Amy Nichols-Belo
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 98378 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Amy Nichols-Belo |
| NOMBRES | Amy |
| APELLIDO | Nichols-Belo |
| FIRMA | NICHOLS-BELO A |
| AFILIACIONES | Mercer University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5916-805X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 4 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2003 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Occult Violence and the Savage Slot
In Tanzania, violence against elderly women accused of witchcraft is often conflated with other forms of occult violence, including the sacrificial murders of people with albinism. These so-called witch killings are often viewed as a response to gender discrimination in land tenure disputes, poverty, or modernity broadly defined. Instead, this chapter analyzes this violence from a historically continuous approach that situates witch killing withi…
"Witchdoctors" in White Coats
At the center of conflict between the state and traditional healers (waganga wa kienyeji) over the meanings of traditional healing in contemporary Tanzania are debates about what constitutes knowledge, the production of knowledge, and the legitimacy of "traditional" ways of knowing. Drawing on media analysis and ethnographic fieldwork carried out between 2004 and 2016, I describe how healers locate their knowledge in experience, ancestors, and sp…
Uchawi Upo
In Mwanza, Tanzania’s second largest city, it is commonly said that witchcraft exists (uchawi upo). However, witchcraft in Mwanza is more than just a discourse, but is an embodied everyday reality for Mwanzans regardless of ethnicity or socioeconomic background. People afflicted by witchcraft describe diverse experiences including physical and mental symptoms, involuntary spirit possession, relationship problems, economic issues, and fantastic en…
Making Babies, Making Families
"Witchdoctors" in White Coats
At the center of conflict between the state and traditional healers (waganga wa kienyeji) over the meanings of traditional healing in contemporary Tanzania are debates about what constitutes knowledge, the production of knowledge, and the legitimacy of "traditional" ways of knowing. Drawing on media analysis and ethnographic fieldwork carried out between 2004 and 2016, I describe how healers locate their knowledge in experience, ancestors, and sp…
Making Babies, Making Families
Uchawi Upo
In Mwanza, Tanzania’s second largest city, it is commonly said that witchcraft exists (uchawi upo). However, witchcraft in Mwanza is more than just a discourse, but is an embodied everyday reality for Mwanzans regardless of ethnicity or socioeconomic background. People afflicted by witchcraft describe diverse experiences including physical and mental symptoms, involuntary spirit possession, relationship problems, economic issues, and fantastic en…
"Witchdoctors" in White Coats
At the center of conflict between the state and traditional healers (waganga wa kienyeji) over the meanings of traditional healing in contemporary Tanzania are debates about what constitutes knowledge, the production of knowledge, and the legitimacy of "traditional" ways of knowing. Drawing on media analysis and ethnographic fieldwork carried out between 2004 and 2016, I describe how healers locate their knowledge in experience, ancestors, and sp…
Occult Violence and the Savage Slot
In Tanzania, violence against elderly women accused of witchcraft is often conflated with other forms of occult violence, including the sacrificial murders of people with albinism. These so-called witch killings are often viewed as a response to gender discrimination in land tenure disputes, poverty, or modernity broadly defined. Instead, this chapter analyzes this violence from a historically continuous approach that situates witch killing withi…
Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 obras) · Psychology (3 obras) · Sociology (3 obras) · Aesthetics (2 obras) · Anthropology (2 obras) · Ethnology (2 obras) · Tanzania (2 obras) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (1 obras) · Art (1 obras) · Attribution (1 obras)