Anthropology 1020E Lecture Notes - Ghost Dance, Neoliberalism
19 Nov 2013
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Resistant to change, but does change (especially in times of crisis) Ex: madagascar: christian evangelists: stories about how individuals experienced. Jesus and how they completely changed their views (p. 149-150 ghost dance, 151- Research about peoples worldviews, how they see world through their participation in mind. Worldview that envisions ancestors (along with other spirits and god) as playing a role in ensuring the prosperity, growth and reproduction of the living. Rituals focused on ancestors, ritual that involved ancestors, kings were important, but so were their ancestors. This all led to taboo, something you"re not allowed to do. Taboos: some inherited from ancestors, they didn"t do things because their ancestors didn"t or because they"d be punished by ancestors. Nothing you cant do, in fact you could totally do it, but you choose not to do it. Metaphors: ancestral blessing have a lot to do with reproduction, and production of growth.
