Spiritist Mediumship as Historical Mediation: African-American Pasts, Black Ancestral Presence, and Afro-Cuban Religions

Pérez, Elizabeth

doi:10.1163/157006611x604760

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“…Instead of seeing artifacts and archives as products of one decipherable ephemeral moment, we can instead decipher how objects like spirit dolls, beaded vessels, offerings at altars, and scribbles in notebooks provide invitations for revisiting and renegotiating spiritual connections repeatedly (Turner ). These relationships are intimate and rely on affective bonds that are relational in nature yet deeply entrenched in the textures of racial historical memory (Espírito Santo ; Pérez ; Wirtz ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Residual Transcriptions: Ruth Landes and the Archive of Conjure

Otero

2018

Transforming Anthropology

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This article considers the residual transcripts generated by a female ethnographer, Ruth Landes, through her notations, poetry, scribblings and other forms of data found in the archives. I show how these residual transcriptions are clues that serve as testaments to experiential bonds—both visible and yet hidden in Afrolatinx religions. Residual transcriptions operate as living archives that pose methodological challenges to how we think about the connections between ephemerality, temporality, and material culture. I consider the unofficial transcriptions found in an archive such as marginalia and scraps of paper with scribbled reflections and more data‐driven field notes as sites from which to theorize a new approach to archival and ethnographic methods. These notations, I argue, create their own pattern of events that make one aware of the alternate temporalities that archives can produce. Drawing on Afrolatinx ritual aesthetics and practices, specifically the spiritual séance tradition, I show how residual transcriptions tell circuitous stories about unverifiable yet vital connections.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Residual Transcriptions: Ruth Landes and the Archive of Conjure

Otero

2018

Transforming Anthropology

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“…From a different angle, the found clusters point to strong links between thankfulness and spiritual well-being and the other positive psychology variables. Several research ( 89 – 92 ) have shown correlations between religion, well-being, stress management, and happiness. Many additional studies have also shown a link between spirituality and dimensions of subjective well-being including life satisfaction, optimism, self-esteem, and the sense of having lived a meaningful life ( 93 – 97 ).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Latent Profile Analysis to Survey Positive Mental Health and Well-Being: A Pilot Investigation Insight Tunisian Facebook Users

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BackgroundTo examine mental health during COVID-19 peaks, lockdown, and times of curfew, many studies have used the LPA/LCA person-centered approach to uncover and explore unobserved groups. However, the majority of research has focused only on negative psychological concepts to explain mental health. In this paper, we take another perspective to explore mental health. In addition, the study focuses on a period of peak decline in the COVID-19 pandemic.ObjectiveThe present paper aim (a) empirically identifies different profiles among a cohort of Facebook users in Tunisia based on positive factors of mental health using a person-centered approach, (b) outline identified profiles across sociodemographic, internet use, and physical activity, and (c) establish predictors of these profiles.MethodsCross-sectional data were collected through an online survey among 950 Facebook users were female (n = 499; 52.53%) and male (n = 451; 47.47) with an average age =31.30 ± 9.42. Subjects filled Arabic version of Satisfaction with Life Scale, Scale of Happiness (SWLS), Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ-6), International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), and the Spirituel Well-Being Scale (SWBS).ResultsThe LPA results revealed three clusters. The first cluster (n = 489, 51,47%) contains individuals who have low scores on the positive psychology scales. The second cluster (n = 357, 37,58%) contained individuals with moderate positive psychology scores. However, a third cluster (n = 104, 10,95%) had high positive psychology scores. The selected variables in the model were put to a comparison test to ensure that the classification solution was adequate. Subsequently, the clusters were compared for the variables of socio-demographics, use of the internet for entertainment and physical activity, the results showed significant differences for gender (low mental well-being for the female gender), socio-economic level (low for the low-income class), and physical activity (low mental well-being for the non-exerciser). However, no significant differences were found for the variables age, location, and use of the Internet for entertainment.ConclusionOur results complement person-centered studies (LPA/LCA) related to the COVID-19 pandemic and can serve researchers and mental health practitioners in both diagnostic and intervention phases for the public. In addition, the GQ6 scale is a valid and reliable tool that can be administered to measure gratitude for culturally similar populations.

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“…Rather than a spirit completely taking over the medium or the medium completely losing consciousness, the process of spirit possession is one of knowledge production whereby, by incorporating the spirit and becoming a more malleable 'selfless' self, the medium emerges from the encounter with the spirit with new ways of knowing and seeing and alternative interpretive schema. In opposition to the grand narratives of colonial authorities, Pérez (2011) argues that spirit possession offers a way to recreate the past in communal settings, contributing to the emergence of "counter-memories" (Stoller, 1997) and lost voices. Through these re-imaginings, the 'background' of certain histories are brought to the fore.…”

Section: 'Doublementioning

confidence: 99%