what we propose to call a ‘hyper-reflexive’ point of view. Whereas reflexivity is a reference point for postmodern anthropology, the concept of ‘hyper-reflexivity’ describes the circulation of ideas through multiple sites, as the subjects of
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Introduction
Anthropological Knowledge Making, the Reflexive Feedback Loop, and Conceptualizations of the Soul
Katherine Swancutt and Mireille Mazard
The Art of Capture
Hidden Jokes and the Reinvention of Animistic Ontologies in Southwest China
Katherine Swancutt
. Tuosat is, furthermore, the relative of two villagers who appear in this article: Katba, who raised Tuosat like a father, and Datlamuo, Tuosat’s nephew. My case studies reveal how ‘hyper-reflexivity’ emerges between academics and villagers who traverse
Religion through the Looking Glass
Fieldwork, Biography, and Authorship in Southwest China and Beyond
Katherine Swancutt
fascination that researchers and their interlocutors have with the study of religion arises from their efforts to produce each other’s biographies. To some degree, a fascination with the study of religion thus salts down to the ‘hyper-reflexivity’ that, as I
In Religion and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Sep 2016
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 51–67 (17 total)
The Algebra of Souls
Ontological Multiplicity and the Transformation of Animism in Southwest China
Mireille Mazard
it—made Nusu people intensely aware of the ideological implications of discourse and ritual life ( Mazard 2011 ). This brings us to the concept of hyper-reflexivity developed in this issue, which is essential to understanding the transfers of people
The Anthropology of Ontology Meets the Writing Culture Debate
Is Reconciliation Possible?
Rane Willerslev
insistently asked of [shamans is] ‘Has it worked?’” Here, animism is the reverse side—indeed, the antithesis of—philosophy. This special issue’s introduction of the ‘hyper-reflexive’ animist thinker is a decisive break with this view. A few years ago I argued
Recursivity and the Self-Reflexive Cosmos
Tricksters in Cuban and Brazilian Spirit Mediumship Practices
Diana Espírito Santo
forms of ontological reflection—doubt, even—speak to what Katherine Swancutt and Mireille Mazard identify in the introduction to this issue as an increasing tendency among native thinkers toward what they term ‘hyper-reflexivity’, resulting in ideas that
Spirit of the Future
Movement, Kinetic Distribution, and Personhood among Siberian Eveny
Olga Ulturgasheva
forthcoming events, which entails envisioning and thereby influencing how her or his own biography will unfold in the future, bears within it the ‘hyper-reflexive’ potential for charting one’s own life course (see Swancutt and Mazard in the introduction to
Narratives of the Invisible
Autobiography, Kinship, and Alterity in Native Amazonia
Vanessa Elisa Grotti and Marc Brightman
the concept of ‘hyper-reflexivity’ introduced by the editors of this issue. The former is grounded in more pervasive aspects of native Amazonian thought and practice, whereas the latter appears as a more global phenomenon with a particular relationship
In Social Analysis
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- 01 Mar 2016
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 92–109 (18 total)
Anthropologists and Healers
Radical Empiricists
Edith Turner
very ritual consciousness of his—that is, a sense of the current types of sociality of his time and a hyper-reflexive awareness of his own skills of alignment with the spirit powers through his African telephone. In Alaska, Claire also has a spiritual
A Film Never Completed
Representing Social Relations in a Mixing Neighbourhood
Regev Nathansohn
the group to stick to realism, and although members constantly practiced hyper-reflexivity – reflecting on their own reflections on their self-representations – the group failed to represent the reality that existed among its members. For such a
In Anthropology of the Middle East
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- 01 Jun 2019
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 108–124 (17 total)
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