Joseph R Hellweg
Biographic Data
| ID | 92793 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph R Hellweg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph R |
| FAMILY NAME | Hellweg |
| SIGNATURE | HELLWEG J R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Religion Florida State University Dodd Hall P.O. Box 3061520 Tallahassee FL 32306‐1520 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Raising the Dead
In this article, we examine Bruce Grindal's 1983 essay, "Into the Heart of Sisala Experience: Witnessing Death Divination." We do so from the perspectives of two Africanist ethnographers and a Mesoamericanist archaeologist for the purpose of exploring current epistemological presuppositions about anthropological research. We argue that Grindal's holistic approach to ethnography stands as a model for anthropological methods across the subdisciplin…
Hunting the Ethical State
In the 1990s a nationwide crime wave overtook Cote d'Ivoire. The Ivoirian police failed to control the situation, so a group of poor, politically marginalized, and mostly Muslim men took on the role of the people's protectors as part of a movement they called Benkadi. These men were dozos - hunters skilled in ritual sacrifice - and they applied their hunting and occult expertise, along with the ethical principles implicit in both forms of knowled…
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Hunting the Ethical State
In the 1990s a nationwide crime wave overtook Cote d'Ivoire. The Ivoirian police failed to control the situation, so a group of poor, politically marginalized, and mostly Muslim men took on the role of the people's protectors as part of a movement they called Benkadi. These men were dozos - hunters skilled in ritual sacrifice - and they applied their hunting and occult expertise, along with the ethical principles implicit in both forms of knowled…
Raising the Dead
In this article, we examine Bruce Grindal's 1983 essay, "Into the Heart of Sisala Experience: Witnessing Death Divination." We do so from the perspectives of two Africanist ethnographers and a Mesoamericanist archaeologist for the purpose of exploring current epistemological presuppositions about anthropological research. We argue that Grindal's holistic approach to ethnography stands as a model for anthropological methods across the subdisciplin…
Philosophy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · African Studies and Ethnography (1 work) · Africans (1 work) · Anarchism and Radical Politics (1 work) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (1 work) · Bureaucracy (1 work) · Cambodian History and Society (1 work)