Shifting Ontologies inHuichol Ritual and Art
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2261998 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Johannes Neurath (0000-0002-5044-0552, National Institute of Anthropology and History, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 58-71 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology & Humanism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1548-1409 • E-ISSN: 1559-9167 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/anhu.12068 |
| OpenAlex | W1712459078 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 17 |
In regard to anthropology's contemporary ontological turn, it seems to be necessary to raise the question of polyontologies. UsingDescola's terminology, theHuichols (Wixarika) ofWesternMexico seem to be a case combining animistic and analogist tendencies. I avoid declaring analogism to be the dominant ontology of theHuichol, and animism to being a secondary tendency. Rather, my project is to elucidate the ontological implications of ritual complexity.Huichol ontology and cosmology appear to be unstable and based on contradictory schemes of practice. During the Peyote dance people deny the free gifts of the feathered serpent and oblige it to accept "payment." The cloud serpent's ethos of free gift clashes with the villagers' insistence on reciprocal exchange. The transition from reciprocity to free gift and back to exchange is always a problematic process. There is no easy complementarity between the two. These same tensions are also expressed in theHuichol's peculiar style of art. Contemplating a yarn painting likeThe Vision ofTatutsiXuweriTimaiwemebyJoséBenítezSánchez, the viewer can go back and forth between incompatible forms of knowledge and ways of viewing
Aesthetics · Animism · Art · Complementarity (molecular biology · Dance · Epistemology · Ethos · Linguistics · Literature · Ontology · Premise · Reciprocal · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Latin American history and culture · Philosophy · Psychedelics and Drug Studies
Predicates of Aesthetic Judgement
Art And Agency
Métaphysiques cannibales
De l'autorité
Prey into Hunter
The Art of Anthropology
Naven
Naven or the Other Self
We Have Never Been Modern
Thinking Through Things
Filiação intensiva e aliança demoníaca
Symbolism of the Huichol Indians
Denying the gift
A free gift makes no friends
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2023 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |