Writing Culture 6: Talal Asad on cultural translation

[@pompidou8875]

I'm an anthropology student currently reading Writing Culture and this video really helped me figure out this chapter, thank you!

[@karl.andersson]

Thanks! Yes the analysis of Gellner’s work was hard to grasp (cause we haven’t read Gellner!) so that’s why I skipped that in the video.

[@andersgudru3762]

The audio in todays video is a little better than yesterdays vid, but it's still not good. It's still far too much of - so to speak - "the sound of silence". Still too much difficulties hearing what you say...That's a pity, in particular since I've actually read at least one of Asad's most important books, "Genealogies of Religion: Disciplines and Reasons of Power in Christianity and Islam", 1993.

[@karl.andersson]

So sorry to hear that. I will go easier on the levelling in the next one and see if we can get a better experience. Thanks for the feedback!

[@andersgudru3762]

@@karl.andersson I mean, it's a bonus if I can hear what you say - so I can explain to you how wrong you are...(bad joke, but I couldn't resist!)

[@karl.andersson]

@@andersgudru3762 Haha, I had no idea it was so bad!

[@andersgudru3762]

@@karl.andersson Let's hope for a better audio in tomorrows vid!!!