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The enchanted moments of place: Mythology, rituals and materiality at the saint Mariam Bawardy Shrine
History and Anthropology ( IF 0.752 ) Pub Date : 2021-07-29 , DOI: 10.1080/02757206.2021.1958804
Nurit Stadler 1 , Nimrod Luz 2
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ABSTRACT

One of the major paradoxes embedded in religion is the complex dynamics between enchantment and disenchantment. This article takes a critical look at the theoretical implications of the political dynamics of enchantment by examining its stages in depth. We use the term ‘enchanted moments of place’ to challenge the use of the term ‘enchanted’ as a static historical or historiographical designation. It takes long-term ethnographic work at a recently emerging pilgrimage site in the north of Israel/Palestine commonly known as the Shrine of Mariam Bawardy, as an empirical point of departure to explore the dynamics of enchantment. We suggest an anthropological theory of enchantment that embraces an analysis of the ways time/place intermingles religious and everyday grassroots political dynamics. This perspective sheds light on the creation of sacred place during moments of renewed creativity, the reformulation of indigenous identities, the process of reinvented rituals, and the restoration and staging of material objects and place. Uncovering these moments can clarify the ways sacred places are politically voiced and spatialized by pilgrims, and appropriated by visitors and religious agents. Our analysis shows that these ‘enchanted moments’, places are more fragile and susceptible to changes caused by macro- and micro- political shifts. Enchanted moments are more sensitive to local decision-making processes, creativity, contingencies and rivalry among native agents and their aspirations for place and territoriality.



中文翻译:

地方的迷人时刻:圣玛丽亚姆巴瓦迪神社的神话、仪式和物质

摘要

嵌入宗教的主要悖论之一是迷恋与祛魅之间的复杂动态。本文通过深入研究附魔的各个阶段,批判性地审视附魔政治动态的理论含义。我们使用“迷人的地方时刻”一词来挑战将“迷人”一词用作静态历史或史学名称的做法。它需要在以色列/巴勒斯坦北部一个新近出现的朝圣地进行长期的民族志工作,该圣地通常被称为 Mariam Bawardy 神殿,作为探索魅力动态的经验出发点。我们提出了一种人类学魅力理论,该理论包括对时间/地点如何将宗教和日常基层政治动态混合的方式进行分析。这种观点揭示了在创造力更新、土著身份的重新形成、重新发明仪式的过程以及物质对象和场所的恢复和展示的时刻,神圣场所的创造。揭开这些时刻可以阐明圣地在政治上被朝圣者表达和空间化的方式,以及被游客和宗教代理人占用的方式。我们的分析表明,这些“迷人的时刻”更脆弱,更容易受到宏观和微观政治变化引起的变化的影响。迷人时刻对当地决策过程、创造力、突发事件和本地代理人之间的竞争以及他们对地方和领土的渴望更加敏感。以及物质对象和场所的修复和分期。揭开这些时刻可以阐明圣地在政治上被朝圣者表达和空间化的方式,以及被游客和宗教代理人占用的方式。我们的分析表明,这些“迷人的时刻”更脆弱,更容易受到宏观和微观政治变化引起的变化的影响。迷人时刻对当地决策过程、创造力、突发事件和本地代理人之间的竞争以及他们对地方和领土的渴望更加敏感。以及物质对象和场所的修复和分期。揭开这些时刻可以阐明圣地在政治上被朝圣者表达和空间化的方式,以及被游客和宗教代理人占用的方式。我们的分析表明,这些“迷人的时刻”更脆弱,更容易受到宏观和微观政治变化引起的变化的影响。迷人时刻对当地决策过程、创造力、突发事件和本地代理人之间的竞争以及他们对地方和领土的渴望更加敏感。地方更脆弱,更容易受到宏观和微观政治变化引起的变化的影响。迷人时刻对当地决策过程、创造力、突发事件和本地代理人之间的竞争以及他们对地方和领土的渴望更加敏感。地方更脆弱,更容易受到宏观和微观政治变化引起的变化的影响。迷人时刻对当地决策过程、创造力、突发事件和本地代理人之间的竞争以及他们对地方和领土的渴望更加敏感。

更新日期:2021-07-29
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