Calendars & Power: Unravelling the political economy of Sikh timekeeping practices in Punjab

日历

基本信息

批准号：
2395234
负责人：
金额：
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依托单位：
University College London
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Studentship
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2020 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2395234
关键词：
Calendars Power Unravelling political economy

项目摘要

My research will look at controversies engulfing Sikh communities in the Indian state of Punjab since the implementation of a solar calendar named Nanakshahi. The new chart replaces the long-established Bikrami lunar calendar. Those supporting the move presented it as a means to differentiate Sikhs from Hindus - who also use the lunar calendar - and to provide their communities with the regular rhythms demanded by capitalism. On the other hand, Sikh traditionalists oppose it and would like to continue using lunar calculations to determine religious festivals. They claim that the Nanakshahi calendar generates new understandings of the self since it relates personal and communal time to a different set of astronomical features. The result is that parallel calendars are now in use within Sikh communities, often creating confusion and reflecting social differentiation on sectarian basis. Timekeeping is an essential element of social organisation and studying this calendrical shift will provide a window into the religious, political and economic activities of Sikh communities in Punjab. Research will be ethnographically informed by conducting fieldwork in the cities of Amritsar and Chandigarh, as well as adjacent villages. This will allow me to collect the difficult to uncover material necessary to understand how introduction of the new solar calendar relates to changes in Punjab's local political and economic life.

我的研究将关注自实施名为“纳纳克沙希”的太阳历以来席卷印度旁遮普邦锡克教社区的争议。新图表取代了历史悠久的比克拉米农历。支持这一举措的人将其视为区分锡克教徒与印度教徒（印度教徒也使用农历）的一种手段，并为他们的社区提供资本主义所要求的规律节奏。另一方面，锡克教传统主义者则反对，并希望继续使用月球计算来确定宗教节日。他们声称，纳纳克沙希日历产生了对自我的新理解，因为它将个人和公共时间与一组不同的天文特征联系起来。结果是，锡克教社区现在使用平行日历，经常造成混乱并反映宗派基础上的社会差异。计时是社会组织的一个重要组成部分，研究这种日历变化将为了解旁遮普邦锡克教社区的宗教、政治和经济活动提供一个窗口。研究将通过在阿姆利则和昌迪加尔市以及邻近村庄进行实地考察来获取人种学信息。这将使我能够收集难以发现的必要材料，以了解新太阳历的引入与旁遮普当地政治和经济生活的变化有何关系。