Tag: Shaligrams

Balancing Acts: An Ethnographer’s Thoughts on Studying Religion

Anthropologists sometimes study sensitive topics and it is therefore not uncommon for ethnographic work to attract serious criticism along such lines. In a recent social media thread, I…

Post date 24th May 2020
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A Cultural Zoo: Shaligram Stone in an Ammonite World

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Author: Holly Walters, a cultural anthropologist at Wellesley College, United States. Her work focuses on religion, language, and ritual practice in South Asia. Her current research addresses issues…

Post date 15th March 2020
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