CSEAS Friday Forum
Market and Monastery: Manangi Trade Diasporas in South and Southeast Asia
Event Details
Date
Friday, February 6, 2009
Time
12 p.m.
Location
206 Ingraham Hall
Description
This talk will explore the social arrangements and ideas that have enabled a trans-regional community to sustain itself over centuries. Manangis' trade and social practices challenge the concept of progress, contemporary discourse on globalization and the common narrative of the rise of the West.
Cost
Free
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