Paper’s patrons: digitisation, new media and the sponsorship of sacred Tibetan books in California
This paper focuses on the sacred text-production work of a Nyingma Buddhist group based in Berkeley, California. It unpacks their selective engagement with the tools afforded to them by digitisation and new media. Digitisation projects - appearing in growing numbers - offer a powerful resource for t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Taylor and Francis Group
[2019]
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| In: |
Culture and religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 20, Issue: 4, Pages: 390-408 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
California
/ Lamaism
/ Holy books
/ Collection
/ Digitalization
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism KBQ North America |
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Tibetan Buddhism
B Sacred Texts B Tibetan books B New Media B American Religion B Anthropology of religion |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |