What is New about Neo-Shamanisms? | A roundtable discussion

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What is New about Neo-Shamanisms? | A Roundtable Discussion

Abstract

The study of shamanism has always occupied a central position within the anthropology of religion; yet, despite its crucial practice and scholarly contributions, the study of so-called “neo-shamanism” has only gained traction in more recent years. Bringing together three promising scholars who are experts in the anthropological study of so-called “neo-shamanic” practices, this roundtable will reconsider and deconstruct the “neo” in the term “neo-shamanism”, addressing questions that are critical, not only for the social scientific study of shamanism and contemporary spirituality but, moreover, of the anthropology of religion in general, such as:

What is new about contemporary forms of shamanic practices?
Are boundaries between new and indigenous forms of shamanisms becoming more elastic?
What types of spiritual and therapeutic creativity characterise neoshamanisms?

Speakers

Silvia Rovadossi | Ca’Foscari (University of Venice)
Denise Lombardi | researcher (Università degli Studi di Torino)
Evgenia Fotiou | independent researcher
Chair: Eugenia Roussou | researcher (CRIA-ISCTE)
Discussant: Anastasios Panagiotopoulos | researcher (CRIA-ISCTE)

Zoom meeting | ID 811 8548 8544 | Key 322581

Date

30/11/2021 , 17:00-19:00

Localization

Zoom

With

Silvia Rovadossi

Denise Lombardi

Evgenia Fotiou

Eugenia Roussou

Anastasios Panagiotopoulos

Organization

NAR-CRIA and ISARS

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