3-0860 THE NEUROANTHROPOLOGY OF DISSOCIATION, ABSORPTION, AND EMBODIMENT: RESEARCH IN RITUAL, PLAY, AND ENTERTAINMENT

Thursday, November 17, 2011: 13:45-17:30

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

This session would be of particular interest to:
Practicing and Applied Anthropologists, Students, Those involved in mentoring activities

Organizers: Christopher D Lynn (University of Alabama) and Jeffrey G Snodgrass (Colorado State University)

Chairs: Christopher D Lynn (University of Alabama) and Jeffrey G Snodgrass (Colorado State University)

Discussants: Tanya M Luhrmann (Stanford University) and Daniel H Lende (University of South Florida)

13:45

"Transcendental Medication": Tests of a Functionalist Model of the Dissociation/Absorption Spectrum Via Speaking In Tongues and Fireside Relaxation

Christopher D Lynn (University of Alabama)

14:00

Absorption Theories, Spirit Mediums, and Pentecostal Prophecies: Cases and Questions From Thailand

Edwin R Zehner (Westmont College)

14:15

Strange Languages: Ritual and Dissociation In the Making of Modern Brazilian Pentecostals

Henri J Dengah II (University of Alabama)

14:30

Focusing a Thousand Miles Distant: The Journey From Habit to Enskilment In the Martial Training Technique of Taijjiquan Push Hands

Adam Frank (Univ of Central Arkansas and Honors College University of Central Arkansas)

14:45

Looking At the Legacy of Trance and Possession Research by Tracing Our Understanding of Dissociation

Patricia B Lerch (University of North Carolina Wilmington)

15:00

Tripping Through Time: Deep Play and the Making of "Civil War Moments"

Matthew Amster (Gettysburg College)

15:15

Discussant

Tanya M Luhrmann (Stanford University)

15:30

Break

15:45

Virtually a Shaman: Archaic Ecstasy Now Online!

Jeffrey G Snodgrass (Colorado State University)

16:00

Online Computer Games: A Neuroanthropological Approach

Ben C Campbell (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) and Thomas M Malaby (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

16:15

Automaticity and Imitation In the Enjoyment of Formulaic Fiction

Peter G Stromberg (University of Tulsa)

16:30

The Flow Experience In Jazz Pianists: Absorption, Embodiment, Transformation

Grant Rich (University of Alaska Southeast)

16:45

Lightness of Being: Dark Play At Burning Man

S. Megan Heller (UCLA)

17:00

Discussant

Daniel H Lende (University of South Florida)

17:15

Discussion

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