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    This document provides the program for the "Transcultural Encounters" workshop hosted by FIND in 2017. The workshop focused on normativity and margins in Tantra. Over two days, there were presentations on topics like tribal poet Bhima Bhoi's integration into mainstream Hinduism, the cult of the goddess Kāmākhyā and its political and social implications, and the tantric culture of cremation grounds. Presenters also discussed Śaiva Yoginīs, Aghorī ascetics, and Daniélou's interpretation of Śiva and margins. Discussion sessions allowed for exploring the dynamics of religious norms and transgression in India. The program included introductions, presentations

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    This document provides the program for the "Transcultural Encounters" workshop hosted by FIND in 2017. The workshop focused on normativity and margins in Tantra. Over two days, there were presentations on topics like tribal poet Bhima Bhoi's integration into mainstream Hinduism, the cult of the goddess Kāmākhyā and its political and social implications, and the tantric culture of cremation grounds. Presenters also discussed Śaiva Yoginīs, Aghorī ascetics, and Daniélou's interpretation of Śiva and margins. Discussion sessions allowed for exploring the dynamics of religious norms and transgression in India. The program included introductions, presentations

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    This document provides the program for the "Transcultural Encounters" workshop hosted by FIND in 2017. The workshop focused on normativity and margins in Tantra. Over two days, there were presentations on topics like tribal poet Bhima Bhoi's integration into mainstream Hinduism, the cult of the goddess Kāmākhyā and its political and social implications, and the tantric culture of cremation grounds. Presenters also discussed Śaiva Yoginīs, Aghorī ascetics, and Daniélou's interpretation of Śiva and margins. Discussion sessions allowed for exploring the dynamics of religious norms and transgression in India. The program included introductions, presentations

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    FIND FORUM “TRANSCULTURAL ENCOUNTERS” 2017

    Normativity and the Margins: The Question of Tantra

    Workshop Program
    21 October
    09:00 – 9:30: Introduction Adrián Navigante (FIND Research and
    Intellectual Dialogue)
    09:30 – 11:00: Andrea Acri (École Pratique des Hautes Études,
    Paris, FIND grantee): Tantrism and the Margins: Historical, Social,
    and Geographical Reflections; Bettina Bäumer (Abhinavagupta
    Research Library, Vārāṇasī): Bhima Bhoi: The way of an Odisha
    Tribal Poet from the Margin to the Center).
    11.00 – 11.30: Coffee Break
    11.30 – 13:00: Paolo Rosati (University of La Sapienza, Rome): The
    Early Medieval Śākta-Tantra Cult of Kāmākhyā: Political
    Implications and the Dialectic between Hindu Élite and Tribal
    Groups); Chiara Policardi (University of Milan): Śaiva Yoginīs and
    Their Animal Faces: Hypotheses on Origins and Meanings.
    13.00 – 14:30: Lunch
    14:30 – 16.00: Aleksandra Wenta (Nalanda University, Bihar,
    FIND grantee): The tantric culture of the cremation grounds and the
    question of the margins); Christof Zotter (University of
    Heidelberg): Aghorī: The Margin in the Centre)
    16.00 – 16.30: Coffee Break
    16.30 – 18.00: Discussion
    20:00: Dinner with workshop participants and special guests
    22 October
    9.30 – 10.15: Patricia Obermeier (University of Munich, FIND
    grantee): Śiva and the Margins: Daniélou’s interpretation.
    10.15 – 10.45: Coffee Break
    10.45 – 13.00: Roundtable: Norm and Transgression, Centre and
    Margin. The dynamics of religious phenomena in India, with
    Bettina Bäumer (Abhinavagupta Research Library, Vārāṇasī) and
    Raffaele Torella (University of La Sapienza, Rome), moderators:
    Andrea Acri (École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris, FIND
    grantee) and Adrián Navigante (FIND Research and Intellectual
    Dialogue).
    13.00 – 14.30: Lunch
    14:30 – 16:00: Grant program session - Discussion with FIND’s
    grantees about the perspectives related to their projects.

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