Digital Circulations and Sacred-Boundary Contestations at the Cham Temple of the Mother Goddess in Vietnam
Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology April 3, 2026 Quang Dai Tuyen, Dave Paulson
Vietnam’s ‘modernisation’ increasingly relies on heritage-tourism, often prioritising economic development over Indigenous sacred meanings at religious sites. This research investigates this dynamic through the lens of Bourdieu’s symbolic violence, analysing how tourist-oriented Hầu Đồng (spirit mediumship) performances at Po Inâ Nâgar temple normalise the transformation of sacred grounds into...