Smith, Thomas Aneurin  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7221-1868, Murrey, Amber and Leck, Hayley
2017.
'What kind of witchcraft is this?' Development, magic and spiritual ontologies.
Third World Thematics
2
(2-3)
, pp. 141-156.
10.1080/23802014.2017.1411209
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Abstract
This collection represents a significant intervention in the space cohabited by witchcraft, spirit worlds, and development – a realm frequently marginalised by development practice. Through a diverse set of scholarly and methodological orientations, the contributions draw on contrasting case studies (spanning the local, national, and borderlands) to explore the current and possible future co-productions of development through various forms of spirituality. They do so with attention to the paradoxes, nuances, and complexities of these intersections. This introduction explores some of the cross-cutting themes arising from these complexities, including: scale; limitations of Euro-dominant conceptualisations of development; Othering of polytheistic, multi-theistic, and non-theistic spiritual ontologies; entanglements of spirituality, politics, and power; and co-productions of new forms of development. We argue that thinking through these various cross-cutting themes provides a multitude of possibilities for decolonising the development project.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Published Online |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Geography and Planning (GEOPL) |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| ISSN: | 2380-2014 |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 27 November 2017 |
| Date of Acceptance: | 27 November 2017 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Dec 2024 23:45 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/107098 |
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