20.11.2024 Einladung zum Pre Book Launch "Sorcery in Amazonia: A Comparative Exploration of Magical Assault"

Wir laden recht herzlich zum Pre Book Launch der neuen Publikation von James Andrew Whitaker, Matthias Lewy, and Tarryl Janik!

Wann? Wednesday, 11/27/2024, 18:00 ct
Wo? Hörsaal +1 109, Deutschhausstr. 3, 1. Stock

Online Teilnahme unter dem Link https://webconf.hrz.uni-marburg.de/n/rooms/zv1-kdz-nin-mmn/join

Although shamanism has become a well-developed and expansive topic within the anthropology of Amazonia, the ethnographic
literature focusing on sorcery has been sporadic and sparse by comparison. This has particularly been the case since the death of
Neil L. Whitehead in 2012. However, as this volume shows, sorcery is often of great importance in the lives and cosmologies of many
people in different parts of lowland South America. Across the region, it takes a variety of forms and involves a diverse range of
practices. This edited volume comparatively re-examines the topic of sorcery in Amazonia with particular emphases on local ontological
frameworks, issues of embodiment, and related uses of sound. It highlights ethical approaches to research concerning sorcery and
discusses the ethics within local communities of sorcery practices and accusations.

Preliminary Schedule (18:00 – 20:45)

18:00 - 18:15  Opening (Ernst Halbmayer)/Introduction by the editors (Whitaker, Lewy, Janik)

18:15 - 18:30  The Body as a Battleground: Embodiment and Sorcery in Shamanic Tourism (Evgenia Fotiou, tbc)

18:30 - 18:45 Kanaima (E’toto) and the Ecology of Violence in the Circum-Mount Roraima Landscape (Daniel G. Cooper)

18:45 - 19:00 Kanaima and the Preacher: Taurepáng Cosmology (Caio Monticelli, tbc)

19:00 - 19:20  Hay que hacer una nueva cesta (Balbina Lambos & Matthias Lewy)/ Kanaimaton and the Sound of Violence in the Circum-Roraima Region (Matthias Lewy)

19:20 - 19:45  Revisiting Kanaima Among the Patamona: Tracing the Footsteps of Neil L. Whitehead (Tarryl Janik) / Interview with Theresa Whitehead (Theresa Whitehead & Tarryl Janik / Interview with Matilda Saigo Williams (Matilda Saigo Williams & Tarryl Janik)

19:45 – 20:15 Armas y brujería: robo, intercambio y kanaima entre los makushi - James Andrew Whitaker, (translation Claudia Cornejo Simbala, tbc, comments by Bernd Brabec, Daniel G. Cooper & Matthias Lewy)

20:15 – 20:30 Afterword: Going Beyond Neil Whitehead’s Understanding of Assault Sorcery and Kanaima in the Light of New Empirical Approaches (Ernst Halbmayer)

20:30 – 20:45 Final Discussion