Lynn Kwiatkowski

The ecological self: a cognitive anthropological study of identity, body ideology and ecology in American Zen monastic culture

2015 Kelly Graves, Jeffrey G. Snodgrass, Lynn Kwiatkowski et al.

This research will examine the unique cultural context of Japanese Zen as it is practiced, embodied and shared in an American monastic setting. It will look at how this particular “culture of meditation” (defined as the U.S. Zen monastic culture) promoted within these communities may influence the way a person frames their bodies, sense of self and environment. Through this process, I suggest...