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SUMMARY:Encountering Spirits: Trance and Spirit Possession in the Performing Arts of Contemporary Southeast Asia
LOCATION:Room 1.204
DESCRIPTION:Spirit encounters constitute an essential part of many performi
 ng arts throughout Southeast Asia. Various forms of trance, shamanism, spir
 it possession, mediumship, altered states of consciousness, ecstatic and tr
 anscendent states are deeply intertwined with local cultures and everyday l
 ife of local communities: while some of these forms are still embedded in t
 raditional, religious and ritual milieu, other appear to belong to a more g
 lobalized context and to be closely connected to the political, economic an
 d social trends of the current century. In fact, practices of spirit encoun
 ters, despite their archaic roots, do not remain frozen in time but adapt t
 o the changes in action in their diverse environments. The ongoing scholarl
 y interest in this field produced important contributions; however, the amo
 unt of studies emerged in recent years is still incomparable to the wide va
 riety of phenomena to be found in the region.\n\nThis panel intends to disc
 uss new challenges and responses and to explore different practices through
  inter- and multidisciplinary approaches (including, but not limited to, pe
 rforming arts studies, ethnomusicology and ethnocoreology, religious studie
 s, cultural anthropology and cultural studies) in a geographical comparativ
 e perspective, investigating diverse aspects of the phenomena throughout Ma
 inland and Insular Southeast Asia. More specifically: Indonesia, Cambodia a
 nd Myanmar.\n\nWe are proposing new insights and innovative multiple approa
 ches discussed by scholars from different countries – including Italy, Unit
 ed Kingdom, Russia and Germany, in order to encourage the interdisciplinary
  and intercultural exchange.
URL:https://euroseas2019.org/program/panels/encountering-spirits-trance-and-spirit-possession-in-the-performing-arts-of-contemporary-southeast-asia
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