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Re:
QUERY> Buddhism & Waste
by Jeff Wilson
Hi Frances, your student will likely want to know about two resources. First
is the upcoming Centre for the Study of Contemporary Buddhism workshop on
Buddhist Consumption: Excess and Waste: https://centerforcontemporarybuddhiststudies.wordpress.com/2019/03/11/bu...The workshop is closed to new applicants, but participants may be willing to share their research privately (and eventually the May workshop is anticipated to result in publications). I am the only Canadian participant and will be happy to interface with your student. Please feel free to direct the student to my email address: jeff.wilson@uwaterloo.ca
Second, the most recent issue of the Japanese Journal of Religion (vol 45 no 2) is about Buddhist materiality, with a number of relevant articles on discarded objects: https://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/en/publications/jjrs/listofjournals/
Sincerely,
Jeff Wilson
Professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies
Renison University College, University of Waterloo
Re:
QUERY> Buddhism & Waste
by Giuliano Giustarini
Dear Frances,Some references to Pali Buddhist sources are found in Harvey, P. (2000). An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics, Cambridge University Press, p. 180. They include the case of the monastic robes recycled as rugs, mats, carpets, etc. (Vinaya II.291).
Best,
Giuliano
CFP> Buddhism:
The Basics
by Gwendolyn Gillson
I am looking for
contributors to a new multi-media, peer-reviewed, digital resource for the
study of Religion: Bloomsbury
Religion in North America (BRINA). I am editor for the section
related to Buddhism: The
Basics which is envisioned as an introduction to the Buddhist
tradition as a whole; there will be a separate section for Buddhism in
North America specifically. There is a small stipend associated with the
successful completion of the project.
BRINA will provide
students with a reliable and mixed media online resource, where articles
are both scholarly (unlike, for example, Wikipedia entries) and written at an
appropriate level (unlike, for example, many journal articles). Students will
be able to refer to and cite articles from BRINA during their study and
research, and instructors will find a rich, reliable, and flexible resource for
teaching.
The article
requirements are as follows:
- Word
Length: 4000-4500
- Images:
5-7 (an image budget is provided)
- Proposal
submission date: April 17, 2019
- Draft
submission date: September 1, 2019
- Final
submission date: June 30, 2020
On one of the
following Topics:
- Buddhist
Monastics
- Buddhist
Scriptures
- Buddhism
and Gender
- Buddhist
Deities
- Buddhism
and Economics
- Socially
Engaged Buddhism
- Death
and the Afterlife in Buddhism
- Buddhist
Ritual
- Buddhist
Materiality
- Buddhism
and the Environment
- Buddhist
Medicine
- Buddhist
Practices and/or Meditation
All articles written
for BRINA should be written for undergraduate students and should not
assume knowledge on the part of the reader. They should be at once scholarly
and accessible. Material should be written as clearly as possible, without loss
of accuracy. Articles should provide an introduction to the topic as well as
speaking to key debates, theories, and controversies. The discipline(s) within
which the article is situated should be made explicit (e.g. if the article is
primarily anthropological in approach). Contributors should have experience
teaching undergraduate students. Ideally, contributions will come from across
the permanent and contingent professoriate, from advanced graduate students
(late-stage ABD) to full professors.
This project has the
potential to offer a cutting-edge resource for the field. As digital is
increasingly important and value is seen in being able to work across media,
this offers a unique opportunity to work on something teaching-centred.
Bloomsbury also plans to publish print editions of the Sections, so there will
also be a traditional print book associated with the project in due
course.
Please send a 150-200
word proposal for the topic of your choice and a CV to Gwendolyn Gillson,
Section Editor for Buddhism:
The Basics, at ggillson@oberlin.edu by Wednesday,
APRIL 17th at 5 PM Eastern Time.
