Doctor Cristina Rocha
SENIOR LECTURER,
Languages, Interpreting and Translation (SoHCA)
Personal
Qualifications
- PhD University of Western Sydney
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Languages, Interpreting and Translation (SoHCA)
Contact
| Email: | C.Rocha@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | 6368 |
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| Location: | 1.G.56 Bankstown |
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Biography
Dr Cristina Rocha teaches at the School of Humanities and Languages and is a member of CCR. She is the editor of the Journal of Global Buddhism. Her research areas are: globalisation, religion, transnationalism and cross-cultural negotiations, with a particular interest in the cultural traffic between Japan, Brazil and Australia. She is currently researching Brazilian migrants in Australia and Australian followers of the Brazilian Spiritist healer John of God (Jo?o de Deus).
This information has been contributed by Doctor Rocha.
Publications
Books
- Rocha, C. (2006), 'Zen in Brazil: The Quest for Cosmopolitan Modernity', : Hawaii University Press 082482976X.
- Morgan, G., Poynting, S. and Rocha, C. (2004), 'Culture and Cultivation: Backyards in Fairfield', : Fairfield City Museum and Gallery 0958541094.
Chapters in Books
- Rocha, C. (2012), 'Buddhism and Globalisation', Buddhism in the Modern World, Routledge 9780415780148.
- Rocha, C. (2012), 'Becoming a Global Village: The Impact of the John of God Pilgrimage in Abadiania', Pilgrimage in the Age of Globalisation, Cambridge Scholars Press 9781443839094.
- Rocha, C. (2012), 'Buddhism and Globalisation', Buddhism in the Modern World, Routledge 9780415780148.
- Rocha, C. (2012), 'Becoming a global village : the impact of the John of God Pilgrimage in Abadiania', Pilgrimage in the Age of Globalisation: Constructions of the Sacred and Secular in Late Modernity, Cambridge Scholars 9781443839044.
- Rocha, C. (2010), 'Can I Put This Jizo Together with the Virgin Mary in the Altar?': Creolizing Zen Buddhism in Brazil', Issei Buddhism in the Americas, Chicago: University of Illinois Press, University of Illinois Press 9780252077197.
- Rocha, C. and Barker, M. (2010), 'Introduction', Buddhism in Australia: Traditions in Change, Routledge 9780415568180.
- Rocha, C. (2009), 'A Sotoshu no Brasil: missionarios nikkeis e nao nikkeis', O Nikkei Abrasleirado, FCL Publicacoes 9788588463394.
- Rocha, C. (2009), 'Conexiones Sur-Sur: Vivir entre Australia y Brasil', Nuevos Retos del Transnacionalismo en el Estudio de las Migraciones, Ministerio de Trabajo e Imigracion 9788484173120.
- Rocha, C. (2008), 'Zen Buddhism in Brazil: Japanese or Brazilian', Latin American Religions: Histories and Documents in Context, NYU Press 9780814767313.
- Rocha, C. (2007), 'The Brazilian Imaginaire of Zen: Global Influences, Rhizomatic Forms', Japanese Religions in and Beyond the Japanese Diaspora, Institute of East Asian Studies (ISEAS) 1557290873.
- Rocha, C. (2006), 'Spiritual Tourism: Brazilian Faith Healing Goes Global', On the Road to Being There: Studies in Pilgrimage and Tourism in Late Modernity, Brill Academic Publishers 9789004151833.
- Rocha, C. (2006), 'Two Faces of God: Religion and Social Class in the Brazilian Diaspora in Sydney', Religious Pluralism in the Diaspora, Brill Academic Publishers 9789004152502.
- Rocha, C. (2005), 'Being a Zen Buddhist Brazilian: Juggling Multiple Religious Identities in the land of Catholicism', Buddhist Missionaries in the Era of Globalization, Unicersity of Hawaii Press 0824828100.
- Rocha, C. (2002), 'Se voce se deparar com Buda, mate Buda! - Reflexoes sobre a reapropriacao do Zen-Budismo no Brasil', O Budismo no Brasil, Editora Lorosae 8588775077.
Journal Articles
- Rocha, C. (2011), 'Establishing a John of God Movement in Australia: Healing, Hybridity and Cultural Appropriation', Ethnologies, 25.
- Rocha, C. (2011), 'Soto Zenshu no Brasil: A Crioulizac?o de Praticas Cotidianas', Revista de Estudos da Religi?o (REVER), 14.
- Rocha, C. (2010), 'A Globalizacao do Espiritismo: fluxos do movimento religioso de Joao de Deus entre a Australia e o Brasil', Revista de Anthropologia, 33.
- Rocha, C. (2009), 'Global Power Relations at Play in Fieldwork: Researching Spiritism in Brazil', Fieldwork in Religion, 16.
- Rocha, C. (2009), 'Seeking healing transnationally: Australians, John of God and Brazilian Spiritism', Australian Journal of Anthropology, 18.
- Rocha, C. (2008), 'All the Roads Come from Zen: Busshinji as a Reference to Buddhism', Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, 14.
- Rocha, C. (2007), 'Quetes transnationales de medecines 'traditionnelles' : la guerison spirituelle bresilienne en Oceanie', Socio-Anthropologie, 14.
- Rocha, C. (2006), 'A Long and Winding Road: Cross-Cultural Connections between Brazil, Australia and Japan', New Voices: Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Australia Japan Relationship, 11.
- Morgan, G., Rocha, C. and Poynting, S. (2005), 'Grafting Cultures: Longing and Belonging in Immigrants' Gardens in Fairfield', Journal of Intercultural Studies, 13.
- Rocha, C. (2004), 'Zazen or nor Zazen: The predicament of Sotoshu's Kaikyoshi in Brazil', Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, 22.
Conference Papers
- Rocha, C. (2001), 'Catholicism and Zen Buddhism: A Vision of the Religious Field in Brazil', Australian Association for the Study of Religions, 1999, Sancta Sophia College, University of Sydney.
Other Publications
- 2008, 'Rituals and Traditions', Published Work
Research
Previous Projects
| Title: | A study of the Brazilian community in Australia and Australian-Brazilian bilateral exchange |
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| Years: | 2006-02-06 - 2009-06-03 |
| ID: | P0014643 |
| UWS Researchers: | Cristina Rocha |
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Supervision
Doctor Rocha is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects
Current Supervision
| Title: | The Arrival of a Brazilian Ayahuasca Religion in Australia |
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| Field of Research: |
Media
Media Contact Details
| Media Officer: | UWS Media Unit |
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| Phone: | (02) 9678 7083 |
| Email: | media@uws.edu.au |
