5-0810 SIGHT UNSEEN: CONNECTING WITH THE INVISIBLE IN SECULARIZED SOCIETIES

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

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

Organizers: Veronique Beguet (Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres) and Deirdre Meintel (Universite de Montreal)

Chairs: Geraldine Mossiere (Université de Montréal)

Discussants: Jean-Guy A Goulet (Saint-Paul University) and Annette Leibing (University of Montreal)

13:45

Lightning In the Shadows: Spiritism In Guatemala

Barbara Tedlock (SUNY Buffalo)

14:00

The Political Exploits of Indigenous Spirits: Ethnicity, Ontology, and Citizen Participation In Rural Southern Chile

Rita I Henderson (Universite de Montreal)

14:15

Modernizing the Supernatural: Ghosts, Gods and Ancestors Revisited In Modern Taiwan

Scott Habkirk (University of Alberta)

14:30

Spirits In the Hands of Shamans, Magicians, and Scientists

Dennis Tedlock (SUNY Buffalo)

14:45

Tools for Accessing An Invisible World: Paranormal Investigation In Contemporary England

Michele M Hanks (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign )

15:00

Discussant

Jean-Guy A Goulet (Saint-Paul University)

15:15

Discussion

15:30

Break

15:45

Sights Seen and Experiences of the Unseen, or the Spirit Lives

John A Napora (University of South Florida)

16:00

Theorizing the Invisible: How Bereaved Parents Maintain Connection with Their Deceased Children

Mary Ellen Macdonald (McGill University), Lisa M Mitchell (University of Victoria), Peter H Stephenson (University of Victoria) and Susan Cadell (Wilfrid Laurier University)

16:15

Experiencing the Invisible In Two Postcatholic Societies: Tales From Québec and Ireland

Isabelle Matte (Universite Laval)

16:30

Spirits In the City

Deirdre Meintel (Universite de Montreal)

16:45

An Ontological Anthropology of Experiences of the Invisible Among Canadians

Veronique Beguet (Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres)

17:00

Discussant

Annette Leibing (University of Montreal)

17:15

Discussion

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