Power and Agency in the Lives of Contemporary Tibetan Nuns - An Intersectional Study - Mitra Härkönen
15. Increasing Opportunities
Power and Agency in the Lives of Contemporary Tibetan Nuns - An Intersectional Study - Mitra Härkönen
Mitra Härkönen [+]
University of Helsinki
Mitra Härkönen is a researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
Description
When looking at the structural, disciplinary, hegemonic and interpersonal domains discussed above, many changes can be found. There are changes particularly with the increasing number of nunneries and the nuns’ improved chances for higher religious education. The new roles of the nuns as non-violent freedom fighters, their increasing numbers, and their mission as culture “preservers” seem to have changed their status and the ways in which they are viewed by society.