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Methodological Travails: A Taling
Allan Parsons May 2015
Language
Lingua franca
Power
Hegemony
Globalisation
Language as a spatial practice[Sub-theme: communication is not transparent]
Language
Familiarity
Community
Ethnos
Nation
Homely
Heimlich
Un-Homely
Un-Heimlich
Sub-theme: the ethno-nation is not the political nation-state
Language
Tradition
Culture
Convention
Other traditions, Other conventions
vastu shastrathe sacred space system from the Vedic tradition in India
feng shuithe Chinese system of placement for homes and other buildings which is derived from vastu shastra
wabi sabi the Japanese aesthetic philosophy that values elegance, beauty, serenity, simplicity, a meditative quality, and appreciation of, and connection with, nature
wu weithe Taoist practice based on the ability to intuit placement that creates a good flow of energy and is in alignment with the Tao.
'universal life energy' or ‘cosmic energies’
prana ch’iqiki
Life – Energy - Spirit
The new materialism: rhizomaticity
Life
Energy
Spirit
Flow
Flow
Deleuze and Guattari’s ecophilosophy
Flow of energy
Flow of spirit
Narrative flow
The performative
'impermanence' or 'conditionality'
The sacred
Diagram
Mandala
Yantra
Much of Tantra is concerned with worship in a ritualistic form, using the three basic tools of mantra, yantra and mandala.
Sub-theme: ritualistic performance as kind of performativity
Vastu Shastra
Vastu Shastra
Yantra
The word 'yantra' means 'instrument, 'machine', 'apparatus', or 'implement'.
A yantra is the yogic equivalent of the Buddhist mandala.
According to Tantra, the human being is a miniature universe.
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