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Deborah de Koning, MA

  • Warandelaan 2, Dante Building, room D 202

    5037 AB Tilburg

    Netherlands

20162018
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Research interests

My NWO-funded PhD project concerns the contemporary (re)appraisal and revitalisation of Ravana amongst Sinhalese Buddhists in Sri Lanka. Ravana is nowadays regarded by several Sinhalese Buddhists (Sri Lanka?s ethnic majority) as a heroic ruler and at some places in Sri Lanka Ravana is even venerated as a god. To investigate the phenomenon of Ravanisation (the contemporary revitalization of Ravana) I am conducting fieldwork research in Sri Lanka at two sites. At those particular sites I focus on stories, folklore, poetry, rituals, performances, experiences and material expressions concerning Ravana. By doing this I will investigate how and why Ravana is nowadays revitalised within the context of Sinhalese self-understanding and (ethnic) identity construction in a post-war situation.

Keywords

  • Pilgrimage
  • Identity
  • Inter-Religious Communication
  • Religion And Culture
  • Religious Diversity
  • Southeast Asia
  • Nationalism
  • Sacred Space
  • Buddhism
  • Hinduism

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Research Output 2016 2018

  • 6 Article
  • 3 Web publication/site
  • 1 Abstract

Mythevorming en sociale media bij groeiende anti-moslimsentimenten in Sri Lanka

de Koning, D., 2 Oct 2018, In : Diggit Magazine.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional

Open Access

The Ritualizing of the Martial and Benevolent Side of Ravana in Two Annual Rituals at the Sri Devram Maha Viharaya in Pannipitiya, Sri Lanka

de Koning, D., 21 Aug 2018, In : Religions. 9, 250.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional

Open Access
Sri Lanka
Conceptualization
Buddhist
Warrior
Healers

De revitalisering van Ravana: Een verkennend onderzoek naar hedendaagse voorstellingen van Ravana onder Sinhalezen in Sri Lanka

de Koning, D., 2017, In : NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion. 71, 3, p. 257-276

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Sri Lanka
Religion

Geweld in Myanmar raakt buurlanden

de Koning, D., 21 Sep 2017, In : Nederlands Dagblad. 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Popular

Ravana: Once a Demon, Always a Demon? Considering Ravana from a Different Perspective

de Koning, D., 30 Mar 2017

Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site › Other research output

Open Access

Activities 2019 2019

  • 1 Invited talk

Van Jodensavanne tot Sri Ram: Jodendom, Hindoeïsme en de Nederlandse kolonie Suriname

M.J. Stoutjesdijk (Speaker), Deborah de Koning (Speaker)
16 Jan 2019

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Popular

Press / Media

Buddhists use bullets too

Tineke Nugteren & Deborah de Koning

26/10/17

1 media contribution

Press/Media: Expert Comment