Schlemmer Grégoire. (2022). The Coronavirus came with the (One of the) World : what the ritual treatment of Coronavirus in a Himalayan Valley can teach us. South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal, 29, en ligne [17 p.]. ISSN 1960-6060.
Titre du document
The Coronavirus came with the (One of the) World : what the ritual treatment of Coronavirus in a Himalayan Valley can teach us
Année de publication
2022
Type de document
Article
Auteurs
Schlemmer Grégoire
Source
South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal, 2022,
29, en ligne [17 p.] ISSN 1960-6060
April 2019. In an indigenous community in the Nepalese Himalayas, a ritual is performed for Sansari, 'the One of the World', to ward off coronavirus. Why respond to an epidemic with a ritual ? On what basis do we associate a virus with a spiritual entity ? How do we articulate anchoring in tradition and innovation ? What does all this tell us about the relationship of this population to the world ? In addition to a film on this ritual, this article proposes avenues of analysis and reflection on procedures of interpretation, of integration of the new and the foreign into a local system of knowledge and defense.
Plan de classement
Epidémiologie générale [050EPID]
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Anthropologie : croyances et magie [106ANTHRO2]
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Techniques de communication et médias [124COMMUN]
