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Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière and Peter A. Jackson with the Nordic Asia Podcast

Interview of with the Nordic Asia Podcast

  • What is the relationship between Spirit Possession Rituals and Buddhism in mainland Southeast Asia?
  • How has modernity transformed Spirit Possession cults in the 21st century and what has led to the efflorescence of possession rituals across Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam in recent decades? 

The authors of ‘Spirit Possession in Buddhist Southeast Asia, Worlds Ever More Enchanted’, Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière and Peter A. Jackson were interviewed by NIAS Postdoctoral Researcher Terese Gagnon discussing their new edited volume. 

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Spirit Possession in Buddhist Southeast Asia

Worlds Ever More Enchanted
Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière

Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière

is an anthropologist at the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris and former director of its Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CASE).

Peter A. Jackson

Peter A. Jackson

is Emeritus Professor in Thai cultural history at the Australian National University.