C ALL FOR P APER Call for articles for a special issue of the journal Civilisations (2017) Alcohol use in rituals and ethnographers The religious uses of alcohol Gue st E dito rs: De lphine Bur g ue t & Olivia L ia mbe lo e g r ip- R a ndr (Ima f, E HE SS ; L ARHRA, L yo n I I) Pre se nta tio n: F o llo wing issue s o f T e rrain (1989) a nd So c io -anthro po lo g ie (2004) de dic a te d to the “drinking ”, this spe c ia l issue will de a l with two a spe c ts o f ritua listic a lc o ho l use . T he a rtic le s will no t fo c us o n c e rta in a re a s a nd will no t o nly a ddre ss the re lig io us fra me wo rk o f a lc o ho l use , into xic a tio n, a nd symb o lism, b ut a lso the me tho do lo g ic a l a ppro a c h a nd the pla c e o f the e thno g ra phe r o n the fie ldwo rk. T he first a spe c t de a ls with the drinks a nd with the “drinking ” in the ir symb o lic a nd so c ia l func tio ns a s o b se rve d b y va rio us re se a rc he rs with fie ld e xpe rie nc e . It mo b ilize s me tho do lo g ic a l to o ls use d in e thno g ra phy. Alc o ho l is he re c o nside re d a s a “so c ia b ility” tha t dista nc e s itse lf fro m the fie ld o f pa tho lo g y (Do ug la s; F a b re -Va ssa s; F a inza ng ). T hus, a lc o ho l use d a s a n o ffe ring is pla c e d, spra ye d a nd/ o r c o nsume d in va ria b le a mo unts; it is a re q uire me nt to the ritua listic e ffic a c y o f the ritua ls a nd to the c o mme nsa lity. Co nc e rning the “drinking ”, it re pre se nts a c o difie d use , a me a n to pro te c t the ritua listic pra c tic e s a nd the use o f a lc o ho l, b ut a lso a fo rm o f so c ia b ility. I n this issue , the use s o f a lc o ho l a re to b e unde rsto o d a s re lig io us a nd fe stive , a s c e re mo nia l a nd ritua listic , with the drinking b e ing use d during sa c re d a nd/ o r pro fa ne time s o f the re lig io us c o nte xt. T he use o f a lc o ho l a na lyze d b y the a utho rs c a n re fe r to tha t o f the re lig io us o ffic ia nts (sha ma ns, he a le rs-so o thsa ye rs, po sse sse d, e tc .), b ut a lso o f c e rta in spe c ific po pula tio ns (g ro ups o f me n, wo me n, yo ung pe o ple , e tc .), o r e ve n o f the o b se rve rs o f the o ng o ing ritua l (pa rtic ipa nts, pub lic , e thno g ra phe rs, e tc .). T he ritua listic a nd symb o lic func tio ns o f lib a tio ns a nd a lc o ho l use , a s we ll a s the ir so c ia l use s, ha ve to b e studie d fo r e a c h e thno g ra phy. T he will to c o nside r a lc o ho l in a ritua listic spa c e a nd time is wha t g ive s it its me a ning (F a b re -Va ssa s, 1989). As did Ma ry Do ug la s (1987) a nd Cla udine F a b re -Va ssa s (1989), we ra ise the q ue stio n o f the symb o lic e ffic a c y o f a lc o ho l use , who se use during ritua ls is no t c o nside re d a s pa tho lo g ic a l. T he se c o nd a spe c t de a ls with b o th the study o f po sture s a nd the g a the ring o f da ta in a re fle xive a ppro a c h o n ritua listic a lc o ho l use . I nde e d, the o b se rve r (pa rtic ipa nt o r no t) c a n ide ntify a nd me a sure the use o f a lc o ho l, a nd the into xic a tio n tha t c a n re sult fro m it, witho ut the pa rtic ipa nts no tic ing . We the re fo re q ue stio n the de finitio ns o f a lc o ho l into xic a tio n re g a rding , fo r insta nc e , va ria b le so c ia l c o de s in re la tio n to the 1
C ALL FOR P APER “drinking ”. Ho w to a ppre he nd this issue in a c o nte xt o f e thno lo g ic a l de ta c hme nt? Ho w do e s the e thno g ra phe r de a l with the invita tio n to ta ke pa rt in the drinking ? De fa c to , the issue s ra ise d he re to a n a nthro po lo g ic a l re fle c tio n o n the drinking . Pro po sa ls fo r c o ntrib utio ns b a se d o n fie ldwo rk re se a rc h a re a ll we lc o me (in E ng lish o r in F re nc h). T he y sho uld b e no lo ng e r tha n 400 wo rds, a nd sho uld b e a ddre sse d be for e F e br ua r y 1 st , 2016 to : • De lphine Burg ue t (b urg ue t.de lphine @ g ma il.c o m), • Olivia L e g rip-Ra ndria mb e lo (o livia .le g rip@ ho tma il.fr) a nd • the o ffic e o f the jo urna l Civilisatio ns (c ivilisa tio ns@ ulb .a c .b e ) Autho rs will b e c o nta c te d in Ma rc h a nd info rme d whe the r the ir pro po sa l is a c c e pte d o r no t. I f it ha s b e e n a c c e pte d, the y will ha ve to pro vide the ir c o ntrib utio n in June 2016, fo r pe e r-re vie wing . Re fe re nc e s Bia nq uis I ., 2012. L ’ a lc o o l. Anthro po lo g ie d’ un o b je t-fro ntiè re , L ’ Ha rma tta n. Ca ste la in J.-P., 1996. « L a q uê te de s mo ts. De q ue lq ue s usa g e s de l'a lc o o l da ns la F ra nc e de l'Oue st », in : Co mmunic atio ns , n°62, Vivre a ve c le s dro g ue s. pp .181-193. _____________ 1989. Ma niè re s de vivre , ma niè re s d e b o ire . Alc o o l e t so c ia b ilité sur le po rt, Pa ris, I ma g o . Co uniha n C.M. & K a pla n S.L . (e d s.), 1998. Fo o d and Ge nde r: I de ntity and Po we r , Go rdo n & Bre a c h, Ne w Yo rk. de Ga rine I . & de Ga rine V. (e ds.), 2001. Drinking : Anthro po lo g ic al Appro ac he s . Anthro po lo g y o f F o o d and Nutritio n , Be rg ha hn Bo o ks, Oxfo rd a nd Ne w Yo rk. Do ug la s M., 1987. Co nstruc tive Drinking . Pe rspe c tive s o n Drink fro m Anthro po lo g y , e dite d b y M.D., Ca mb ridg e Unive rsity Pre ss e t Ma iso n de s sc ie nc e s de l'ho mme , Pa ris. F a b re -Va ssa s C., 1989 « L a b o isso n d e s e thno lo g ue s », T e rrain , n° 13, pp .5-14. F a inza ng S., 1995. « L ’ a lc o o l, le s ne rfs, le c e rve a u e t le sa ng », l’ Ho mme , n°135. F iske sjö M., 2010. “Pa rtic ipa nt I nto xic a tio n a nd Se lf-Othe r Dyna mic s in the Wa c o nte xt”, T he Asia Pac ific Jo urnal o f Anthro po lo g y , n°11, pp .111-127. He ll B., 1983. L 'Ho mme e t la b iè re , Co lma r, E d . J.-P. Gyss. K ra do lfe r S., 2006. « Bo ire e t ma ng e r : l’ é pre uve d u te rra in », Jo urnal de s anthro po lo g ue s , n°106-107. L a c a ze G., 2004a . « Co nvivia lité , c o nso mma tio n d’ a lc o o l e t c a té g o rie s d e pe rso nne c he z le s Mo ng o ls e t le s K a za khs », L e s Annale s de la Fo nda tio n F ysse n n°19, pp .30-47. ___________2004b . « Bo ire e t se sa o ûle r : le s so rtie s de l’ â me pe nda nt l’ ivre sse », in C. Mé c hin e t D. L e Bre to n (e d s), L e c o rps e t se s o rific e s . Pa ris, L ’ Ha rma tta n, pp.141-164. ___________2003. « Bo ire e t do nne r à b o ire . Che z le s pe uple s c e ntra sia tiq ue s de tra ditio n no ma de pa sto ra le », Ca hie rs de l’ I RE B, n°16, pp .38-45. 2
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