This interdisciplinary two-day hybrid workshop aims to open debate on the question of water management in Inner Asia with a theoretical focus on ‘religio-hydraulic’ knowledge across Asian belief systems, paying special attention to water beings (water deities - nāgas (Skt.) and lus (Tib and Mong.), that embody ideas about non-human powers and relations between species (humans, animals, plants, deities, etc). In recent years, the materiality of water (fresh water scarcity, water caused calamities, etc.) is becoming an arena where religion, natural resource extraction, environmental awareness, and nationalism co-produce particular narratives, where water beings reveal their decisive agency in certain societies.
There are limited spaces, to attend please register here as soon as possible, meeting links will be provided