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Return to Majapahit: Buddhist garden shrines in contemporary rural Java EASA 2020 Lisbon, 21-24 July 2020 Roberto Rizzo Cultural and Social Anthropology Department of Human Sciences University of Milan Bicocca, Italy 2 Return to

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Return to Majapahit:

Buddhist “garden shrines” in contemporary rural Java

EASA 2020 Lisbon, 21-24 July 2020

Roberto Rizzo

Cultural and Social Anthropology Department of Human Sciences

University of Milan – Bicocca, Italy

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Towards a “Buddhist” lithic materiality
Rurality between aestheticization and identity politics

→ How do shrines participate in this wider process of

[1] Buddhification/Theravadization and of [2] reifi- cation of a peasant “Javanese culture”?

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Temanggung, Central Java

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Buddhism in the Indonesian “rush hour of the gods” (1)

Global Theosophy and local mysticism
Revitalization narrative
Majapahit and nationalism

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Between Chinese-ness and Javanese-ness
Neither Theravada nor Mahayana?
Buddhayana and “national Buddhism”

Buddhism in the Indonesian “rush hour of the gods” (2)

Ashin Jinarakkhita

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1950s-1960s – The trails of power and family allegiance

Buddhism in Temanggung

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1950s-1960s – The trails of power and family allegiance
1960s – How to Buddhify a village

Buddhism in Temanggung

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1950s-1960s – The trails of power and family allegiance
1960s – How to Buddhify a village
1980s – Ascendance of Sangha Theravada Indonesia

(STI) Buddhism in Temanggung

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The lithic and the mythic

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The lithic and the mythic

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The lithic and the mythic

Candi Liyangan Candi Sepanjang

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The lithic and the mythic

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Devotion in-between

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Devotion in-between

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Devotion in-between

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Devotion in-between

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Devotion in-between

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The politics and aesthetics of wisatawan

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The politics and aesthetics of wisatawan

“Like reigniting the times of Majapahit”
“We worship at shrines to create a 'compact village'”
“The aim is to implement the program jangka panjang”

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The politics and aesthetics of wisatawan → Essentialization through lithic aestheticism → Phenomenology of the communal gaze: to see and to be seen → Eco-tourism, spiritual tourism. Coffee, stones, Buddhas.

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The politics and aesthetics of wisatawan → Essentialization through lithic aestheticism → Phenomenology of the communal gaze: to see and to be seen → Eco-tourism, spiritual tourism. Coffee, stones, Buddhas. → Rhizomatic Buddhism

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Thank you!

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