Dear all,
Papers are invited for the following panel at the IUAES 2016 Conference,
4-9th of May 2016, in Dubrovnik, Croatia
Keywords: emic understandings,new research methodologies,ontological
turn,shamanism,spirit worlds,spirit-mediums
Panel 514: The ontological turn - new ethnographic approaches, theories
and analysis of spirit mediumship, shamanism, religious ritual and
discarnate phenomena
http://iuaes2016.com/
Ethnographic research into spirit-mediumship, shamanism, witchcraft and
religious phenomena has undergone a paradigmatic shift reflective of the
ontological turn in contemporary anthropology, new research giving
recognition to the role of spirits and to the spiritual power of objects
in religious practices. New ethnographic research methods and theoretical
approaches are therefore developing to integrate emic ontological
spiritual worlds into the broader scope of normative etic analysis.
Fiona Bowie has suggested that “Western academic approaches often rely on
the juxtaposition between “our” rational and “their” irrational belief
systems, and attempt to “explain away” or ignore emic interpretations with
a subsequent loss of semantic density”, and suggests “adopting an emic
interpretive lens in order to arrive at a “thick description” that does
not shy away from aspects of experience outside the ethnographer’s
Weltanschauung (world view)”. Such approaches remove the monopoly on
sacred, spiritual and religious knowledge held by religious specialists as
emic understandings and knowledge are increasingly integrated into
ethnographic research and anthropological analysis. This disseminates into
the public sphere through anthropological publications, conferences, and
through new social media.
This panel would like to invite potential participants to explore
dimensions of the privatization, revelation and dissemination of religious
and spiritual knowledge through evolving ethnographic research
methodologies and analyses based on previous or on-going research in any
region of the world. Topics of specific interest include:
1. Spirit-mediumship and spirit possession
2. Shamanism
3. Religious ritual / magic
4. Religious / spiritual belief systems
6. Contemporary witchcraft
7. Spirit power and material culture
We look forward to reading your abstracts,
With best wishes,
Dr Fabian Graham.
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity
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