ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture 4: ANTHRO 1AB3- Week 4
30 Jan 2019
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*cancelled class: posted to avenue to learn, due april 8, 11 p. m, worth 25, anthropologists interested in religion and spirituality explore questions like: The manipulation of powerful substances or words (via magic) to cause harm (only occasionally good). It can also frequently be an unconscious activity, which means that the witch often does not know that he/she is bewitching anyone. Witchcraft can thus be passive: with a few exceptions in some cultures (eg. wicca, a form of neo-paganism), the witch is seen as. Wednesday, january 30, 2019: stressed patriarchy (among other things, women who challenged patriarchal institutions in any way were often accused of being witches. Who gets accused among the azande: people accuse those they are jealous of, people accuse those they believe are jealous of them, people accuse those who are different in some way. Witchcraft among the azande bewitched and/or if a specific person is a witch: different types of oracles: rubbing board oracle, termite oracle, benge.
