designed to address highly diversified audiences—both Alevi and non–Alevi—in Turkey’ s public sphere ( Sariönder and Kreinath 2008: 103–105 ). In the following sections, this article conceptualizes reflexive moments during the cem by analyzing one
In Religion and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Sep 2018
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 145–159 (15 total)
Recursivity and the Self-Reflexive Cosmos
Tricksters in Cuban and Brazilian Spirit Mediumship Practices
Diana Espírito Santo
of the dividends of their awareness for human experience. Recursivity here is thus deeply related to self-reflexivity or self-awareness: it is because the cosmos is aware of itself as cosmos (in its constitution) that it is able to describe, produce
Co-constituting Bodyguarding Practice through Embodied Reflexivity
Methodological Reflections from the Field
Paul Higate
that the application of a particular form of embodied reflexivity yielded original, analytically valid insights into the mutually constitutive security practices generated between a triad of actors that included training instructors, myself as
In Conflict and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2017
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 42–59 (18 total)
Becoming a Super-Masculine “Cool Guy”
Reflexivity, Dominant and Hegemonic Masculinities, and Sexual Violence
James W. Messerschmidt
of the adolescent boys (see Messerschmidt 2016 for the full life story )—which is the subject of this article—reveals a close relationship among in-school bullying, reflexivity, embodiment, and dominant and hegemonic masculinities in understanding
Introduction
Anthropological Knowledge Making, the Reflexive Feedback Loop, and Conceptualizations of the Soul
Katherine Swancutt and Mireille Mazard
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
Grey Gardens and the Problem of Objectivity
Notes on the Ethics of Observational Documentary
Mathew Abbott
screen. Unlike many of the filmmakers who responded to direct cinema by emphasizing their presence on the scenes they recorded, however, the Maysles do not deploy reflexivity as a rejoinder to naiveté, nor to undermine pretensions to authenticity. Instead
Temporality of Movements in the North
Pragmatic Use of Infrastructure and Reflexive Mobility of Evenkis and Dolgans
Vladimir N. Davydov
reflexivity of other social actors’ movements and possible positions, with chess serving as illustration. This article is based on field data, collected from 2007 to 2015, on several field trips that totaled more than 17 months of fieldwork among Evenkis in
Experiencing Graduated Intimacies during Lockdown (Fengcheng)
A Reflexive and Comparative Approach to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Urban China
Junjie Chen
by the COVID-19. Conclusion: A Reflexive and Comparative Approach to Intimate Experiences of Pandemic In this article, I have examined the ways in which a nationwide lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has abruptly reshaped daily intimate
Cancer the Bogeyman and Me
Reflexivity and Emotion in 'End of Life' Research
Fiona M. Harris
This article explores the embodied nature of training in social anthropology and reveals how, while working in multidisciplinary teams and drawing on research methods and approaches more commonly associated with other disciplines, one might still be 'outed' in one's interpretation and analysis. I draw on the experience of working on a project exploring methodological issues and challenges to conducting research with terminally ill cancer patients to reveal the importance of situating ourselves as researchers firmly within the prejudices of our own societies. While personal experience of losing a parent to cancer should have alerted me to other ways of seeing cancer, I was nevertheless obliged to confront sociocultural constructions of cancer and recognise them as my own. Through understanding the power of 'imagined experience', I gained further insight into how intersubjectivity and reflexivity are crucial to the research process.
In Anthropology in Action
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2008
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 5–13 (9 total)
The Unrealized Potential of Body-Reflexive Practices
Intimations of a New Materialism
Steve Garlick
Raewyn Connell’s work foregrounds bodies in a way that challenges the social-constructionist orientation that has dominated much of the critical research on masculinities. Yet, her concept of “body-reflexive practices” is one of the least explored aspects of her work. In this commentary, I argue that body-reflexive practices, as the concept is developed in The Men and the Boys, points in the direction of a potentially productive convergence between masculinity studies and new materialist theories. In its engagement with the nature of bodies underlying the cultural construction of gender, Connell’s work maintains a relevance that has been largely unappreciated. This is especially the case for boys and young men as they develop masculinities in negotiation with their corporeal capacities.