Ndembu, Luunda and Yaka Divination Compared: From Representation and Social Engineering to Embodiment and Worldmaking

Boeck, Filip De; Devisch, René

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“…Ces pratiques prétendent détenir un savoir sur le futur car elles impliquent nécessairement des manières spécifiques de définir « ce qui compte en tant que monde, en même temps que ses différents constituants » (Holbraad 2013). Les pratiques prédictives peuvent être dites démiurgiques, selon la belle formule de De Boeck et Devisch (1994), en ce qu'elles façonnent le monde, en faisant advenir la présence du futur dans l'ici et maintenant 24 .…”

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Le pouvoir « divinatoire » des algorithmes

Lazaro¹

2018

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Le pouvoir « divinatoire » des algorithmes

Lazaro¹

2018

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“…6 Edith Turner (Engelke, 2004; Boeck & Devish, 1994;Deflem, 1991;Weber, 1995). No Brasil, para uma visão crítica, ver Steil (1996), entre outros.…”

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Drama, Ritual E Performance Em Victor Turner

Cavalcanti

2013

Sociol. Antropol.

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Resumo Este estudo da obra de Victor Turner toma como ponto de partida seu profundo interesse pelos símbolos e por sua ação na experiência social. Ritual é o tema que abarca esse interesse, desdobrando-se de diversos modos nas sucessivas fases de sua trajetória intelectual. Nesta incursão, Chihamba, um ritual de cura Ndembu, e o personagem mítico Kavula - que emergem já em seu primeiro livro Schism and continuity in an African society (1996 [1957]) - são tomados como fio condutor para a apreensão dos conceitos de drama social, de símbolo ritual e de performance, três fulcros das contribuições centrais de Victor Turner à teoria antropológica.

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“…Since the classical works of Evans-Pritchard (1937) and Turner (1975Turner ( [1961), oracles in Africa have been the subject of numerous studies that investigate the social, symbolic, political, and hermeneutic aspects of a ritual praxis that has ever challenged anthropological reflections (Peek 1991;De Boeck and Devisch 1994;Myhre 2006). In this article, I will show how oracles' responses are not uncritically assumed as proof by chieftaincies, but emerge as privileged places where power structures, discourses, and norms are socially internalized and renegotiated.…”

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Oracles, chieftaincies, and witchcraft accusations in south-western Togo

Gardini

2013

The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law

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Despite the colonial and post-colonial attempts to eradicate the use of oracles from local practices of conflict resolution, in south-western Togo oracles' verdicts still are widely used by chieftaincies as an instrument to deal with witchcraft accusations. Via the analysis of the role that oracles have in the trials held by local chieftaincies, this article explores how oracles' verdicts, despite being relevant for witchcraft accusations, are not uncritically taken as proofs, but are renegotiated and "domesticated" by the people involved in the trials. Taking into account witchcraft accusations, chieftaincies were able to preserve and reinforce their social and political role, skilfully moving between different legal orders and emerging as the main institution that solves conflicts in a context permeated by legal pluralism.

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Ndembu, Luunda and Yaka Divination Compared: From Representation and Social Engineering to Embodiment and Worldmaking

Cited by 18 publications

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Le pouvoir « divinatoire » des algorithmes

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Drama, Ritual E Performance Em Victor Turner

Oracles, chieftaincies, and witchcraft accusations in south-western Togo

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