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Exchanges, 2021 The Unnamable (1953) shows the breakdown of the Cartesian Cogito in a post-war soulless world in which its inhabitants suffer from disconnectedness. When the speaker’s consciousness breaks down and is no longer able to attribute the projections of its ...
Arya Aryan
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Spirit Mediumship in Brazil: The Controversy about Semi-Conscious Mediums [PDF]
, 2015 This article focuses on spirit mediumship in Brazil. The term mediumship refers to the communication between humans the spirit world which is the core of Spiritism. In anthropological literature it is often categorised as altered states of consciousness,
Schmidt, Bettina E.
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UNEXPECTED CALLINGS: Reimagining Ancestors and Queerness in Zimbabwe
Cultural Anthropology, Volume 41, Issue 1, Page 5-29, February 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines how young queer people in Zimbabwe rework understandings of the relationship between ancestors, spirit mediumship, and queer expressions of gender and sexuality. In Zimbabwe, many traditional practitioners argue that gender transgression and same‐sex desires are caused by the presence of ancestral spirits known as ...
RAFFAELLA TAYLOR‐SEYMOUR
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From the Areíto to the Cordon: indigenous healing dances
Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença, 2018 The indigenous origin of Cordon dance in Cuba is connected to the areíto of the Taíno people from the Caribbean. The structure of Cordon, its function and relevance as a form of indigenous therapy is a new idea introduced here to this particular subject.
Jorge Luis Morejón
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Painting as Communication with the Deceased and Other Non-Human Beings
Studia Mythologica SlavicaThe article examines painting as a practice of relating to the dead and other non-human beings in contemporary and historical contexts. Drawing on vernacular religion, it approaches these relationships not as fixed beliefs system but as experiences ...
Tomaž Simetinger
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Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 2009 The performances of everyday experience take place in a variety of other locations, domestic and corporate, urban and rural. Moreover, the role of the audience, and the individuals within it, is not constant across all performances, nor is it fixed ...
Sarah Goldingay
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Religion and Social CommunicationThis paper explores the transformative impact of social media on mediumship practice within the context of Mother Goddesses worship (Đạo Mẫu) in contemporary Vietnam.
Isabel Weitschies
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Beyond the Lab—Proposing an Indigenous Psychologies Research Paradigm
Social and Personality Psychology Compass, Volume 19, Issue 4, April 2025.ABSTRACT To align with the goal of this section, we propose an ontological turn to the psychology research paradigm that extends beyond mainstream methodology. Drawing on the existing literature of indigenous psychology (IP) and two qualitative studies from Singapore and Malaysia, we critically examine the differences of epistemology and methodology ...
Rachel Sing‐Kiat Ting +2 more
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Luneta Rymkiewicza. Mediumiczne auto/biografie nowoczesnego klasycyzmu
Teksty Drugie, 2018 Wojda explores Jarosław Marek Rymkiewicz’s biographies and autobiographies as presented in his prose, poetry, drama, translations and literary studies.
Dorota Wojda
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Archivio Antropologico MediterraneoThe paper combines multi-sited ethnographic research and media anthropology. It highlights performative aspects of Spiritist contributions to (mental) healthcare in Brazil and beyond, focusing on human-spirit relations.
Helmar Kurz
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