scholarly journals Reinventions of an Old Tradition: Orthodox Processions and Pilgrimage in Contemporary Finland

Numen ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 557-585
Author(s):  
Elina Vuola
Keyword(s):  
Patron Saint ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
Intangible Heritage ◽  
Home Area ◽  
History Of ◽  
Orthodox Theology

Abstract This article examines two cases of Finnish Orthodox traditions of procession and pilgrimage that are currently being reframed in response to physical, political, and religious disruption. Annual Orthodox processions are now held in Northern Karelia close to and across the Finnish-Russian border, while the pilgrimage of St. Tryphon of Pechenga, the patron saint of the Skolt Saami in northeastern Finland, crosses the border between Finland and Norway to visit their lost home area, as an act of remembrance and recognition of the history of the Skolt Saami. Here I argue that, contrary to some trends within pilgrimage studies to blur tourism and pilgrimage, these journeys are primarily religious, understood only with an appreciation of Orthodox theology and worldview. Each case demonstrates both continuity and change in Orthodox pilgrimage praxis and its theological underpinnings. It highlights the pragmatism of the priests and congregations involved in adapting traditional forms to complex new contexts involving the loss of tangible and intangible heritage. The analysis shows that both events include the active agency of both the institution and local participants and a significant amount of invention in relation to new contexts of loss.

Prologue

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter D. McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
The State ◽  
The Political ◽  
Cultural Expression ◽  
Intangible Heritage ◽  
History Of ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Print Literacy

The section introduces Part II, which spans the period 1946 to 2014, by tracing the history of the debates about culture within UNESCO from 1947 to 2009. It considers the central part print literacy played in the early decades, and the gradual emergence of what came to be called ‘intangible heritage’; the political divisions of the Cold War that had a bearing not just on questions of the state and its role as a guardian of culture but on the idea of cultural expression as a commodity; the slow shift away from an exclusively intellectualist definition of culture to a more broadly anthropological one; and the realpolitik surrounding the debates about cultural diversity since the 1990s. The section concludes by showing how at the turn of the new millennium UNESCO caught up with the radical ways in which Tagore and Joyce thought about linguistic and cultural diversity.

The Experience of Poetry

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek Attridge
Keyword(s):  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Cultural Practice ◽  
Oral Traditions ◽  
English Renaissance ◽  
Ancient Rome ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Impact

The question this book addresses is whether, in addition to its other roles, poetry—or a cultural practice we now call poetry—has, across the two-and-a-half millennia from the composition of the Homeric epics to the publication of Ben Jonson’s Works and the death of Shakespeare in 1616, continuously afforded the pleasurable experience we identify with the crafting of language into memorable and moving rhythmic forms. Parts I and II examine the evidence for the performance of the Iliad and the Odyssey and of Ancient Greek lyric poetry, the impact of the invention of writing on Alexandrian verse, the performances of poetry that characterized Ancient Rome, and the private and public venues for poetic experience in Late Antiquity. Part III deals with medieval verse, exploring the oral traditions that spread across Europe in the vernacular languages, the importance of manuscript transmission, the shift from roll to codex and from papyrus to parchment, and the changing audiences for poetry. Part IV explores the achievements of the English Renaissance, from the manuscript verse of Henry VIII’s court to the anthologies and collections of the late Elizabethan period. Among the topics considered in this part are the advent of print, the experience of the solitary reader, the continuing significance of manuscript circulation, the presence of poet figures in pageants and progresses, and the appearance of poets on the Elizabethan stage. Tracking both continuity and change, the book offers a history of what, over these twenty-five centuries, it has meant to enjoy a poem.

scholarly journals VISUALIZING GERMANNESS THROUGH COSTUMES IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
FREDERICK G. CROFTS
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Holy Roman Empire ◽  
Production Networks ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
Political Landscape ◽  
History Of ◽  
Scholarly Discourse ◽  
Material Exchange

ABSTRACT Examining the understudied collection of costume images from Heidelberg Calvinist, lawyer, and church councillor Marcus zum Lamm's (1544–1606) ‘treasury’ of images, the Thesaurus Picturarum, this article intervenes in the historiography on sixteenth-century German national imaginaries, emphasizing the import of costume books and manuscript alba for national self-fashioning. By bringing late sixteenth-century ethnographic costume image collections into scholarly discourse on the variegated ways of conceiving and visualizing Germany and Germanness over the century, this article sheds new light on a complex narrative of continuity and change in the history of German nationhood and identity. Using zum Lamm's images as a case-study, this article stresses the importance of incorporating costume image collections into a nexus of patriotic genres, including works of topographical-historical, natural philosophical, ethnographic, cartographic, cosmographic, and genealogical interest. Furthermore, it calls for historians working on sixteenth-century costume books and alba to look deeper into the meanings of such images and collections in the specific contexts of their production; networks of knowledge and material exchange; and – in the German context – the political landscape of territorialization, confessionalization, and dynastic ambition in the Holy Roman Empire between the Peace of Augsburg and the Thirty Years War (1555–1618).

Book Review: A History of Orthodox Theology since 1453

1977 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 782-783
Author(s):  
George T. Dennis
Keyword(s):  
History Of ◽  
Orthodox Theology

scholarly journals Islam Dibawa Masuk oleh Orang Nusantara: Dari Data Terserak Buzurgh Al-Ramahurmuzi, ‘Ajaibul Hind: Kisah-Kisah Ajaib di Daratan dan Lautan Hindi

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 239-252
Author(s):  
Idris Masudi
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Cultural Relations ◽  
Indian Ocean Region ◽  
Ibn Khaldun ◽  
Science Culture ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
Golden Triangle ◽  
Ocean Region ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Indian Ocean

Studies of the archipelago (nusantara) on the notes of foreign travelers written in the 9th and 10th of centuries are still quite rare.  Indeed, there have been several studies on the notes of travelers such as Ma Huan (China), Tome Pires (Portuguese), Ibn Bathuthah (Arabic), and some others. But, these studies revolve around the notes of travelers after the 10th of century.  Meanwhile, notes of travelers who came to the archipelago (nusantara) in the century before 10 AD have not got serious attention yet. This book is a travel note's report which captures various activities in India, China and Southeast Asia. This book also contains a history about how Islam met in the Sarandib area.  There are many interpretations of sarandib accurate location today. The findings of Keram Kevonian in his research on the names of regions in the Indian Ocean region using Armenian language sources stated that Sarandib means Swarnadipa which was no other than Sumatra. Keywords: nusantara, records of travelers, islamization, sarandib Reference: Balka, Ilyas. The Geoghraphy of The Islamic Word As Seen By Ibn Khaldun. Oman: Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs, t.thn. Buzurg ibn Syahriyar Ramahurmuz. Kitab Ajayib al-Hind; Barruhu wa Bahruhu, wa Jazairuhu, Penerjemah: Arsyad Mokhtar. Malaysia: Pulau Pinang-Malaysia, 2015. Fatimi, S.Q. Islam Comes to Malaysia. Singapore: Malaysian Sociological Institute, 1963. —. Two Letters From Maharaja to The Khalifah: A Study in the Early History of Islam in the East. t.thn. Freeman-Grenville, G.S.P. “ Some Thought on Buzurg Ibn Shahriyar Al-Ramahormuzi: The Book of The Wonders India.” Paideuma Journal, 1982: no. 28. Hasymy, A. Sejarah masuk dan berkembangnya Islam di Indonesia. Bandung: Al-Maarif, 1981. Kevonian, Keram. Suatu Catatan Perjalanan di Laut Cina, dalam buku Lobu Tua Sejarah Awal Barus, editor Claude Gulliot, Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia, 2015. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia, 2015. Kratovsky, Ignatius. Istoria Arabskoi Geograficheskio Literatury, Tarikh Al-Adab al-Jugrafi al-'Arabiy, penerjemah: Shalahuddin 'Utsman Hasyim,. Teheran: Al-Idarah al-Tsaqafah, t.thn. Nurcholis, Nanang. “The Golden Triangle (India-China-Indonesia) Maritime Cultural Relations (A Critical Analysis on Kitab ‘Ajaib alHind by Buzurg Ibn Shahriyār (d.399 H/1009 M).” Proceeding of the International Seminar and Conference 2015: The Golden Triangle (Indonesia-India-Tiongkok) Interrelations in Religion, Science, Culture, and Economic. Semarang: Unwahas, 2015. Ramahurmuz, Buzurg Ibn syahriyar. Kitab Ajaib al-Hind: Barruhu wa Bahruhu, wa Jaziruhu. Paris: Leiden-E.J. Brill, 1883. Shimada, Ryuoto. “Southeast Asia and International Trade: Continuity and Change in Historical Perspective.” Dalam Paths to the Emerging State in Asia and Africa Springer, oleh Keijiro Otsuka dan Kaoru Sugihara (Ed), Chapter III. Berlin: Springer, 2019. Syakir, Mahmud. al-Tarikh al-Islamy; al-Tarikh al-Muashirah fi al-Qarah al-Hindi. Beirut: al-Maktab al-Islamy, 1991.

Introduction

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
GEORGINA HERRMANN ◽  
JOE CRIBB
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Cultural Continuity ◽  
Alexander The Great ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
History Of ◽  
Religious Iconography

This introductory chapter discusses the coverage of this book, which is about the history of Central Asia after its conquest by Alexander the Great and before the introduction of Islam. It explores the role of the nomads in the shaping of Central Asia, describes major cities and the arrangement of buildings, and explores the region's experience with a series of invasions. The chapter analyses the role of money as a marker of cultural continuity and change and discusses religious iconography and temples.

Prostitution and Trafficking in the Age of HIV/AIDS

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saheed Aderinto
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Regulatory Agencies ◽  
Colonial History ◽  
National Agency ◽  
Girl Child ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
Contemporary Politics ◽  
History Of ◽  
Illicit Sexuality ◽  
Hiv Aids

This epilogue links the colonial history of sexuality with the contemporary politics of HIV/AIDS and girl-child trafficking in Nigeria. The continuity and change in the institutional response to illicit sexuality mirrored the transformative process in the core structures of Nigeria's political and economic ordering. Unlike in the 1940s, when the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the CWO were chiefly responsible for policing prostitution, postcolonial Nigeria witnessed the emergence of new organizations like the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP), which monitors sexual exploitation of underage girls. Indeed, the character, intensity, and composition of regulatory agencies have changed to meet the new challenges of urbanization, HIV/AIDS, underdevelopment, and the globalization of sex in post-independence Nigeria.

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