| Project/Area Number |
19K12955
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 01030:Religious studies-related
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
Siani Edoardo 京都大学, 東南アジア地域研究研究所, 特定研究員 (50822003)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2021-03-31
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| Project Status |
Granted (Fiscal Year 2019)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
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| Keywords | Spirit mediumship / Buddhism / Thailand / Bangkok / Purity and pollution |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
This research project explores the hypothesis that in certain ritual contexts, the divine may be disentangled from purity, and associated to pollution. It does so through a qualitative ethnographic study of Thai Buddhist spirit mediums in Bangkok. My guiding research question is: What is the relationship between the divine and pollution in contemporary Thai Buddhism from the perspective of urban spirit mediums?
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