Ritual efficacy in the making
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2391058 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sébastien Galliot (0000-0002-7497-7848, Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, EHESS, CREDO UMR 7308, 13331 Marseille, France, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 101-125 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Material Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-1835 • E-ISSN: 1460-3586 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1359183515578248 |
| OpenAlex | W2003776710 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 67 |
As a contribution to the much debated problem of ritual efficacy, this article aims to present a technological approach to ritual theory. In most scholarly studies of ritual, analyses of the material setting are avoided in favour of a focus on symbolic expression, cultural representations, or embodied cognition. Here a close look at the interplay between substances, sounds, smells, elementary actions on matter and supernatural forces shows that there is a blending phenomenon between myth, rite and technique at the early stages of the preparatory phases as well as during the ritual action itself. The central part played by technical actions and interaction with matter in the ritual of Samoan tattooing is a case study for a technological approach to ritual efficacy
Action (physics · Aesthetics · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Focus (optics · Linguistics · Mythology · Phenomenon · Rite · Rite of passage · Samoan · Sociology · Anthropology · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History · Philosophy · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |