Witch-Hunts and Persecution

20:21 | Oct 10th, 2013

In this lecture, I want to analyze witch-hunts in terms of the concept “revitalization movement”. This concept, theorized by Wallace in 1956, describes three ways societies to deal with cultural chang...Show More

24:40 | Oct 2nd, 2013

In this lecture, I want to analyze more deeply relationships between those involved in both witchcraft and accusation. I suggest that harm can result from either the perceived black magic or from accu...Show More

17:13 | Sep 24th, 2013

In the previous lecture, we looked at the “how” of identification. Now we will look at who is involved. I proposed that identification, in many cases, works through accusation that is gossiped. In thi...Show More

22:45 | Sep 13th, 2013

In the previous three lectures, we have, for the purpose of analysis, distinguished the witch of our imagination. When someone is accused of being a witch, some of the qualities of the witch image are...Show More

09:22 | Aug 28th, 2013

In previous lectures, we have looked at how we can we analyze the image of the witch. Mair says the witch image represents the opposite of good. Needham says it is a synthesis of primary factors. As w...Show More

14:51 | Aug 21st, 2013

One idea to explain the similarity of witch imagery between cultures is that the witch represents the opposite of good. As I show in this lecture, another idea is that the witch image is created throu...Show More

19:23 | Aug 19th, 2013

In the previous four lectures, we considered witch-hunting in various contexts. Now we need to analyze what is going on in these cases. The basic idea is that “society creates the image of the witch, ...Show More

54:19 | Aug 13th, 2013

This lecture provides an overview of witch-hunts I have studied in Indonesia. Copyright 2013 Nicholas Herriman / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.