TY - JOUR AU - Sjørslev, Inger PY - 2010/07/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - PÅ GENBESØG I MAGISKE VERDENER: Et essay JF - Tidsskriftet Antropologi JA - TA VL - 0 IS - 61 SE - Artikler DO - 10.7146/ta.v0i61.106859 UR - https://tidsskrift.dk/tidsskriftetantropologi/article/view/106859 SP - AB - <p align="LEFT">In classical anthropological literature, magic has been dealt with as technologies</p><p align="LEFT">that are related to uncertainty and control. The present essay sets out from these</p><p align="LEFT">themes, but argues that a theory of magic, as well, has to look at the triangle</p><p align="LEFT">between matter or substance, form and holistic images, and techniques and</p><p align="LEFT">actions. The incentive to discuss magic in the light of newer anthropological</p><p align="LEFT">theory of materiality derives from a visit to the exhibition at the Tropenmuseum</p><p align="LEFT"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: medium;">in Amsterdam: </span><em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT; font-size: medium;">Vodou – a way of life</span></em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: medium;">. On the basis of impressions from this</span></p><p align="LEFT"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: medium;">exhibition, particularly the encounter with the figures of the </span><em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT; font-size: medium;">bizango </span></em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: medium;">spirits, the</span></p><p align="LEFT">article suggests that magic has to do with materiality in ways that can be further</p><p align="LEFT">illuminated by a closer attention to fetish and to sacrifice. The elaboration of</p><p align="LEFT">materiality into different forms is salient in both of these phenomena. Magic,</p><p align="LEFT">then, has to do with the shaping of matter, whether in form of packages where</p><p align="LEFT">the substance of content may be of significance, or in the form of destruction.</p><p>Keywords: materiality, structuring, technique, fetich, sacrifice, voodoo.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> ER -