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Dear all,

You are welcome to participate to the Workshop

ETHNOGRAPHIC APPROACHES TO MEDIUMSHIP

Monday 4th July 2011

University of Bristol
Graduate School of Arts and Humanities
Seminar Room 1
7, Woodland Road, BS8 1TB, Bristol

Organized by the
AFTERLIFE RESEARCH CENTRE (ARC) www.afterliferesearch.co.uk
In collaboration with the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology and
the Graduate School of Arts and Humanities, University of Bristol

This is a one-day Workshop including presentations from scholars working
on various aspects of mediumship and related phenomena using ethnographic
methodologies.
Topics will include:
* Ethnographic methodologies and the study of Mediums and Mediumship
* Cross-cultural explorations of phenomena of Mediumship, Spirit
Possession, Trance, Channelling, Shamanism, Spirit Healing and related
phenomena
* Case studies of Mediums and Mediumship around the world.


PROGRAMME


10.15 Registration & Welcome Coffee

10.45 Opening:
Fiona Bowie (University of Bristol, Director of the Afterlife Research
Centre)


11.00 - 13.00 SESSION 1

Mediumship, Trance and the Afterlife
Jack Hunter (University of Bristol, Dept. of Archaeology and Anthropology
/ ARC)

Restoring the Relation to the Spirit World: Violence and Desire in Punu
Trance-dance Performances
Carine Plancke (College de France, Paris, Laboratoire d'Anthropologie
Sociale)

'We will not abandon the Tradition of Spirits': Spirit Possession and
Islam in an Urban Context
Daria Trentini (University of London, SOAS)

Rituals of Possession and Agency in North India. Investigating the Success
of Traditional Mediums in Garhwal Himalays.
Serena Bindi (Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Dept. de Anthropologie)

Discussion

13.00 - 13.30 Lunch Break


13.30 - 15.40 SESSION 2

Spiritual Experience and Identity in Modern British Spirit Mediumship
Hannah Gilbert (University of York, Dept. of Sociology)

Spirit Possession and Telepathic Hypnosis
Terence Palmer (University of Bangor, School of Theology & Religious Studies)

Master Sun, Master Moon: Complementary Forms of Mediumship among the
Jaguares of the Vale do Amanhecer
Emily Pierini (University of Bristol, Dept. of Archaeology and
Anthropology / ARC)

The Discourse of being 'possessed' in Brazil: speaking about mediumship,
trance and possession in Afro-Brazilian religions
Bettina E. Schmidt (University of Wales Trinity Saint David)

Sensing the Divine: Illness and Meaning Making amongst Members of an
Anglican Spirituality Group
Jane Derges (UCL, Dept. of Anthropology)

Discussion

15.40 - 16.00 Coffee Break


16.00 - 17.00 SESSION 3

Shamanism, Near-Death Experience, and Afterlife Conceptions in Indigenous
Societies: A Theoretically Eclectic Ethnohistorical Approach
Gregory Shushan (University of Oxford, Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and
Religion)

Afterlife Geographies and the Nature of Evidence
Fiona Bowie (University of Bristol, Dept. of Archaeology and Anthropology
/ ARC)

Discussion


17.00 Conclusion and Future Plans


Abstracts and further information are available online at
www.afterliferesearch.co.uk

Registration fee: £5 including refreshments
Since places are limited we recommend booking in advance by sending an
email to [log in to unmask]


-- 
Emily Pierini
PhD Candidate
Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Bristol University
43 Woodland Road
Bristol BS8 1UU
E-mail: [log in to unmask]

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