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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. PDF copy.
Key ideas for this week
- Sorcery and witchcraft in anthropology
- Sorcery and witchcraft in PNG
- The Sorcery Act 1971
- The modernity of witchcraft
A guide to the unit
ANTH 2667: The anthropology of religion—a guide to the unit