Kapori

Researching local responses to sorcery accusation–related violence in Papua New Guinea through Indigenous storytelling

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7562841
AutoresBomai Dick Witne (0000-0003-0757-4157, Queensland University of Technology, autor correspondente), V Thomas (0000-0002-9851-1364, Edith Cowan University), Jackie Kauli (0000-0002-9800-1997, University of Auckland), Christina Spurgeon (0000-0002-2686-921X, Queensland University of Technology)
Ano2023
Volume19
Fascículo4
Páginas814-823
Data de publicação2023-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1177-1801 • E-ISSN: 1174-1740
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/11771801231197822
OpenAlexW4388945197
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas23

This article explores kapori, an Indigenous form of storytelling to investigate and report experiences, motivations, responses, and challenges of sorcery accusation–related violence (SARV) by the Yuri people, a tribal group from the Papua New Guinea highlands. SARV is attributed to the belief that some people use supernatural powers to cause illness, deaths, or misfortunes to a community and, therefore, become targets of violent accusations. We outline the rationale for incorporating kapori into SARV research and discuss the findings from a storytelling workshop with 14 participants representing 13 clans of Yuri. The findings suggest that key strategies for curbing SARV include building community capacity to respond to the challenges of SARV, addressing the physical and emotional scars of SARV, and valuing collective interventions to prevent SARV. The use of kapori in this research helped to diversify, expand, and circulate Yuri narratives about SARV to support prevention strategies

Art · Clan · Criminology · Ethnology · False accusation · Indigenous · Literature · Narrative · New guinea · Psychological intervention · Sociology · Storytelling · Anthropology · Child Abuse and Trauma · Disaster Management and Resilience · Gender Studies · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Psychology · Social Psychology · Ecology