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SUMMARY:Mapping the City of the Gods: Bangkok\, Ethnicity\, and the Galact
 ic Polity - Justin McDaniel (University of Pennsylvania)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20231204T140000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20231204T153000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Stanley Tambiah's idea of the Galactic Polity\, alongside prev
 ious ways of defining urban centers in Southeast Asia as Mueang\, Mandala\
 , or Nagara have been very useful in trying to understand the ritual\, sym
 bolic\, and political ways of defining royal centers of power in the regio
 n. However\, all-encompassing definitions always exclude as much as they i
 nclude. This paper explores ways of understanding the founding and growth 
 of the last Buddho-Brahmanic royal city of Southeast Asia -- Bangkok. What
  and who gets excluded in the galactic polity and how does the ethnic hist
 ory of the city help revisit the ways in which we understand the first 250
  years of one of the world's great cities.\nSpeakers:\nJustin McDaniel (Un
 iversity of Pennsylvania)
LOCATION:Oriental Institute (Spalding Room (3rd floor))\, 11 Pusey Lane OX
 1 2LE
TZID:Europe/London
URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/924553e4-9586-4384-86f1-7a2d928bf0cf/
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