by Sara Novak Lerner View project in Mediathread My chosen object for this project, the Black Tent is unique because it's been photographed in its natural environment, which gives me the opportunity to discuss its surroundings as well. I also want to take this opportunity to do a bit of research on the Tibetan nomads, who comprise more than three-quarters of the … [Read more...]
Tibetan Ritual Dance
Welcome to my website about Tibetan ritual dance for my final project in Columbia University’s Intro to Tibetan Civilization class! On this main page you will find background information. At the top you will see tabs to other pages that delve into more specific topics! Have fun exploring! Please note that the reason videos are linked rather than embedded is that I would need to … [Read more...]
Mapping Tibetan Culture
The website Mapping Tibetan Culture was created in Fall 2015 as a final project for ASCE V2365: Intro to Tibetan Civilization with Professor Gray Tuttle. Motivation One of the class assignments in our semester required us to work together as a class to locate centers of Tibetan culture around the world. I saw value in assimilating these datasets and attempting to map them to … [Read more...]
Mapping Tibet
Living in Sacred Space
Video by Bekah Mulberg. Description: Intended for Educational Purposes Only. This project began as an exploration. What is sacred space? What did it mean to our ancestors, to indigenous cultures who remain so entwined with their land? Modern, secularized society tends to ignore this idea, and paints most of the world around us as profane space. That which is "sacred" we … [Read more...]
Sacred Space in Perspective
An online essay by Neil Agarwal and Millen Anand, including video with drone footage. Excerpt: For our final project, we decided to look at sacred space from a variety of perspectives. As we’ve learned in Professor Tuttle’s class, sacred space can look different from unique viewpoints. For example, in one of our recent readings titled No Man’s Land: Real and … [Read more...]
Sacred Spaces in Modernity
Experiencing Sacred Space — A Reflection on my Trips to The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine and to the Ground Zero Memorial Essay by Corin I. Bronsther With graduation from college approaching, I returned to two places that have had a meaningful impact on my life. One was the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, the place where my high school graduation took place … [Read more...]