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What happens when you die? The ways different cultures and individuals respond to this question determines not only the rise of different practices and institutions, both secular and religious, but crucially informs the way people conduct their lives. The Afterlife Research Centre (ARC) is a research network and virtual forum which aims to generate and disseminate cross-cultural ethnographic research into the meaning and relevance of afterlife beliefs in people’s lives. As ethnographers with a background in anthropology we are not seeking to prove a case, but wish to develop ethnographic methodologies to investigate, without explaining away, the effects of beliefs and practices relating to the Afterlife, such as: the Spirit World, mediumship, trance, possession, shamanism, and religious experience.
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13/06/2013 David Gordon Wilson Lecture Now Online: Dr. David Gordon Wilson talk on 'Why is Spiritualism a Shamanism, and what does Foucault have to do with it?' is now available to listen online. 04/06/2013 Nicholas Campion Lecture: Dr. Nicholas Campion's talk on 'Magic, Myth and the Space Race' is now available online. 06/05/2013. Paul Devereux Lecture: Paul Devereux's Lecture on 'Time, Mind and Place: The Archaeology of Consciousness' is now available to listen online. 03/04/2013. Bettina Schmidt Lecture Now Online: Dr. Bettina Schmidt's talk on 'Spirit Possession in Brazil' is now available to listen to online. 28/02/2013. Bettina Schmidt Lecture: Dr. Bettina Schmidt will be giving a talk on 'Spirit Possession in Brazil' on Wednesday 27th February 2013. 13/02/2013. Book Announcement: 'Kuna Art and Shamanism: An Ethnographic Approach' by Paolo Fortis. 02/02/2013 David Luke Lecture: Dr. David Luke's will be giving a Lecture on "Anthropology, Parapsychology & Psychedelics" on February 13th 2013. 02/02/2013. Book Announcement: 'Why People Believe in Spirits, Gods and Magic,' an ebook by ARC member Jack Hunter. ARC Network Meeting 2012: The ARC Network Meeting on Wednesday 5th December was full of lively discussion. A selection of photos are now online. 07/12/2012 Fiona Bowie Lecture: Dr. Fiona Bowie's Lecture on "Sixth Sense, Psychometry and Spirits of Place" for the Anthropology, Consciousness and Culture Lecture Series. Audio-recording now available online. 29/11/2012 Gregory Shushan Lecture: Dr. Gregory Shushan will be giving a talk on the origins of afterlife beliefs on November 15th 2012. 1/11/2012 Paranthropology Vol. 3 No. 4: The October 2012 issue of Paranthropology is now available to download for free. Ronald Hutton Lecture: The inaugural lecture of the Anthropology, Consciousness and Culture series will feature Ronald Hutton's talk on 'Modern Paganism and Witchcraft'. 07/10/2012 Lecture Series: Anthropology, Consciousness and Culture 13/09/2012 Award Announcement: Royal Anthropological Institute's Sutasoma Award 2012 awarded to ARC anthropologist Emily Pierini for research on spirit mediumship 05/09/2012 Book Announcement: Paranthropology: Anthropological Approaches to the Paranormal - Second Anniversary Anthology 02/08/2012 CfP IUAES 2013: The Extended Self: Relations between Material and Immaterial Worlds 14/06/2012 New Titles available on the ARC Bookstore 14/06/2012 ARC Mailing ListSubscribe to receive updates on news, events, and latest publications. Click here
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ARC Research Seminar & Network Meeting 2012University of Bristol, 5th December 2012
Seminar Outline Anthropology, Consciousness and Culture Lecture Series
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ARC panel at the IUAES World Congress 2013
ARC Workshop 2011
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