Jenny Blain
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 190449 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Jenny Blain |
| NOMBRES | Jenny |
| APELLIDO | Blain |
| FIRMA | BLAIN J |
| AFILIACIONES | Sheffield Hallam University |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 78 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1994 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2011 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
From Respect to Reburial
The recent Avebury Consultation on reburial has drawn considerable public and professional attention to the issue of pagan calls for respect regarding the care of human remains. Our work has pointed to the importance of archaeologists and others engaging seriously and respectfully with pagans as significant stakeholders in our heritage. The Avebury Reburial Consultation suggests this dialogue is increasing in strength, but we identify problems in…
Beyond Sacred
Over the last decade, our Sacred Sites project has examined contemporary British Pagan engagements with pasts, focusing on archaeological monuments and associated material culture held in museum collections. Increasingly Pagans are taking issue with problems of disenchantment and reenchantment, opposing landscape exploitation, often equating their (contested) relationships to place and pasts to those of indigenous peoples elsewhere. We present fi…
Sites, Texts, Contexts and Inscriptions of Meaning
Questions of texts and ‘scripture’ sit uneasily with Paganisms. Most Pagans do not have ‘sacred scriptures’ and point to different constructions of spirituality that do not privilege conventional ‘texts’. Further, popular or political perceptions that a ‘religion’ should or must have ‘sacred texts’ can become a means of denying various Paganisms—or indeed some indigenous spiritualities elsewhere—the official stamp of authenticity being ‘a religio…
Representing Spirit
Pasts and pagan practices
Theorizing the past is not restricted to archaeology, and interpretations of 'past'both influence and are themselves constituted within politicized understandings of self, community and, in certain instances, spirituality. 'The past in the imagination of the present' is appropriated, variously, to give meaning to the present or to justify actions and interpret experiences. Summer solstice at Stonehenge, with an estimated 21,000 celebrants in 2005…
Pasts and pagan practices
Theorizing the past is not restricted to archaeology and interpretations of 'past' both influence and are themselves constituted within politicized understandings of self, community and in certain instances, spirituality. 'The past in the imagination of the present' is appropriated, variously, to give meaning to the present or to justify actions and interpret experiences. Summer solstice at Stonehenge, with an estimated 21,000 celebrants in 2005,…
Now many of those things are shown to me which I was denied before
One thousand years ago, the Lawspeaker of Iceland went "Under the Cloak" in quest of answers to problems of religious difference. This "out-sitting" has been interpreted as a kind of "seidr," potentially shamanistic practice of Northern Europe. This article discusses practitioner interpretations of evidence for seidr and its relation to "shamanism" in the old literature, revealing seidr as gendered shamanistic practice, involving ecstatic communi…
Sites, Texts, Contexts and Inscriptions of Meaning
Questions of texts and ‘scripture ’ sit uneasily with Paganisms. Most Pagans do not have ‘sacred scriptures ’ and point to different constructions of spirituality that do not privilege conventional ‘texts’. Further, popular or political perceptions that a ‘religion ’ should or must have ‘sacred texts ’ can become a means of denying various Paganisms—or indeed some indigenous spiritualities elsewhere—the official stamp of authenticity being ‘a rel…
Sacred Sites, Contested Rites/ Rights
Our Sacred Sites, Contested Rites/Rights project (www.sacredsites.org.uk) examines physical, spiritual and interpretative engagements of today's pagans with sacred sites, theorizes 'sacredness', and explores the implications of pagan engagements with sites for heritage management and archaeology more generally, in terms of 'preservation ethic' vis-a-vis active engagement. In this article, we explore ways in which 'sacred sites' - both the term an…
Sites, sacredness, and stories
Folklore has, until very recently, been at the fringes of archaeological research. Post-processual archaeology has promoted plurality in interpretation, however, and archaeology more widely is required to make itself relevant to contemporary society; so, contemporary folkloric practices vis--vis archaeological remains are once again receiving attention. In this paper we examine contemporary Pagan understandings of and engagements with 'sacred sit…
Contested Meanings
In many ‘traditional’ cultures, religion and magic are not easily separated from people’s everyday existence. Today, an increasing number of people within North America are drawn to some form of earth-centred spirituality, whether as solitary practitioners or members of Neopagan circles, Wicca covens, Heathen kindreds or Druid groves. For many of these people, religion and spirituality do not form a closed category of their experience: they infor…
The 'Ergi' Seidman
Seidr' is a term used in this paper to describe certain 'shamanistic' practices of Northern Europe, mentioned in the Icelandic Sagas. Today, seidr practices are reappearing as 'neo-shamanism' in areas of Europe and North America. Both today and in the past, seidr is often thought of as 'women's magic', although it is also practised by men. In this article, seidr and other 'shamanisms' are viewed as dynamic, specific practices framed by community …
Men and ‘Women’s Magic’
Seidhr appears most often as a female activity... male seidh workers were spoken of as 'ergi', a term of insult relating to behaviour seen as 'unmanly
Think Twice! Sociology Looks at Current Social Issues
1. Culture. 2. Socialization. 3. Deviance and Control. 4. Class and Stratification. 5. Race and Ethnic Relations. 6. Gender Relations. 7. Family. 8. Work and the Economy. 9. Education. 10. Politics and the State. 11. Health. 12. Population. 13. Religion. 14. Global Inequality. 15. Social Change
Seidhr and Seidhrworkers
The Saga of Eirik the Red describes the visit of a spákona, a seeress, to a Greenland farm, one thousand years ago. Her clothing and shoes, her staff and cloak, are detailed. She is asked to predict the progress of the community; she eats a meal of the hearts of the farm animals, and the next day a “high seat” is made ready for her, where she will sit to foretell. She engages in ritual practices known as seidhr, which requires a special song to b…
Discourses of Agency and Domestic Labor
This article uses the concept of family discourse to investigate the systematic structuring of social relations surrounding parents' gendered-often unequal-family responsibilities and practices. Drawing on data from in-depth interviews with parents of young children in dual-earner families, the article presents two ways of analyzing parents' accounts of reasons for their division of labor. First, it focuses on how parents use talk to construct ra…
Sacred Sites, Contested Rites/ Rights
Our Sacred Sites, Contested Rites/Rights project (www.sacredsites.org.uk) examines physical, spiritual and interpretative engagements of today's pagans with sacred sites, theorizes 'sacredness', and explores the implications of pagan engagements with sites for heritage management and archaeology more generally, in terms of 'preservation ethic' vis-a-vis active engagement. In this article, we explore ways in which 'sacred sites' - both the term an…
Sites, sacredness, and stories
Folklore has, until very recently, been at the fringes of archaeological research. Post-processual archaeology has promoted plurality in interpretation, however, and archaeology more widely is required to make itself relevant to contemporary society; so, contemporary folkloric practices vis--vis archaeological remains are once again receiving attention. In this paper we examine contemporary Pagan understandings of and engagements with 'sacred sit…
Discourses of Agency and Domestic Labor
This article uses the concept of family discourse to investigate the systematic structuring of social relations surrounding parents' gendered-often unequal-family responsibilities and practices. Drawing on data from in-depth interviews with parents of young children in dual-earner families, the article presents two ways of analyzing parents' accounts of reasons for their division of labor. First, it focuses on how parents use talk to construct ra…
The 'Ergi' Seidman
Seidr' is a term used in this paper to describe certain 'shamanistic' practices of Northern Europe, mentioned in the Icelandic Sagas. Today, seidr practices are reappearing as 'neo-shamanism' in areas of Europe and North America. Both today and in the past, seidr is often thought of as 'women's magic', although it is also practised by men. In this article, seidr and other 'shamanisms' are viewed as dynamic, specific practices framed by community …
Pasts and pagan practices
Theorizing the past is not restricted to archaeology and interpretations of 'past' both influence and are themselves constituted within politicized understandings of self, community and in certain instances, spirituality. 'The past in the imagination of the present' is appropriated, variously, to give meaning to the present or to justify actions and interpret experiences. Summer solstice at Stonehenge, with an estimated 21,000 celebrants in 2005,…
Now many of those things are shown to me which I was denied before
One thousand years ago, the Lawspeaker of Iceland went "Under the Cloak" in quest of answers to problems of religious difference. This "out-sitting" has been interpreted as a kind of "seidr," potentially shamanistic practice of Northern Europe. This article discusses practitioner interpretations of evidence for seidr and its relation to "shamanism" in the old literature, revealing seidr as gendered shamanistic practice, involving ecstatic communi…
Sites, Texts, Contexts and Inscriptions of Meaning
Questions of texts and ‘scripture ’ sit uneasily with Paganisms. Most Pagans do not have ‘sacred scriptures ’ and point to different constructions of spirituality that do not privilege conventional ‘texts’. Further, popular or political perceptions that a ‘religion ’ should or must have ‘sacred texts ’ can become a means of denying various Paganisms—or indeed some indigenous spiritualities elsewhere—the official stamp of authenticity being ‘a rel…
From Respect to Reburial
The recent Avebury Consultation on reburial has drawn considerable public and professional attention to the issue of pagan calls for respect regarding the care of human remains. Our work has pointed to the importance of archaeologists and others engaging seriously and respectfully with pagans as significant stakeholders in our heritage. The Avebury Reburial Consultation suggests this dialogue is increasing in strength, but we identify problems in…
Beyond Sacred
Over the last decade, our Sacred Sites project has examined contemporary British Pagan engagements with pasts, focusing on archaeological monuments and associated material culture held in museum collections. Increasingly Pagans are taking issue with problems of disenchantment and reenchantment, opposing landscape exploitation, often equating their (contested) relationships to place and pasts to those of indigenous peoples elsewhere. We present fi…
Pasts and pagan practices
Theorizing the past is not restricted to archaeology, and interpretations of 'past'both influence and are themselves constituted within politicized understandings of self, community and, in certain instances, spirituality. 'The past in the imagination of the present' is appropriated, variously, to give meaning to the present or to justify actions and interpret experiences. Summer solstice at Stonehenge, with an estimated 21,000 celebrants in 2005…
Discourses of Agency and Domestic Labor
This article uses the concept of family discourse to investigate the systematic structuring of social relations surrounding parents' gendered-often unequal-family responsibilities and practices. Drawing on data from in-depth interviews with parents of young children in dual-earner families, the article presents two ways of analyzing parents' accounts of reasons for their division of labor. First, it focuses on how parents use talk to construct ra…
Seidhr and Seidhrworkers
The Saga of Eirik the Red describes the visit of a spákona, a seeress, to a Greenland farm, one thousand years ago. Her clothing and shoes, her staff and cloak, are detailed. She is asked to predict the progress of the community; she eats a meal of the hearts of the farm animals, and the next day a “high seat” is made ready for her, where she will sit to foretell. She engages in ritual practices known as seidhr, which requires a special song to b…
Men and ‘Women’s Magic’
Seidhr appears most often as a female activity... male seidh workers were spoken of as 'ergi', a term of insult relating to behaviour seen as 'unmanly
Think Twice! Sociology Looks at Current Social Issues
1. Culture. 2. Socialization. 3. Deviance and Control. 4. Class and Stratification. 5. Race and Ethnic Relations. 6. Gender Relations. 7. Family. 8. Work and the Economy. 9. Education. 10. Politics and the State. 11. Health. 12. Population. 13. Religion. 14. Global Inequality. 15. Social Change
Contested Meanings
In many ‘traditional’ cultures, religion and magic are not easily separated from people’s everyday existence. Today, an increasing number of people within North America are drawn to some form of earth-centred spirituality, whether as solitary practitioners or members of Neopagan circles, Wicca covens, Heathen kindreds or Druid groves. For many of these people, religion and spirituality do not form a closed category of their experience: they infor…
The 'Ergi' Seidman
Seidr' is a term used in this paper to describe certain 'shamanistic' practices of Northern Europe, mentioned in the Icelandic Sagas. Today, seidr practices are reappearing as 'neo-shamanism' in areas of Europe and North America. Both today and in the past, seidr is often thought of as 'women's magic', although it is also practised by men. In this article, seidr and other 'shamanisms' are viewed as dynamic, specific practices framed by community …
Sites, sacredness, and stories
Folklore has, until very recently, been at the fringes of archaeological research. Post-processual archaeology has promoted plurality in interpretation, however, and archaeology more widely is required to make itself relevant to contemporary society; so, contemporary folkloric practices vis--vis archaeological remains are once again receiving attention. In this paper we examine contemporary Pagan understandings of and engagements with 'sacred sit…
Sites, Texts, Contexts and Inscriptions of Meaning
Questions of texts and ‘scripture ’ sit uneasily with Paganisms. Most Pagans do not have ‘sacred scriptures ’ and point to different constructions of spirituality that do not privilege conventional ‘texts’. Further, popular or political perceptions that a ‘religion ’ should or must have ‘sacred texts ’ can become a means of denying various Paganisms—or indeed some indigenous spiritualities elsewhere—the official stamp of authenticity being ‘a rel…
Sacred Sites, Contested Rites/ Rights
Our Sacred Sites, Contested Rites/Rights project (www.sacredsites.org.uk) examines physical, spiritual and interpretative engagements of today's pagans with sacred sites, theorizes 'sacredness', and explores the implications of pagan engagements with sites for heritage management and archaeology more generally, in terms of 'preservation ethic' vis-a-vis active engagement. In this article, we explore ways in which 'sacred sites' - both the term an…
Now many of those things are shown to me which I was denied before
One thousand years ago, the Lawspeaker of Iceland went "Under the Cloak" in quest of answers to problems of religious difference. This "out-sitting" has been interpreted as a kind of "seidr," potentially shamanistic practice of Northern Europe. This article discusses practitioner interpretations of evidence for seidr and its relation to "shamanism" in the old literature, revealing seidr as gendered shamanistic practice, involving ecstatic communi…
Representing Spirit
Pasts and pagan practices
Theorizing the past is not restricted to archaeology, and interpretations of 'past'both influence and are themselves constituted within politicized understandings of self, community and, in certain instances, spirituality. 'The past in the imagination of the present' is appropriated, variously, to give meaning to the present or to justify actions and interpret experiences. Summer solstice at Stonehenge, with an estimated 21,000 celebrants in 2005…
Pasts and pagan practices
Theorizing the past is not restricted to archaeology and interpretations of 'past' both influence and are themselves constituted within politicized understandings of self, community and in certain instances, spirituality. 'The past in the imagination of the present' is appropriated, variously, to give meaning to the present or to justify actions and interpret experiences. Summer solstice at Stonehenge, with an estimated 21,000 celebrants in 2005,…
Sites, Texts, Contexts and Inscriptions of Meaning
Questions of texts and ‘scripture’ sit uneasily with Paganisms. Most Pagans do not have ‘sacred scriptures’ and point to different constructions of spirituality that do not privilege conventional ‘texts’. Further, popular or political perceptions that a ‘religion’ should or must have ‘sacred texts’ can become a means of denying various Paganisms—or indeed some indigenous spiritualities elsewhere—the official stamp of authenticity being ‘a religio…
Beyond Sacred
Over the last decade, our Sacred Sites project has examined contemporary British Pagan engagements with pasts, focusing on archaeological monuments and associated material culture held in museum collections. Increasingly Pagans are taking issue with problems of disenchantment and reenchantment, opposing landscape exploitation, often equating their (contested) relationships to place and pasts to those of indigenous peoples elsewhere. We present fi…
From Respect to Reburial
The recent Avebury Consultation on reburial has drawn considerable public and professional attention to the issue of pagan calls for respect regarding the care of human remains. Our work has pointed to the importance of archaeologists and others engaging seriously and respectfully with pagans as significant stakeholders in our heritage. The Avebury Reburial Consultation suggests this dialogue is increasing in strength, but we identify problems in…
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