I've recently started a new three-year research project at Hiroshima University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Indian Philosophy.
The title of the research is Impaling the Yogi. The reason for this is that it is focused on pole dancing acrobat-wrestlers and has a tangential goal to explore what I define as the 'contortionist turn'. This relates to the yoga's own elephant in its room, which deftly avoids exploring why, how, when stuff related to how medieval yogis got bendy and stretchy. In time, I'll share my theories and arguments for it. But, for now, it might be obvious that I think it very much has something to do with wandering guilds of street performers.
This work is generously funded by the Hiroshima University and the ISRF (Independent Scholars Research Fund), which sees me have a research affiliation with the University of Santiago-Compostela in Spain.
The title of the research is Impaling the Yogi. The reason for this is that it is focused on pole dancing acrobat-wrestlers and has a tangential goal to explore what I define as the 'contortionist turn'. This relates to the yoga's own elephant in its room, which deftly avoids exploring why, how, when stuff related to how medieval yogis got bendy and stretchy. In time, I'll share my theories and arguments for it. But, for now, it might be obvious that I think it very much has something to do with wandering guilds of street performers.
This work is generously funded by the Hiroshima University and the ISRF (Independent Scholars Research Fund), which sees me have a research affiliation with the University of Santiago-Compostela in Spain.
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I'll add more stuff in due time. For now, here are some articles and images.
