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Accepted Paper:
'Writing stones', secret shrines, and The Word of God in liquid form
Bryn James
(University of Manchester)
Paper short abstract:
An exploration of the materialisation of indigenous and Islamic beliefs within West African 'spiritual medicine'.
Paper long abstract:
An analysis of initial findings, and potential archaeological implications, following qualitative and quantitative study of curative material practices, amongst healing practitioners in Ghana. This research is focused upon ways in which systems of 'traditional' belief may be signified through inherited medical knowledge, curative assemblages, and associated material culture. Interpretation particularly centres around exploring the tensions inherent to the variable materialisations of indigenous and Islamic belief within West African 'spiritual medicine'.
Panel
S11
Medicine, healing, performance: beyond the bounds of 'science'?
Session 1