Editorial Impressions: Ethnographic Knowledge and the Magic of Uncertainty

Leete, Art

doi:10.2478/jef-2020-0001

Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics

2020

DOI: 10.2478/jef-2020-0001

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Editorial Impressions: Ethnographic Knowledge and the Magic of Uncertainty

Art Leete

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“…From different angles, I have touched upon this incomprehensibility in earlier JEF editorials, writing about uncertainty, hybridity, bricolage, and metaphors (Leete 2018;2019;2020;, and discussed the problem of ethnographic uncertainty in depth elsewhere (Leete and Lipin 2015). Apparently, I am very fond of indistinct topics.…”

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Preface to the Special Issue “Hybrid Beliefs and Identities”

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Objectified Values at Udmurt Prayers

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Minniyakhmetova

2022

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Ritual objects and belongings are still used today at Udmurt prayer rituals that have sacrifices. We would even go so far as to say that carrying out ceremonies without them is unthinkable. Depending on their function they can be defined in several groups: ritual utensils and dishes, ritual clothing, priestly attributes, sacrificial items, donation items/offerings. Currently, there is both the preservation of traditional items and the emergence of new ones to fulfil known ritual purposes. In some cases, when creating new items, one can discern the imitation of traditional forms and materials. The article examines the objects in connection with a definite ritual, looking at the essence of their utility and sacredness, their role in maintaining historical memory, and the composition and purpose of the ritual objects. The article then goes on to analyse the reasons for the modification of these objects.

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Environmental Sustainability Generated by the Views of the Skolt Sami and Gregory Bateson

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2022

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This article contributes to the debate about environmental sustainability, using the Skolt Sami conceptions of nature obligations as guides to this theme. The author’s recent research material is analysed in relation to other relevant publications and sources of environmental anthropology. Three key factors emerge: reasonableness in the use of natural resources, protection of nature, and respect for nature. Gregory Bateson’s models help to arrange these elements in relation to each other. It is argued here that respect for nature sets a scale for the conceptions of reasonableness and nature protection as the basis of environmental sustainability. The article produces questions and principles that may help put environmental sustainability into practice.

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Editorial Impressions: Ethnographic Knowledge and the Magic of Uncertainty

Cited by 4 publications

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Preface to the Special Issue “Hybrid Beliefs and Identities”

Preface to the Special Issue “Hybrid Beliefs and Identities”

Objectified Values at Udmurt Prayers

Environmental Sustainability Generated by the Views of the Skolt Sami and Gregory Bateson

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