In Art of Merit: Studies in Buddhist Art and Its Conservation\,
  edited by David Park\, Kuenga Wangmo\, and Sharon Cather\, 38–65. Londo
 n: Archetype Publications\, Courtauld Institute of Art\, 2013.        
    https://www.academia.edu/27245928/Art_in_the_dark_the_ritual_context\
 n\nHenrik H. Sørensen. “Light on ‘Art in the Dark’: On Buddhist Pra
 ctices and Worship in the Mogao Caves.” BuddhistRoad Paper 5.6 (2022). 
 https://omp.ub.rub.de/index.php/BuddhistRoad/catalog/view/200/177/1126\n\n
 Carmen Meinert. “Beyond Spatial and Temporal Contingencies: Tantric Ritu
 als in Eastern Central Asia Under Tangut Rule\, 11th–13th C.” In Buddh
 ism in Central Asia II—Practices and Rituals\, Visual and Material Trans
 fer\, edited by Yukiyo Kasai and Henrik H. Sørensen\, 313–365. Leiden: 
 Brill\, 2022. https://static.ceres.rub.de/media/filer_public/35/08/35089c
 9a-75fc-4ad8-be31-bd555ceacad1/9789004507937_16-meinert.pdf\n\n \n\nTo jo
 in the discussion\, please pre-register until 8 November 2022\, 5 pm (CET)
  at: \n\nhttps://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5ckcOuqpzsvHdY
 dw7uAUnaB9WN28b3AGTOv\n\n 
LOCATION:Online Event
URL:https://ceres.rub.de/en/events/a-discussion-of-form-and-function-regar
 ding-the-bu/
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