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Learning and Experiencing Chinese Qigong in Norway

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Sagli, Gry·2008·East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
DOI 10.1215/s12280-009-9071-z
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This article discusses the reception of Chinese qigong in a Western context by focusing on the learning and experiencing of qigong in Norway. Drawing on ethnographic material from fieldwork among participants of a style of qigong referred to as Biyun medical qigong, I in particular explore the variety of body–mind states that Norwegian qigong students experience. I have differentiated five “stages” of Biyun practice. Using these stages as a framework, I demonstrate the gradual progression in the learning of qigong. “Body,” “concentration,” and qi (“life energy”) are all important constitutive dimensions in the practice, but as the learning progresses, qi becomes more and more prominent. Drawing on a definition of the body as “learning to be affected” and “learning to affect” (Despret, Body Soc 10: 111–134, 2004; Latour, Body Soc 10: 205–229, 2004), I suggest that qigong may be perceived as a practice that, at its core, involves learning to be affected by qi as well as to affect qi.

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  • Biyun qigong has become popular in Norway and Scandinavia.

    “This article discusses a style of medical qigong , called 'Biyun qigong' 碧雲氣功 (Azure blue clouds qigong ), that has become popular in Norway and Scandinavia.”

    From Attentiveness to Nature in Learning Qigong in Norway (2017) · cites this paper as Sagli 2008

  • Qi in qigong is something that is cultivated into being in a complex multidimensional process evoked through exercises in a series of programs.

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Authors
Sagli, G.
Affiliations
University of Oslo (NO)
Corresponding author
Sagli, Gry
ORCID
Sagli, Gry
Venue
East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2008-12-01
Volume
2
Issue
4
Pages
545-566
ISSN
  • 1875-2152 (ISSN-L)
  • 1875-2160
DOI
10.1215/s12280-009-9071-z
OpenAlex
W2111097075
Cited by
8
References
71
Citations by year
2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
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0.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • East Asian Science Technology and Society An International Journal (publishedVersion)
  • Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Universitetet i Oslo
  • Norsk Revmatikerforbund
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Biofield Effects and Biophysics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Chinese history and philosophy
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies
Keywords
qigong, qi, concentration, traditional Chinese medicine

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