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This article compares the roles of the guru and the conjurer in Southeast Asia and Melanesia, exploring how they mediate transactions in knowledge and shape cultural understandings. The guru, often associated with religious or philosophical traditions, imparts knowledge through discipleship and established doctrines. In contrast, the conjurer's knowledge is more secretive and personalized, acquired through individual quests and experimentation. Barth argues that both figures, despite their differences, contribute to the dynamic processes of cultural production and transformation by offering alternative pathways to knowledge and power.

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