that was one major crime, having an a priori conclusion in mind, and
twisting the narrative to suit that, regardless of what the participants
actually did or said
also, i think it was Joanne Pearson, a religious studies scholar who worked
in the same geographical area later on after TL, who had immense troubles
getting confidence from contacts, many of them asking 'you're not going to
do a Tanya on us, are you?' (or words to that effect, i doubt that is a
direct quote), so 'doing a Tanya' can cause ripples far beyond just
producing a book that some academics don't like
dave e
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From: "heliade" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 2:11 AM
Subject: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Persuasions of the Witch's Craft
> Hi, this is a question that might be best answered by the anthropologists
here... You know Tanya Luhrman's "Persuasions of the Witch's Craft"? Well, I
know that many, or is it most, of the Witches and Magicians that she studied
felt that she hadn't represented them corectly, or that she was sarcastic or
otherwise betrayed them.
>
> Is this the only complaint about her methods / book? How is it seen
academically? Is it considered to have been done 'correctly'? In other
words, was her only 'crime' to - in journalistic terms - burn her sources?
Or was there something else wrong with or objectionable about her work?
>
> (I used to own the book, lent it out, never got it back, and I've just
re-ordered it from amazon).
>
> ~Caroline.
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