Professor Barbara Andaya’s recent article for the Art of the Ancestors online educational platform focuses on women in Asian indigenous religions. The full article, “Speaking to the Spirits: Thinking Comparatively about Women in Asian Indigenous Beliefs,” can be found here, along with photos of Southeast Asian religious practices and objects.
Art of the Ancestors is “a dynamic nonprofit educational platform exploring the artistic traditions of the peoples and civilizations of Southeast Asia and Oceania.” Professor Andaya’s article links these traditions with others throughout Asia, looking especially at older women’s roles in belief and practice.
