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The Empty Seashell
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Author : Nils Bubandt
language : en
Publisher: NUS Press
Release Date : 2015-05-25
The Empty Seashell written by Nils Bubandt and has been published by NUS Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-25 with History categories.
The Empty Seashell explores what it is like to live in a world where cannibal witches are undeniably real, yet too ephemeral and contradictory to be an object of belief. In a book based on more than three years of fieldwork between 1991 and 2011, Nils Bubandt argues that cannibal witches for people in the coastal, and predominantly Christian, community of Buli in the Indonesian province of North Maluku are both corporeally real and fundamentally unknowable. Witches (known as gua in the Buli language or as suanggi in regional Malay) appear to be ordinary humans but sometimes, especially at night, they take other forms and attack people in order to kill them and eat their livers. They are seemingly everywhere and nowhere at the same time. The reality of gua, therefore, can never be pinned down. The title of the book comes from the empty nautilus shells that regularly drift ashore around Buli village. Convention has it that if you find a live nautilus, you are a gua. Like the empty shells, witchcraft always seems to recede from experience. Bubandt begins the book by recounting his own confusion and frustration in coming to terms with the contradictory and inaccessible nature of witchcraft realities in Buli. A detailed ethnography of the encompassing inaccessibility of Buli witchcraft leads him to the conclusion that much of the anthropological literature, which views witchcraft as a system of beliefs with genuine explanatory power, is off the mark. Witchcraft for the Buli people doesn't explain anything. In fact, it does the opposite: it confuses, obfuscates, and frustrates. Drawing upon Jacques Derrida's concept of aporia—an interminable experience that remains continuously in doubt—Bubandt suggests the need to take seriously people’s experiential and epistemological doubts about witchcraft, and outlines, by extension, a novel way of thinking about witchcraft and its relation to modernity.
The Empty Shell
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Author : Mark Gauthier-Braham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-07-19
The Empty Shell written by Mark Gauthier-Braham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-19 with categories.
What happens to the mind of a child when it gets crushed under the weight of betrayal from those they once trusted? Jamie learns true terror at an age when innocence is as fragile as the heart that holds it. As an adult she must now either look past the darkness of pain, or succumb to the loss that eats at her every waking moment
Seashell Therapy
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Author : George Toth, LCSW-R
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2014-10-15
Seashell Therapy written by George Toth, LCSW-R and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-15 with Health & Fitness categories.
Seashells are natural, historic, time tested, global, multicultural, and mythical, and they have the stimulus to heal. In Seashell Therapy, author George Toth discusses the raw strength and influence of the earth's oceans that hold the answer for how you feel physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Seashell Therapy explores ways to use the power of the ocean as natural life-force energy, converting the elements of sound, sight, touch, and spirit within the seashell and transforming these elements into a healing influence. The book: ? Discusses Toth's personal experiences with seashells and reviews the biological nature of shells and mollusks ? Talks about myths and rituals surrounding shells ? Summarizes seashells and their attributes based on multicultural designations ? Provides an overview of the historical and contemporary practices with shells ? Examines healing and therapeutic techniques ? Offers visual imagery exercises and other techniques to complement more traditional therapies ? Gives case studies from Toth's therapy practice By allowing natural energy forces of the sea to come into your life, you will discover the benefits and healing properties of seashells. Combining ancient customs, mythology, little-known facts, demonstrated techniques, ascribed characteristics, magical approaches, and modern methods to complement traditional healing modalities, Seashell Therapy provides a tool to help you discover and maintain wellness in life. With one or a bucket full of seashells, you can change your life
Magic The Basics
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Author : Michael D. Bailey
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-28
Magic The Basics written by Michael D. Bailey and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-28 with History categories.
Magic: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to magic in world history and contemporary societies. Presenting magic as a global phenomenon which has manifested in all human cultures, this book takes a thematic approach which explores the historical, social, and cultural aspects of magic. Key features include: attempts to define magic either in universal or more particular terms, and to contrast it with other broad and potentially fluid categories such as religion and science; an examination of different forms of magical practice and the purposes for which magic has been used; debates about magic’s effectiveness, its reality, and its morality; an exploration of magic’s association with certain social factors, such as gender, ethnicity and education, among others. Offering a global perspective of magic from antiquity through to the modern era and including a glossary of key terms, suggestions for further reading and case studies throughout, Magic: The Basics is essential reading for anyone seeking to learn more about the academic study of magic.
What To Look For By The Shore
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Author : Becky Brown
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2024-04-04
What To Look For By The Shore written by Becky Brown and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-04 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Comb through beaches for fossils and dive into rock pools in this fun, informative guide to the beauties found along and around seashores. Ever wondered which fossils you may find in the sand at the beach or why they have flags at the beach? This book takes a closer look at sights you can see along and under the shores such as lighthouses, sandcastles, sea sports and the creatures found in rock pools. Want more? Follow the changing seasons with the other titles in the What to Look For... series: What to Look For in Spring What to Look For in Summer What to Look For in Autumn What to Look For in Winter
Performance Identity And The Neo Political Subject
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Author : Fintan Walsh
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-04-17
Performance Identity And The Neo Political Subject written by Fintan Walsh and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-17 with Performing Arts categories.
This book stages a timely discussion about the centrality of identity politics to theatre and performance studies. It acknowledges the important close relationship between the discourses and practices historically while maintaining that theatre and performance can enlighten ways of being with others that are not limited by conventional identitarian languages. The essays engage contemporary theatre and performance practices that pose challenging questions about identity, as well as subjectivity, relationality, and the politics of aesthetics, responding to neo-liberal constructions and exploitations of identity by seeking to discern, describe, or imagine a new political subject. Chapters by leading international scholars look to visual arts practice, digital culture, music, public events, experimental theatre, and performance to investigate questions about representation, metaphysics, and politics. The collections seeks to foreground shared, universalist connections that unite rather than divide, visiting metaphysical questions of being and becoming, and the possibilities of producing alternate realities and relationalities. The book asks what is at stake in thinking about a subject, a time, a place, and a performing arts practice that would come ‘after’ identity, and explores how theatre and performance pose and interrogate these questions.
Speculative Biography
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Author : Donna Lee Brien
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-09-30
Speculative Biography written by Donna Lee Brien and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
While speculation has always been crucial to biography, it has often been neglected, denied or misunderstood. This edited collection brings together a group of international biographers to discuss how, and why, each uses speculation in their work; whether this is to conceptualise a project in its early stages, work with scanty or deliberately deceptive sources, or address issues associated with shy or stubborn subjects. After defining the role of speculation in biography, the volume offers a series of work-in-progress case studies that discuss the challenges biographers encounter and address in their work. In addition to defining the ‘speculative spectrum’ within the biographical endeavour, the collection offers a lexicon of new terms to describe different types of biographical speculation, and more deeply engage with the dynamic interplay between research, subjectivity and that which Natalie Zemon Davis dubbed ‘informed imagination’. By mapping the field of speculative biography, the collection demonstrates that speculation is not only innate to biographical practice but also key to rendering the complex mystery of biographical subjects, be they human, animal or even metaphysical.
Philosophy On Fieldwork
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Author : Nils Bubandt
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-07-29
Philosophy On Fieldwork written by Nils Bubandt and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-29 with Philosophy categories.
How do we teach analysis in anthropology and other field-based sciences? How can we engage analytically and interrogatively with philosophical ideas and concepts in our fieldwork? And how can students learn to engage critical ideas from philosophy to better understand the worlds they study? Philosophy on Fieldwork provides "show-don’t-tell" answers to these questions. In twenty-six "master class" chapters, philosophy meets anthropological critique as leading anthropologists introduce the thinking of one foundational philosopher – from a variety of Western traditions and beyond – and apply this critically to an ethnographic case. Nils Bubandt, Thomas Schwarz Wentzer and the contributors to this volume reveal how the encounter between philosophy and fieldwork is fertile ground for analytical insight to emerge. Equally, the philosophical concepts employed are critically explored for their potential to be thought "otherwise" through their frictional encounter with the worlds in the field, allowing non-Western and non-elite life experience and ontologies to "speak back" to both anthropology and philosophy. This is a unique and concrete guidebook to social analysis. It answers the critical need for a "how-to" textbook in fieldwork-based analysis as each chapter demonstrates how the ideas of a specific philosopher can be interrogatively applied to a concrete analytical case study. The straightforward pedagogy of Philosophy on Fieldwork makes this an accessible volume and a must-read for both students and seasoned fieldworkers interested in exploring the contentious middle ground between philosophy and anthropology.
Witch Camps And Witchcraft Discourse In Africa
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Author : Matthew Gmalifo Mabefam
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2023-09-18
Witch Camps And Witchcraft Discourse In Africa written by Matthew Gmalifo Mabefam and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-18 with Political Science categories.
This book explores how local development interventions related to witchcraft in Africa intersect and conflict with globally accepted development practices. It argues for expansion and diversification of development practices and problematizes international development practices that can jeopardize the well-being of the people it seeks to support.
Far From The Caliph S Gaze
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Author : Nicholas H. A. Evans
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2020-05-15
Far From The Caliph S Gaze written by Nicholas H. A. Evans and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-15 with Social Science categories.
How do you prove that you're Muslim? This is not a question that most believers ever have to ask themselves, and yet for members of India's Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, it poses an existential challenge. The Ahmadis are the minority of a minority—people for whom simply being Muslim is a challenge. They must constantly ask the question: What evidence could ever be sufficient to prove that I belong to the faith? In Far from the Caliph's Gaze Nicholas H. A. Evans explores how a need to respond to this question shapes the lives of Ahmadis in Qadian in northern India. Qadian was the birthplace of the Ahmadiyya community's founder, and it remains a location of huge spiritual importance for members of the community around the world. Nonetheless, it has been physically separated from the Ahmadis' spiritual leader—the caliph—since partition, and the believers who live there now and act as its guardians must confront daily the reality of this separation even while attempting to make their Muslimness verifiable. By exploring the centrality of this separation to the ethics of everyday life in Qadian, Far from the Caliph's Gaze presents a new model for the academic study of religious doubt, one that is not premised on a concept of belief but instead captures the richness with which people might experience problematic relationships to truth.