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Haiti’S Pact With The Devil?: Bwa Kayiman, Haitian Protestant Views Of Vodou, And The Future Of Haiti, Bertin M. Louis Jr.
Haiti’S Pact With The Devil?: Bwa Kayiman, Haitian Protestant Views Of Vodou, And The Future Of Haiti, Bertin M. Louis Jr.
Anthropology Faculty Publications
This essay uses ethnographic research conducted among Haitian Protestants in the Bahamas in 2005 and 2012 plus internet resources to document the belief among Haitian Protestants (Haitians who practice Protestant forms of Christianity) that Haiti supposedly made a pact with the Devil (Satan) as the result of Bwa Kayiman, a Vodou ceremony that launched the Haitian Revolution (1791–1803). Vodou is the syncretized religion indigenous to Haiti. I argue that this interpretation of Bwa Kayiman is an extension of the negative effects of the globalization of American Fundamentalist Christianity in Haiti and, by extension, peoples of African descent and the …
The Terrestrialization Of Amphibious Life In A Danube Delta 'Town On Water', Tanya Richardson
The Terrestrialization Of Amphibious Life In A Danube Delta 'Town On Water', Tanya Richardson
Anthropology Faculty Publications
Visitors to the Danube Delta town of Vylkove, known as the “Ukrainian Venice,” are often disappointed by the condition its 40 kilometers of canals, which frequently resemble over-grown ditches that are often impassible by boat. Consequently, a development organization and town administrators have begun lobbying for funding for a large-scale canal restoration project and for the town’s designation as a heritage site to help in mobilizing funds. However, these tourism-development narratives also assume that all residents can and want to practice an amphibious way of life that prevailed for centuries. Combining analytical frameworks of amphibious anthropology and recent social science …
Women’S Political Representation In Rwanda, Jennie E. Burnet
Women’S Political Representation In Rwanda, Jennie E. Burnet
Anthropology Faculty Publications
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Unpacking Oakland Cemetery: Immersing Students In Atlanta History, Brennan Collins, Jeffrey Glover, Jes Moss, Spencer Roberts, Michael Page, Pouya Dianat
Unpacking Oakland Cemetery: Immersing Students In Atlanta History, Brennan Collins, Jeffrey Glover, Jes Moss, Spencer Roberts, Michael Page, Pouya Dianat
Anthropology Faculty Publications
Working with Oakland Cemetery, Georgia State and Emory Universities, and Beam Imagination are creating an experimental, public-facing digital archive that combines maps, a burial database, 3D visualizations, and curation.