Department of social anthropology seminar with Rune Flikke
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The Department of Social Anthropology has the pleasure to invite you to this week's seminar. Dr. Rune Flikke from the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo, will present the following paper:
Natural possession? Wind, weather, and occult experiences among Zulu Zionists
Abstract
Wind, weather and climate have always influenced human adaptation to the natural environment, yet it has received relatively little analytical attention in anthropological research until recently. In this paper I intend to foreground experiences of wind and weather to start exploring how phenomenological approaches to weather have analytical potential for studies of Zulu religious practices in general, and individual occult experiences in particular. In conclusion I intend to outline some general suggestions as to why wind and weather appear to have poignancy in the sphere of religious experiences.
All are welcome!