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Interaction Rescaled: How Monastic Debate Became a Diasporic Pedagogy
Author(s) -
Lempert Michael
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1111/j.1548-1492.2012.01166.x
Subject(s) - expansive , sociology , institution , scale (ratio) , diaspora , rite of passage , anthropology , epistemology , social science , gender studies , geography , philosophy , materials science , compressive strength , cartography , composite material
Rather than assume the relevance of a priori scalar distinctions (micro‐, macro‐, meso‐), this article examines scale as an emergent dimension of sociospatial practice in educational institutions. Focusing on Buddhist debate at Tibetan monasteries in India, I describe how this educational practice has been placed as a rite of institution within the perimeter of Sera Monastery in India and rescaled into a more expansive diasporic pedagogy by reformers like the Dalai Lama. [interaction, scale, language, religious education, reproduction]