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SUMMARY:Ethnographies of the Numinous: Exploring the Social Life of Phi in Thailand and Beyond (1)
LOCATION:Room 3.10
DESCRIPTION:‘Phi’ are nonhuman beings that are known not only in all Tai la
 nguages, but also by speakers of other regional languages that have interac
 ted with Tai-speakers over prolonged periods of time. Scholarly texts writt
 en in English tend to translate the word phi as ‘spirit’ or ‘ghost’. This p
 anel invites contributions that showcase the multiple ways in which phi man
 ifest in everyday life. Our goal is to challenge the commonly encountered t
 ranslations that associate phi first and foremost with unwanted presences o
 f the ontologically other, whereby their ostensible invisibility functions 
 as a marker of their ontological otherness. Inspired by the premises of ‘ne
 w animism’ and ‘the ontological turn’, we seek to question the associated t
 endency to rationalize phi by treating them as symbols or symptoms that sta
 nd for something else. In order to  decolonize Southeast Asian studies, we 
 argue that we need to deconstruct the myth that scholars are able to elucid
 ate this something by relying on their objective scientific gaze. \n\nWe en
 courage papers that treat phi nonrepresentationally as social beings, explo
 re their social lifes, their agency and how they affectively engage with hu
 mans and nonhumans as members of social collectives. Papers may address one
  or more of the following questions: Are ethnographies of phi possible? If 
 yes, how would they look like? What are the epistemological and methodologi
 cal challenges of approaching phi ethnographically? How can we translate th
 e word phi, without being epistemologically violent? What are the limitatio
 ns of ‘new animism’ and ‘the ontological turn’ when we study phi? Is it pos
 sible to utilize the premises of the ‘spectral turn’, if we truly seek to d
 ecolonize area studies?
URL:https://euroseas2022.org/panels/ethnographies-of-the-numinous-exploring-the-social-life-of-phi-in-thailand-and-beyond
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SUMMARY:Ethnographies of the Numinous: Exploring the Social Life of Phi in Thailand and Beyond (2)
LOCATION:Room 3.10
DESCRIPTION:‘Phi’ are nonhuman beings that are known not only in all Tai la
 nguages, but also by speakers of other regional languages that have interac
 ted with Tai-speakers over prolonged periods of time. Scholarly texts writt
 en in English tend to translate the word phi as ‘spirit’ or ‘ghost’. This p
 anel invites contributions that showcase the multiple ways in which phi man
 ifest in everyday life. Our goal is to challenge the commonly encountered t
 ranslations that associate phi first and foremost with unwanted presences o
 f the ontologically other, whereby their ostensible invisibility functions 
 as a marker of their ontological otherness. Inspired by the premises of ‘ne
 w animism’ and ‘the ontological turn’, we seek to question the associated t
 endency to rationalize phi by treating them as symbols or symptoms that sta
 nd for something else. In order to  decolonize Southeast Asian studies, we 
 argue that we need to deconstruct the myth that scholars are able to elucid
 ate this something by relying on their objective scientific gaze. \n\nWe en
 courage papers that treat phi nonrepresentationally as social beings, explo
 re their social lifes, their agency and how they affectively engage with hu
 mans and nonhumans as members of social collectives. Papers may address one
  or more of the following questions: Are ethnographies of phi possible? If 
 yes, how would they look like? What are the epistemological and methodologi
 cal challenges of approaching phi ethnographically? How can we translate th
 e word phi, without being epistemologically violent? What are the limitatio
 ns of ‘new animism’ and ‘the ontological turn’ when we study phi? Is it pos
 sible to utilize the premises of the ‘spectral turn’, if we truly seek to d
 ecolonize area studies?
URL:https://euroseas2022.org/panels/ethnographies-of-the-numinous-exploring-the-social-life-of-phi-in-thailand-and-beyond
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