Tripping on Good Vibrations: Cultural Commodification and Tibetan Singing Bowls, Ben Joffe's 2015 piece on Savage Minds, is a trained anthropologist's own blog essay arguing that the Tibetan singing bowl as commonly marketed is a largely modern, Western influenced commercial invention rather than an ancient Himalayan ritual technology. Savage Minds was a respected group anthropology blog written by academics rather than a peer reviewed journal, so the piece carries the author's disciplinary training without formal peer review. Its authority rests on Joffe's field research; its limit is the blog format itself. Cite it for this specific critical argument about the bowls' modern marketing.
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Ben Joffe's 2015 piece on Savage Minds, the lower tier reflecting a trained anthropologist's own blog essay on a respected group academic blog rather than a peer reviewed journal article. Its authority rests on Joffe's field research; its limit is the blog format itself. Cite it for this specific critical argument about the bowls' modern marketing. NotesAnthropologist's account of the "Tibetan singing bowl" as a modern, largely Western invention rather than an ancient Himalayan technology.
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AuthorBen Joffe
PublisherSavage Minds (Anthropology weblog)
Publication Year2015
URLhttps://savageminds.org/2015/10/31/tripping-on-good-vibrations-cultural-commodification-and-tibetan-singing-bowls/
Source Typescholarly-blog
Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)
This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Sacred Objects & Ritual Items, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
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9Sacred Objects & Ritual Items
Holds
1Sacred Objects & Ritual Items
General References
1Sacred Objects & Ritual Items
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