Speakers: Tal Liron PhD candidate at the University of Chicago's department of anthropology
5:30 PM, Tuesday-August 12th, 2014, ACMS Library, ULAANBAATAR East entrance of Natsagdorj Library (next to two Ger's on Seoul St.)
In this presentation, Tal Liron will articulate a model for analyzing a "deep grammar" of Mongolian national narratives. Starting with Naadam and Sukhbaatar/Chinggis Square, the discussion will move through many places, events, projects, personas and symbols that are employed and deployed in the ongoing effort to define and situate the "Mongolian nation" within shifting geopolitical and cultural constraints. We'll meet Buddhas and dinosaurs, archers and presidents, calligraphers and murderers. The analysis is based on data collected through a year-long, ongoing ethnographic research project based in Ulaanbaatar.
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