manvir singh

@mnvrsngh

phd student cognitive and evolutionary anthropology 🧞‍♂️

Cambridge, Smashandgrabachusetts
Vrijeme pridruživanja: siječanj 2019.

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  1. 18. sij

    So, why is Indonesia so unknown? Some guesses: It has a small diaspora in the West, it’s a recently industrialized nation that exports little media, & it stays out of conflicts w/ major powers. But it's coming! Indo's a huge country exploding in economic & soft power. Look out.

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  2. 18. sij

    Finally, nature: Indonesia consists of more than 17k tropical islands. It has 16% of the world's bird species, 13% of the mammals, & 11% of flowering plants. It has the 3rd most volcanoes of any country (after US & Russia) & the 3rd longest coastline (after Canada & Norway).

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  3. 18. sij

    For millennia, the archipelago has been a cross-roads for trade involving India & China. The Indonesian language derives from the trade language in the archipelago & is a cosmopolitan mutt, w/ words from Hokkien, Arabic, Portuguese, Sanskrit, & Dutch.

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  4. 18. sij

    Indonesia’s population is wildly diverse, including (among many others) the peoples of West Papua, Kalimantan, Bali, & the Mentawai Islands. There are >700 languages spoken in country. It’s an ongoing case study in forging a national identity from hundreds of ethnic affiliations.

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  5. 18. sij

    Indonesia is the fastest growing G20 country after China. By GDP based on purchasing power parity, it has the 7th biggest economy in the world, beating out Brazil, France, & the UK. By nominal GDP, it’s 16th, ahead of every Asian country but India, China, Japan, & South Korea.

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  6. 18. sij

    Indonesia is the largest Muslim nation. It has more Muslims than Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, & Syria—combined. Its comparative lack of religious turmoil shows that there are many ways of structuring a Muslim-majority nation, a fact that many people seem to forget.

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  7. 18. sij

    Indonesia has 270 million people, making it the 4th most populous country in the world (after China, India, and the US). That’s equivalent to Germany+France+Italy+UK.

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  8. 18. sij

    I’ve been working in Indonesia since 2014 & from talking to people, I’m convinced it’s among the most under-appreciated countries in terms of size & importance. Here’s an attempt to convince you there’s much more going on:

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  9. 14. sij

    The thing that unites many of the demons—& which makes them so mesmerizingly weird—is that they’re mishmashes of other creatures. Makes me wonder whether being a hybrid makes an evil supernatural force all-the-more compelling or memorable. (reminds of 's work)

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  10. 14. sij

    4. Compendium maleficarum (Guazzo, 1608). A manual reviewing witches’ evil acts and how they can be destroyed. The illustrations show the steps involved in establishing a pact with a demon, like trampling on the cross & being baptized anew.

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  11. 14. sij

    3. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft (Scott, 1830). A skeptic’s survey of demonology and witchcraft beliefs from the ancient world through the early 19th century. It was illustrated by George Cruickshank, who also did the book illustrations for several of Dickens’s works.

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  12. 14. sij

    2. Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae sistematisatae (unknown author, published in ~1770s although title page says it from 1057). A guide to dark magic that includes more than 30 watercolors, many featuring grotesque demons.

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  13. 14. sij

    This demon king Bael looks like a pouty Putin.

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  14. 14. sij

    1. Dictionnaire infernal (Collin de Plancy, 1863 ed.). An enormous encyclopedia of entities from folklore, superstition, & religion; includes 60+ illustrations of demons, many of them surreal, mischievous-looking hybrids.

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  15. 14. sij

    Been browsing old illustrated books on demons and witchcraft, and I'm blown away by how strange and imaginative people’s conceptions of mystical evildoers are. Here are some of my favorite books so far and the accompanying illustrations:

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  16. 7. sij

    To celebrate the discovery of the biggest flower, here's a little-known ethnobotanical use of rafflesia: Markets in Singapore used to put out rafflesias—which smell like rotting flesh— to draw flies away from raw meat & fish. (H/T )

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  17. 21. pro 2019.

    Just learned about one of the more peculiar imprints of colonialism: In many former British colonies, judges still wear big blonde wigs. Check out these magisterial Hongkongers, Zimbabweans, Sri Lankans, & Papua New Guineans.

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    21. stu 2019.

    Go to 16 minutes in to hear discuss the new paper on music across the world !

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  19. 21. stu 2019.
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  20. 21. stu 2019.

    finally, here’s the email that started it all 5 years ago— sent it after I gave a talk on Mentawai shamanism in ’s lab & we quickly looped in . It was kickass to befriend, learn from, & work closely with those two & the many others involved.

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