林晶晶 Tara Lin-Jackson
Description:
This lecture by 林晶晶 Tara Lin-Jackson looks at “Maria-Kannon” figures that visually conflate Christianity’s Maria (also known as Mary and the Madonna) and Pure Land Buddhism’s Kannon (referred to as Guanyin in the Sinosphere). It discusses how the development of “Maria Kannon” figures did not only rise out of interaction with European campaigning in East Asia, but out of a social desire for local communities to adapt new or foreign ideas to their own needs and perspectives.
本場由林晶晶（Tara Lin-Jackson）主講的講座，將聚焦於融合了基督教聖母瑪利亞（Maria）與淨土佛教觀音菩薩（Kannon）視覺意象的「瑪利亞觀音」雕像。講座將探討「瑪利亞觀音」的發展，並非僅僅源於東亞與歐洲傳教活動的互動，更源於在地社群的一種社會渴望——試圖將全新或外來的觀念，調適轉化以符合自身的需求與視角。