A Voyage in God’s Canoe: Law and Religion in Melanesia

Mortensen, Reid

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“…Yet, what is inequality but a failure of marketbased exchange or distribution? in this chapter, the causes of growing inequality in Bougainvillean society can for the most part be traced to its resorption within global capitalism (Mortensen 2001). 22 Hence, those accused of sorcery-related killing act as scapegoats for governmental and international economic practices over which its victims have no responsibility.…”

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Sorcery Violence in Bougainville Through the Lens of Human Rights Law: A Critical View

Evenhuis¹

2015

Talking It Through: Responses to Sorcery and Witchcraft Beliefs and Practices in Melanesia

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Colonial categorisations and ways of knowing the world are embedded in international law and continue to have powerful effects in this putatively 'postcolonial' era. (Pahuja 2004:245) Part 1: Sorcery accusation-related violence in Bougainville-a brief overview Media reporting and interviews conducted for the purpose of writing this chapter suggest that between 2010 and 2013 at least 30 individuals were murdered in Bougainville following accusations that they had harmed or killed others by practising sorcery. The true number of deaths, however, is likely much higher given that sorcery accusation-related killings are rarely covered This text is taken from Talking it Through: Responses to Sorcery and Witchcraft Beliefs and Practices in Melanesia, edited by Miranda Forsyth and Richard Eves, published 2015 by ANU Press,

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Section: Sorcery As Regulationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sorcery Violence in Bougainville Through the Lens of Human Rights Law: A Critical View

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2015

Talking It Through: Responses to Sorcery and Witchcraft Beliefs and Practices in Melanesia

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“…in this chapter, the causes of growing inequality in Bougainvillean society can for the most part be traced to its resorption within global capitalism (Mortensen 2001). 22 Hence, those accused of sorcery-related killing act as scapegoats for governmental and international economic practices over which its victims have no responsibility.…”

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Talking it Through: Responses to Sorcery and Witchcraft Beliefs and Practices in Melanesia

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2015

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A Voyage in God’s Canoe: Law and Religion in Melanesia

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Sorcery Violence in Bougainville Through the Lens of Human Rights Law: A Critical View

Sorcery Violence in Bougainville Through the Lens of Human Rights Law: A Critical View

Talking it Through: Responses to Sorcery and Witchcraft Beliefs and Practices in Melanesia

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