5-0815 THE CRADLE OF VOODOO: RELIGION AND THE OCCULT IN BENIN

Saturday, November 19, 2011: 13:45-17:30

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

Organizers: Douglas J Falen (Agnes Scott College)

Chairs: Douglas J Falen (Agnes Scott College)

Discussants: Judy V Rosenthal (University of Michigan -Flint), Carolyn Sargent (Washington University) and Karen E Richman (Notre Dame University)

13:45

Old Shrines and New Times: An Archaeological Approach to the Material Wakes and Vortices of Huedan Vodun

Neil Norman (William and Mary)

14:00

Categorizing the Occult: Vodun, Sorcery and Religious Beliefs In Benin

Camilla Strandsbjerg (Centre d'études africaines, EHESS and University of Copenhagen)

14:15

The Eradication of a Deity: The History of a Disease, Sakpata, and the Aja of Southwestern Benin

James L Kennell (Southern Methodist University)

14:30

Popular Perceptions of Vodun and Sorcery In a Pentecostal Age

Micah N Boyer (University of Arizona)

14:45

Artists' Uses of Vodun Iconographies within the Beninese Contemporary Visual Arts World

Clotilde Wuthrich (Universite de Lausanne)

15:00

Discussant

Carolyn Sargent (Washington University)

15:15

Discussion

15:30

Break

15:45

Spiritual Insecurity and Religious Importation In Benin

Douglas J Falen (Agnes Scott College)

16:00

Touring the Forbidden: The Occult Politics of Travel In Bénin, West Africa

Timothy Robert Landry (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

16:15

Modern by Day, Traditional by Night: Are Vodun and God Incompatible?

Hippolyte Amouzouvi (University of Abomey-Calavi)

16:30

Bǒ and NGOs: The Occult Elicitation of Development Aid In Southern Benin

Nathan T Hedges (University of Virginia)

16:45

Discussant

Karen E Richman (Notre Dame University)

17:00

Discussant

Judy V Rosenthal (University of Michigan -Flint)

17:15

Discussion

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