Transcript Magic and Religion Ant 373

Magic and Religion
Ant 373
Professor John Burdick
Spring 2001
By the end of this course...
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You will have developed an
“emic” or “insider’s
perspective” on how people
from many different
societies conceptualize and
interact with the spiritual
world
You will have developed
some “etic” perspectives on
how such beliefs and
practices are related to
psychology, culture,
economics, and society
A little more about you and
me
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Some questions to
you
– anthropology
classes?
– Religion classes?
– Beliefs in spiritual
world?
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A little more about
me, anthropological
fieldwork, and my
research on religion
Some course logistics
Course reader
#6086 (at Campus
Copy, Marshall
Square Mall)
 Syllabus (on the
web:
http://faculty.maxwell
.syr.edu/burdick/ma
gic/default.htm)
 Attendance sheet
 name-tags
 Information sheet
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The syllabus
Brief overview of
topics
 Requirements
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– 4 thematic papers
– 1 semester-long
project
• fieldwork report on
interview or
observation
• final long report
Developing an
anthropological
perspective
 Watch
the video
clip on vodou
 What questions
does watching
this clip provoke
in you? Etic?
Emic? Nonanthropological?