last modified: April 1, 2005
MIO Minoru
Center for Research Development, Associate Professor
Academic Qualifications:
B.A. University of Tokyo 1986
M.Soc, University of Tokyo 1988
B.A. University of Tokyo 1986
M.Soc, University of Tokyo 1988
Research Topics:
Coexistence and conflicts of religious traditions in South Asia
Relationship between the religious nationalism and the daily religious practice in India
Impact of the growth of the urban middle class on the changes of religious festivals in India
Coexistence and conflicts of religious traditions in South Asia
Relationship between the religious nationalism and the daily religious practice in India
Impact of the growth of the urban middle class on the changes of religious festivals in India
Geographical Areas of Interest:
Rajasthan and Gujarat, India
Rajasthan and Gujarat, India
Discipline:
Cultural anthropology, religious anthropology
Cultural anthropology, religious anthropology
Publications:
2004 Looking for Love and Miracles: Multivocal Composition and Conflicts among Believers in a Sufi Mausoleum Festival of Rajasthan, India. Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology 2004 29 (1): 21–41
2000 National Discourse and Local Conflict: How Modernity Intervened in a Conflict over the Administration of a Sufi Saint's Mausoleum in Mewar, Rajasthan. In H. Kotani, T. Fujii and F. Oshikawa (eds.) Fussing Modernity: Appropriation of History and Political Mobilization in South Asia. (JCAS Symposium Series 11), pp.131–146. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
1999 Faith, Identity and Communal Discourse: Some Ethnological Considerations on the Conflicts over the Administration of a Sufi Saint's Mausoleum in Rajasthan. In Steering Committee of the Research Project Institutions, Networks and Forces of Change in Contemporary South Asia (ed.) Rituals as Popular Culture: towards Historico-Anthropological Understanding of Modern Indian Society, pp.1–57.
2004 Looking for Love and Miracles: Multivocal Composition and Conflicts among Believers in a Sufi Mausoleum Festival of Rajasthan, India. Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology 2004 29 (1): 21–41
2000 National Discourse and Local Conflict: How Modernity Intervened in a Conflict over the Administration of a Sufi Saint's Mausoleum in Mewar, Rajasthan. In H. Kotani, T. Fujii and F. Oshikawa (eds.) Fussing Modernity: Appropriation of History and Political Mobilization in South Asia. (JCAS Symposium Series 11), pp.131–146. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
1999 Faith, Identity and Communal Discourse: Some Ethnological Considerations on the Conflicts over the Administration of a Sufi Saint's Mausoleum in Rajasthan. In Steering Committee of the Research Project Institutions, Networks and Forces of Change in Contemporary South Asia (ed.) Rituals as Popular Culture: towards Historico-Anthropological Understanding of Modern Indian Society, pp.1–57.
Presentations:
2000 “Conflicting Identities and Levels of Ritual Participation in a Sufi Mausoleum Cult of Rajasthan, India.” Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society at Columbus, Ohio.
2000 “Conflicting Identities and Levels of Ritual Participation in a Sufi Mausoleum Cult of Rajasthan, India.” Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society at Columbus, Ohio.