Sacred Conversations
Rituals of Justice in the Kumaon Region of Uttarakhand, India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8239054 |
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| Authors | Kalindi Kokal (0000-0002-7819-0970, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-28 |
| Publication date | 2025-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Legal Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1758-9584 • E-ISSN: 1758-9576 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/jla.2025.090102 |
| OpenAlex | W7126165632 |
| Language | EN |
This article explores the meanings of ritualistic practices in the contexts of societal orders and conflict resolution in the Kumaon Himalayas. Drawing on empirical work, I present local narratives and experiences with esoteric practices that connect human bodies and nature, bringing them into one continual whole. I examine the meanings rituals lend to concepts of justice to elaborate on a grounded description of justice in this particular South Asian context that enables an experience akin to healing and that thrives in the dynamics of uncertainty
Context (archaeology · Economic Justice · Ethnography · Grounded theory · Lived experience · Narrative · Social justice · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Indian and Buddhist Studies · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
| Highly cited | No |
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