From The Teachings of Don Juan to Travels with Tooy: One Anthropologist's Trip
Richard Price
Anthropology of Consciousness August 24, 2011 DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-3537.2011.01047.x (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that the anthropology of consciousness has evolved alongside US society and the author's own views, raising ethical questions about ethnographic writing and the representation of 'native voices,' particularly in cases of possession. |
Abstract
This article was presented as the Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness Distinguished Lecture, 19 November 2010, New Orleans. It highlights four decades of changes in the anthropology of consciousness, US society, and the author's views of “religion.” It also interrogates the shifting ethics of writing about friends (or about anyone else) and the special responsibilities of ethnographers. It ends with a consideration of the challenge of writing about people in possession, a special case of the problematic representation of “native voices.”