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New Books in Mexican StudiesLisa M. Johnson and Rosemary A. Joyce, "Materializing Ritual Practices" (U Colorado Press, 2022)Materializing Ritual Practices (U Colorado Press, 2022) explores the deep history of ritual practice in Mexico and Central America and the ways interdisciplinary research can be coordinated to illuminate how rituals create, destroy, and transform social relations.Ritual action produces sequences of creation, destruction, and transformation, which involve a variety of materials that are active and agential. The materialities of ritual may persist at temporal scales long beyond the lives of humans or be as ephemeral as spoken words, music, and scents. In this book, archaeologists and ethnographers, including specialists in narrative, music, and ritual practice, explore the r...2023-03-051h 00
New Books in Latin American StudiesLisa M. Johnson and Rosemary A. Joyce, "Materializing Ritual Practices" (U Colorado Press, 2022)Materializing Ritual Practices (U Colorado Press, 2022) explores the deep history of ritual practice in Mexico and Central America and the ways interdisciplinary research can be coordinated to illuminate how rituals create, destroy, and transform social relations.Ritual action produces sequences of creation, destruction, and transformation, which involve a variety of materials that are active and agential. The materialities of ritual may persist at temporal scales long beyond the lives of humans or be as ephemeral as spoken words, music, and scents. In this book, archaeologists and ethnographers, including specialists in narrative, music, and ritual practice, explore the r...2023-03-0559 min
New Books in ReligionLisa M. Johnson and Rosemary A. Joyce, "Materializing Ritual Practices" (U Colorado Press, 2022)Materializing Ritual Practices (U Colorado Press, 2022) explores the deep history of ritual practice in Mexico and Central America and the ways interdisciplinary research can be coordinated to illuminate how rituals create, destroy, and transform social relations.Ritual action produces sequences of creation, destruction, and transformation, which involve a variety of materials that are active and agential. The materialities of ritual may persist at temporal scales long beyond the lives of humans or be as ephemeral as spoken words, music, and scents. In this book, archaeologists and ethnographers, including specialists in narrative, music, and ritual practice, explore the r...2023-03-051h 00
New Books in AnthropologyLisa M. Johnson and Rosemary A. Joyce, "Materializing Ritual Practices" (U Colorado Press, 2022)Materializing Ritual Practices (U Colorado Press, 2022) explores the deep history of ritual practice in Mexico and Central America and the ways interdisciplinary research can be coordinated to illuminate how rituals create, destroy, and transform social relations.Ritual action produces sequences of creation, destruction, and transformation, which involve a variety of materials that are active and agential. The materialities of ritual may persist at temporal scales long beyond the lives of humans or be as ephemeral as spoken words, music, and scents. In this book, archaeologists and ethnographers, including specialists in narrative, music, and ritual practice, explore the r...2023-03-051h 00
Midi MagazineLes indiens Trumaï Aurore Monod Becquelin s’est distinguée par ses recherches dès les années 60 en Amazonie Brésilienne auprès des Trumaï (région du Haut-Xingu, affluent de l’Amazone). À la fois linguiste et ethnologue, elle a appris leur langue, en séjournant auprès d’eux, en récoltant des mythes, en enregistrant des chants, en demandant des explications exprimées en trumaï et enregistrées, par exemple, sur « comment faire une plantation de manioc ». La richesse des exemples lui a permis, avec son collègue C. Becquey, de construire une classification des emplois de certaines structures verbales, qui s’interprète...2022-03-3149 minMidi MagazineMythes, langue et culture des Trumaï, haut Xingu, Amazonie brésilienneAurore Monod Becquelin s’est distinguée par ses recherches dès les années 60 en Amazonie Brésilienne auprès des Trumaï (région du Haut-Xingu, affluent de l’Amazone). À la fois linguiste et ethnologue, elle a appris leur langue, en séjournant auprès d’eux, en récoltant des mythes, puis en les publiant. Ses analyses des mythes, de la parole et de ses statuts très sophistiqués sont à la fois d’une grande finesse et d’une nette modestie. Elles nous ouvrent à une culture d’une vraie beauté.
La pratique linguistique des Indiens Trumaï, Société d’ét...2022-03-2350 min