The Sacred Chronotope, GeSAR & the Bhutanese Identity with award-winning communications scholar, Dorji Wangchuk‪.‬ Hello from Bhutan!

In this episode, communications scholar, Dorji Wangchuk, talks about his award-winning research: “On Identity, Spirituality, Community and the Sacred Chronotope in Bhutan", the biggest announcement from Bhutan – GeSAR (Gelephu Mindfulness City) - a city like no other, and the unique Bhutanese identity.

00:00-Introduction

01:18-Background to Research

03:03-Types of Bhutanese Communities

04:08-The Bhutanese Identity

05:35-Meaning of Chronotope

07:26-The Sacred Chronotope

10:12-National Day 2023 as a Sacred Chronotope

11:56-What Unites us as Bhutanese

15:39-GeSAR or Gelephu Mindfulness City

23:42-Bhutan as a Collectivist Society

27:25-What should be the Bhutanese story?

29:34-Various interpretations of Dec 17 2023










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