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Divination and Cust...
Divination and Customary Justice on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua
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- Wedel, Johan, 1962 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för globala studier, socialantropologi,School of Global Studies, Social Anthropology
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(creator_code:org_t)
- 2023
- 2023
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Conference of the Caribbean Studies Association, 5-9 June, St. Croix Virgin Islands (US).
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Abstract
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- This paper focuses on divination and customary justice on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua. By using a case study among the Miskitu people as example, it looks at how supposed witches are detected and how innocence or guilt is established in witchcraft cases. It is shown that divination plays an important role in the customary judicial process, as divination creates the conditions for the settling of communal disputes. It is further shown that communication with the spirit world is essential in the divinatory process. Overall, divination has an important role to play when bridging the gap between state legality and local norms and practices.
Ämnesord
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Sociologi -- Socialantropologi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Sociology -- Social Anthropology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Divination
- Customary justice
- Witchcraft
- Caribbean coast of Nicaragua
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