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List members might be interested in a recently published Special Issue of the journal *Third World Thematics*, titled 'What kind of witchcraft is this?' Development, Spirituality and Magic <http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rtwt20/2/2-3?nav=tocList>. The Issue contains 14 original papers by 21 authors on themes of (a) Violence, Capitalism and Colonialism, (b) Health and Healing and (c) Climate Change and the Environment as they pertain to and intersect with epistemologies and practices of witchcraft and magic across the world. This SI is edited by Tomas Aneurin Smith <https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/475519-Smith-Tom> (Cardiff University), Amber Murrey <http://www.aucegypt.edu/fac/ambermurrey-ndewa> (American University in Cairo) and Hayley Leck <https://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/geography/people/researchstaff/HayleyLeck/HayleyLeck.aspx> (Kings College London). *Please circulate widely among your networks. * *'What kind of witchcraft is this?’ Development, spirituality and magic* Introductory Article: 'What kind of witchcraft is this?’ Development, magic and spiritual ontologies <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23802014.2017.1411209> by Thomas Aneurin Smith, Amber Murrey & Hayley Leck *Theme A: Violence, Capitalism and Colonialism* Decolonising the imagined geographies of ‘witchcraft’ <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23802014.2017.1338535> by Amber Murrey Poisoning at the periphery: allocating responsibility across the Uganda/South Sudan borderlands <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23802014.2017.1332958> by Elizabeth Storer, Ryan Joseph O’Byrne & Kyla Reid ‘La iha fiar, la iha seguransa’: the spiritual landscape and feeling secure in Timor-Leste <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23802014.2017.1320200> by Bronwyn Winch The dance between artefact, commodity and fetish: a case study of Brendan Fernandes’ Lost Bodies <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23802014.2017.1320199> by Sharday Mosurinjohn Power, predation, and postwar state formation: the public discourse of ritual child rape in Liberia <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23802014.2017.1314769> by Kerrie Thornhill *Theme B: Healing and Health* Opening the paths to healing: developing an integrated approach to health in Timor Leste <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23802014.2017.1336423> by Lisa Palmer, Susana Barnes & Ritsuko Kakuma Can’t pay, won’t pay: occult conflicts over neoliberal social relations in contemporary Zimbabwe <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23802014.2017.1314770> by Diana Jeater & Jairos L. Mashinge Jr. Oral poetry and development ideology in South Africa’s Eastern Cape <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23802014.2017.1402666> by Emily McGiffin *Theme C: Climate Change and Environment* The role of culture in climate adaptation: ‘the nkanyamba caused that storm’ <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23802014.2017.1408424> by Hayley Leck Assemblages of forest conservation in Tanzania: gradients between chiefs, snakes, spirits and witches <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23802014.2017.1348912> by Thomas Aneurin Smith & William Andindilile Shamanic spiritual activism: alternative development in the Brazilian Itamboatá valley <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23802014.2017.1411208> by Francesca Fois Ritual revitalisation as adaptation to environmental stress: skull-blessing in Bidayuh communities of Borneo <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23802014.2017.1402667> by June Mary Rubis Mountain-bodies, experiential wisdom: the Kallawaya cosmovisión and climate change adaptation <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23802014.2017.1347057> by Dylan M. Harris From Nahua migrants to residents in Sonora, Mexico <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23802014.2017.1347058> by Alex R. Castellanos Domínguez & Anne W. Johnson Available in full here: http://www.tandfonline.com/ toc/rtwt20/2/2-3?nav=tocList Amber Murrey, PhD Department of Sociology, Egyptology & Anthropology The American University in Cairo Website: http://oxford.academia.edu/AmberMurrey Email: [log in to unmask] Twitter: @Amber.Murrey <https://twitter.com/AmberMurrey> *Recent - * “When Spider Webs Unite They Can Tie Up a Lion: Anti-Racism, Decolonial Options and Theories from the South <https://www.academia.edu/34796191/_When_Spider_Webs_Unite_They_Can_Tie_up_a_Lion_Anti-Racism_Decolonial_Options_and_Theories_from_the_South>” in *The Routledge Handbook of South-South Relations, *Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh and Patricia Daley (eds.) Decolonising the Imagined Geographies of Witchcraft <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23802014.2017.1338535> and Introduction to Special Issue: On Witchcraft & Development <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23802014.2017.1411209> in *Third World Thematics.* Out Soon! *'*A Certain Amount of Madness’ <https://www.amazon.com/Certain-Amount-Madness-Politics-Legacies/dp/0745337570/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1509604034&sr=8-1&keywords=Amber+Murrey+The+Life,+Politics+and+Legacy+of+Thomas+Sankara> The Life, Politics and Legacies of Thomas Sankara <https://www.amazon.com/Certain-Amount-Madness-Politics-Legacies/dp/0745337570/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1509604034&sr=8-1&keywords=Amber+Murrey+The+Life,+Politics+and+Legacy+of+Thomas+Sankara> *.* London: Pluto Press. ************************************************************* * Anthropology-Matters Mailing List * http://www.anthropologymatters.com * * A postgraduate project comprising online journal, * * online discussions, teaching and research resources * * and international contacts directory. * * To join this list or to look at the archived previous * * messages visit: * * http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/Anthropology-Matters.HTML * * If you have ALREADY subscribed: to send a message to all * * those currently subscribed to the list,just send mail to: * * [log in to unmask] * * * * Enjoyed the mailing list? 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