Michael Lambek, On Sorcery: Life with the Concept (Ethics@Noon)

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On Sorcery: Life with the Concept

The question of sorcery is less whether it is rational or ‘real’ than how people live with the concept. The paper draws from my mistakes in attempting to resolve a conflict over sorcery accusations among a group of siblings in Mayotte (Western Indian Ocean) in order to illuminate ethical dimensions of living with sorcery and also of studying it. I present a picture of some of the vulnerabilities and insights that life with sorcery offers.

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Michael LambekMichael Lambek
University of Toronto
Anthropology

Wed, Oct 30, 2019
12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto
200 Larkin