Sensing Materiality in the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic
It might be expected that practitioners of contemporary magico-religious traditions consider they have a special relationship with the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Cornwall. In this ethnographic article I examine how visiting practitioners in search of familiarity and authority approach the col...
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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Опубликовано: |
2021
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The pomegranate
Год: 2021, Том: 23, Выпуск: 1/2, Страницы: 10-33 |
| Другие ключевые слова: | B
Senses
B Contemporary Witchcraft B contemporary witchcraft B Historicity B Museums B magical consciousness B Museum of Witchcraft |
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| Итог: | It might be expected that practitioners of contemporary magico-religious traditions consider they have a special relationship with the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Cornwall. In this ethnographic article I examine how visiting practitioners in search of familiarity and authority approach the collection in a sensory and emotional manner that generates dialogic relationships between people, places, and things. While much museological debate acknowledges dynamic relationships between people and things, for contemporary witches these objects are literally alive in an inspirited world. This has a bearing on how they apprehend the museum as a space for multiple forms of engagement. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1735 |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: The pomegranate
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/pome.18956 |
