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Is witchcraft in PNG out of control?

Is witchcraft in PNG out of control?

Ryan Schram

Mills 169 (A26)

ryan.schram@sydney.edu.au

30 April 2015

Readings

Jorgensen, Dan. 2014. “Preying on Those Close to Home: Witchcraft Violence in a Papua New Guinea Village.” The Australian Journal of Anthropology [Early View]. doi:10.1111/taja.12105.

Wesch, Michael. 2007. “A Witch Hunt in New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial.” Anthropology and Humanism 32 (1): 4–17. doi:10.1525/ahu.2007.32.1.4.

Schram, Ryan. 2010. “Witches’ Wealth: Witchcraft, Confession, and Christianity in Auhelawa, Papua New Guinea.” Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 16 (4): 726–42. doi:10.1111/j.1467–9655.2010.01650.x.

Other media

Allison, April. 2015. “The ‘Women Not Witches’ Project.” Seeds Theatre Group, Inc. Accessed February 15. http://seedstheatre.org/the-women-not-witches-project-2/.

Chandler, Jo. 2013. “It’s 2013, And They’re Burning ‘Witches.’” The Global Mail, February 15. http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/its–2013-and-theyre-burning-witches/558/.

The Leniata Legacy. 2015. “The Leniata Legacy: Advocates Against Gender-Based Violence in Papua New Guinea.” Accessed February 15. http://www.leniatalegacy.com/.

The Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. 2013. “Time for leaders to condemn sorcery killings.” The Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, Editorial, p. 2. February 7.

Key ideas for this week

  • Sorcery and witchcraft in anthropology
  • Sorcery and witchcraft in PNG
  • The Sorcery Act 1971
  • The modernity of witchcraft

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