Ritual Dynamics And The Science Of Ritual: I: Grammars And Morphologies Of Ritual Practices In Asia

=== Volumes === Vol. 1: Michaels, Axel [ed.]; Grammars and morphologies of ritual practices in Asia; Wiesbaden 2010 (Harrassowitz); ISBN 9783447062015 Sect. 1. Grammar and morphology of ritual Sect. 2. Ritual discourse, ritual performance in China and Japan Vol. 2: Chaniōtēs, Angelos [ed.]; Body, performance, agency, and experience; Wiesbaden 2010 (Harrassowitz); ISBN 9783447062022 Sect. 1. Ritual and agency Sect. 2. Ritual, performance, and event [Not included in merged file] Vol. 3: Kitts, Margo [ed.]; State, power, and violence; Wiesbaden 2010 (Harrassowitz); ISBN 9783447062039 Sect. 1. Ritual and violence Sect. 2. Rituals of power and consent Vol. 4: Simon, Udo Gerald [ed.]; Reflexivity, media, and visuality; Wiesbaden 2011 (Harrassowitz); ISBN 9783447062046 Sect. 1: Reflexivity and discourse on ritual Sect. 2: Ritual and media Sect. 3: Ritual and visuality Sect. 4: Ritual design Vol. 5: Dharampal-Frick, Gita [ed.]; Transfer and spaces; Wiesbaden 2010 (Harrassowitz); ISBN 9783447062053 Sect. 1. Ritual transfer Sect. 2. Ritualized space and objects of sacrosanctity Held in Heidelberg from September 29 to October 2, 2008 by the collaborative research center SFB 619 "Ritual Dynamics" , the international conference "Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual" assembled most of the leading experts on rituals studies and more than 600 participants for the purpose of reassessing the traditional subject in view of the latest research. The results, which are presented in five volumes (see below), are pathbreaking for future transcultural, interdisciplinary and multi methodical research on rituals. The convention was marked by the broad range of disciplines and the corresponding diversity of methods. It embraced a tremendous variety of topics in terms of cultural geography and spanned a time horizon from the antiquity to the present. The proceedings show how broadly the term ritual can be defined, as well as the conditions, modes and functions of ritual actions in different cultures of the present and past. One of the most important conclusions of the conference is that there cannot be "one single" model for rituals and that interdisciplinary collaborations are the key to research on rituals. This also includes the development and use of creative research methods. Volume Grammars and Morphologies of Ritual practices in Asia; Volume Body, Performance, Agency and Experience; Volume State, Power and Violence; Volume Reflexivity, Media and Visuality; Volume Transfer and spaces. (Harrassowitz Verlag 2010) V. 1. Grammars And Morphologies Of Ritual Practices In Asia -- V. 2. Body, Performance, Agency, And Experience -- V. 3. State, Power, And Violence -- V. 4. Reflexivity, Media, And Visuality -- V. 5. Transfer And Spaces. General Editor, Axel Michaels. Abstracts Of Papers Included In Each Volume. Each Volume Is Accompanied By A Cd-rom Containing A Pdf Of The Volume Content. Includes Bibliographical References. Section 1 Ritual transfer -- ed. by Gita Dharampal-Frick ... [et al.]. Section 2 Ritualized space and objects af sacrosancity -- ed. by Nils Holger Petersen.