Pākehā in Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' lands. Writing about politics, gender & devotion in Pali-ish Buddhism, also likes nice maps.
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May 21, 2022 • 24 tweets • 6 min read
I usually write threads about early second millennium Buddhism, but my MA (my first step into Sri Lanka Studies) was about contemporary Buddhist nationalists coopting US “war on terror” rhetoric. Something similar has recently targeted #GotaGoGama and the අරගලය
I’ve also written these rather hasty thoughts up on my website, if you prefer that format to a Twitter thread! brunomshirley.com/writing/lootin…
Nov 11, 2021 • 32 tweets • 10 min read
Humanities friends, stop using Google Maps screenshots in your presentations! Thanks to Technology™ it's easy and free to make maps from scratch that look professional (or at least professional enough), even with my level of extremely limited technical skills. A tutorial thread!
Disclaimer: I’m not a cartographer, this probably isn’t best practice in many ways, but IT’S EASY and that’s my main priority. Also, all of my screenshots have hideous hand-drawn arrows on them, I appreciate the irony that this is about making images look more professional.
Nov 9, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
I would add (to this excellent comment on an excellent commentary) that the term "Brahmin left" itself is *also* historically inaccurate. Here "Brahmin" operates as a shorthand for intellectuals without praxis (cont)
But as @SikotiHamiltonR shows for the NZ left, this distinction between "theorists" and "practitioners" is rather artificial. The Brahmin varṇa was made up of hereditary priests and scholars, yes, but that doesn't mean they were homogenously apolitical (aloka)
