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SUMMARY:The Power of Writing: The Nexus of Script and Religion in South As
 ia
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DESCRIPTION:Guest Lecture in English presented by Carmen Brandt (Bonn)\n\n
 Besides its linguistic diversity\, South Asia also hosts a large number of
  writing systems. While the emergence of ethnic groups based on linguistic
  factors is well studied\, research on the influence of scripts on identit
 y formation among ethnolinguistic and religious communities is still at th
 e beginning. This presentation will give a preliminary systematic overview
  on the importance of writing systems in contemporary South Asia as well a
 s focus on the nexus of script and religion in past and present. By presen
 ting some significant examples\, it will make apparent that the growing im
 portance of script is often also connected to the formation and spread of 
 religions as well as to the evolution of media technologies\, for instance
  to the introduction of the printing press and computer technology\, and a
 ccess to social media in South Asia. First conclusions in this presentatio
 n draw on an extensive comparative study based\, among others\, on long-te
 rm field studies in India\, Pakistan\, and Bangladesh.
LOCATION:CERES Palais\, room "Ruhrpott" (4.13)
URL:https://khk.ceres.rub.de/en/events/power-writing-nexus-script-and-reli
 gion-south-asia/
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