Montrer pour cacher : la transmission d’un savoir rituel shuar (Amazonie équatorienne) dans le contexte néo-chamanique

Contemporary Shuar shamanism is characterised by, on the one hand, its plasticity and its adaptability to new contests and, on the other hand, by heterogeneity of its clientele, which now includes an increasing number of Western patients. In the absence of a shared system of representations and with...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b1afef2fa8784dabad56e498eeddd61f2021-12-02T10:29:45ZMontrer pour cacher : la transmission d’un savoir rituel shuar (Amazonie équatorienne) dans le contexte néo-chamanique1626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.70134https://doaj.org/article/b1afef2fa8784dabad56e498eeddd61f2017-02-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/70134https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252Contemporary Shuar shamanism is characterised by, on the one hand, its plasticity and its adaptability to new contests and, on the other hand, by heterogeneity of its clientele, which now includes an increasing number of Western patients. In the absence of a shared system of representations and with the necessity for an explanatory discourse, in these ‘neo-shamanic’ rituals inspired by New Age religion, the shaman occupies a paradoxical position. From his point of view, the effectiveness of an intervention rests on the traditional obligation of silence. The experience of shamanism is too complex, intense and multi-sensory to be easily describable and should thus remain secret. But for the shamans’ European patients his efficacy depends, on the contrary, on an aptitude for explicating their experiences. We will describe the interactions among the different participants in order to show how the shaman, by means of simple speeches which frequently take up the propositions of those he addresses, transposes, in a discursive register, the acts of mystification which have been reported, in the context of traditional shamanic practice, in the manipulation of objects. It is thus a dissimulation that hides its own secret.Katarzyna ZajdaCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américainsarticleshuar shamanismneo-shamanismritual actionritual discoursedissimulationAnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2017)
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FR
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topic shuar shamanism
neo-shamanism
ritual action
ritual discourse
dissimulation
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
spellingShingle shuar shamanism
neo-shamanism
ritual action
ritual discourse
dissimulation
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
Katarzyna Zajda
Montrer pour cacher : la transmission d’un savoir rituel shuar (Amazonie équatorienne) dans le contexte néo-chamanique
description Contemporary Shuar shamanism is characterised by, on the one hand, its plasticity and its adaptability to new contests and, on the other hand, by heterogeneity of its clientele, which now includes an increasing number of Western patients. In the absence of a shared system of representations and with the necessity for an explanatory discourse, in these ‘neo-shamanic’ rituals inspired by New Age religion, the shaman occupies a paradoxical position. From his point of view, the effectiveness of an intervention rests on the traditional obligation of silence. The experience of shamanism is too complex, intense and multi-sensory to be easily describable and should thus remain secret. But for the shamans’ European patients his efficacy depends, on the contrary, on an aptitude for explicating their experiences. We will describe the interactions among the different participants in order to show how the shaman, by means of simple speeches which frequently take up the propositions of those he addresses, transposes, in a discursive register, the acts of mystification which have been reported, in the context of traditional shamanic practice, in the manipulation of objects. It is thus a dissimulation that hides its own secret.
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title Montrer pour cacher : la transmission d’un savoir rituel shuar (Amazonie équatorienne) dans le contexte néo-chamanique
title_short Montrer pour cacher : la transmission d’un savoir rituel shuar (Amazonie équatorienne) dans le contexte néo-chamanique
title_full Montrer pour cacher : la transmission d’un savoir rituel shuar (Amazonie équatorienne) dans le contexte néo-chamanique
title_fullStr Montrer pour cacher : la transmission d’un savoir rituel shuar (Amazonie équatorienne) dans le contexte néo-chamanique
title_full_unstemmed Montrer pour cacher : la transmission d’un savoir rituel shuar (Amazonie équatorienne) dans le contexte néo-chamanique
title_sort montrer pour cacher : la transmission d’un savoir rituel shuar (amazonie équatorienne) dans le contexte néo-chamanique
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