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INREL Indigenous religion(s). Local grounds, global networks

Forskningsgruppeinfo

Deltakere

Afo Adogame
Gregory D. Alles
Arkotong Longkumer
Rosalind Hackett
Siv Ellen Kraft
Bjørn Ola Tafjord
Trude Arthursdotter Fonneland
Greg Johnson

Kontakt

The Arctic University of Norway, Institute of History and Religious Studies
9037 Tromsø
siv.ellen.kraft@uit.no


Forskningsgruppeleder

Siv Ellen Kraft

Ansvarlig enhet(er)

Beskrivelse

By "indigenous religion" we mean a globalizing discourse, consisting of notions of an indigenous "we" and a flexible, but fairly standardized, vocabulary of assumed similarities: harmony with nature, healing and holism, antiquity and spirituality, shamanism and animism. Several scholars have referred to the increasing importance of such a formation, but we know little of usages and implications on local grounds; of who uses it, for which purposes and with what results; of who opposes it, for which reasons; and of how usage and content become recognizable as "indigenous". This project is an attempt to address this gap in research on indigenous religions(s). It will be based on a comparative, bottom up design, which will harness our collective research on specific indigenous traditions from diverse regions, placing these and our analyses of them in a comparative framework. In which ways does Indigenous religion (in the singular) impact established indigenous religions (in the plural)? How is Indigenous religion articulated through local attempts to reclaim older traditions/religions? Four thematic fields (organized as work packages) have been selected in order to focus fieldworks and allow for comparisons: translation, performance, media and technologies, and sovereignty. In a fifth work package, we will bring together our collective work through a comparative study within the overall frames of the project, structured by the selected thematic fields. The project involves an international group of seven senior researchers, who study indigenous traditions in Norway, Costa Rica, Panama, India, Hawaii, Ghana and Nigeria. In addition, two PhD candidates will develop case studies within the frames of the project. - See more at: https://en.uit.no/forskning/forskningsgrupper/gruppe?p_document_id=383890#sthash.X6YsgSmW.dpuf

Publikasjoner

Nya religionsbildningar (2012)
Tafjord, Bjørn Ola
Kva kan ein lære om kategorien gud dersom ein freistar å gå baklengs til verks? Eit eksperiment med Rosendo Jackson sin Sibö, min sibö og Inge Lønning sin Gud (2013)
Tafjord, Bjørn Ola
DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur
"De syv kaffekok" - spirituelt entreprenørskap i eit samisk landskap (2012)
Fonneland, Trude A.
Tidsskrift for kulturforskning
Indigenous religion(s) as an analytical category (2013)
Tafjord, Bjørn Ola
Method & Theory in the Study of Religion
Spiritual Entrepreneurship in a Northern Landscape: Spirituality, Tourism and Politics (2012)
Fonneland, Trude A.
Temenos
Sami Tourism and the Signposting of Spirituality. The Case of Sami Tour: a Spiritual Entrepreneur in the Contemporary Experience Economy (2013)
Fonneland, Trude A.
Acta Borealia
New Age, Sami shamanism and indigenous spirituality (2013)
Fonneland, Trude A.;Kraft, Siv Ellen
Sáivu - dataspel og myteland : religion som kulturell markør i representasjonar av samisk kultur (2013)
Fonneland, Trude A.
Chaos - Skandinavisk tidsskrift for religionshistoriske studier
Isogaisa: samisk sjamanisme i festivaldrakt (2013)
Fonneland, Trude A.
AURA
Ei ny religiøs rørsle tek form : (2014)
Fonneland, Trude A.
DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur
How talking about indigenous religion may change things: An example from Talamanca (2016)
Tafjord, Bjørn Ola
Numen
Review of Critical Reflections on Indigenous Religions, ed. by James L. Cox, Farnham 2013, Ashgate (2015)
Tafjord, Bjørn Ola
Temenos
Spiritual Entrepreneurship in the High North: The Case of Polmakmoen Guesthouse and the Pilgrimage "the Seven Coffee Stops" (2014)
Fonneland, Trude A.
International Journal for the Study of New Religions
Nordic Neoshamanisms (2015)
Fonneland, Trude A.;Kraft, Siv Ellen;Lewis, James R
Palgrave Macmillan
Introduction: Nordic Neoshamanisms (2015)
Fonneland, Trude A.;Kraft, Siv Ellen;Lewis, James R
The Rise of Neoshamanism in Norway: Local Structures - Global Currents (2015)
Fonneland, Trude A.
The Festival Isogaisa: Neoshamanism in New Arenas (2015)
Fonneland, Trude A.
Sami neo-shamanism in Norway: Colonial grounds, ethnic revival and pagan pathways (2015)
Kraft, Siv Ellen
Shamanism and Indigenous Soundscapes: The Case of Mari Boine (2015)
Kraft, Siv Ellen
Approval of the Shamanistic Association: A Local Norwegian Construct With Trans-Local Dynamics (2015)
Fonneland, Trude A.
Scales, translations and siding effects: Uses of indígena and religión in Talamanca and beyond. In Religious Categories and the Construction of the Indigenous, ed. by C. Hartney & D. J. Tower (2016)
Tafjord, Bjørn Ola
Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion