'What kind of witchcraft is this?' Development, magic and spiritual ontologies

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
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
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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