4-22-10

Sociolinguistics

pidgin dialect

colonialism

diffusion

creole language

no longer a dialect

linguistic relativity

american standard english

john bah stanford

apartments for rent in bay area

try midwest dialect

call back in afrc am vernac

then latino

proved discrimination

racism in chicago

bush years

dumbed down

popular

hide edu

voice recognition technology

grants in silicon valley

did not recognize the southern dialect

computers recognize lang

language imperialism

camaroon

signs at uni

say

NO PIDGIN

endangered languages

enviro crisis

species irreplacable

speaker dies

1996

oakland school board declared ebonics the official language of african-americans

caused a big debate

sociological issues

teaching ebonics

argue

inhibits higher education

disadvantaged by linguistic prejudice

religion

next week

camaroon week

films speaker

viktor turner ritual analysis

types of rituals

sybols

break down into

convoluted

witchcraft

divination—central focus of research

represents foundation of the african world view

deeper realities than what the eye sees

find what is the cause of what afflicts

how to divine answers to exam

liminality

characterizes---the liminal stage a transitory stage---the diviner will be in the liminal state existing

btw every day life and the mystical world

binary divination systems— yes no cowrie shells twigs cola shells

direction points two sides

basket divination

assembly things—takes 20 years---key, piece of glass shake basket, certain things come up

refers to event in the world---every object

open ended divination systems

spirit medium

sorcery

shamanism

get rid of bush

need a personal object relating to him

western views of

witchcraft tend to be psychologizing phenomenon

world religions

witchcraft is real

concept of witchcraft occurs in the context in which supernatural powers are said to influence society

understood in personal

break free from your illusions

break free

break free remix

prior to capitalist expansion

as inequality arose

the more witchcraft grows

fears beliefs

deaths attriuted to witchcraft

second leading cause of death next to HIV

harry potter

age

magic

sorcery

witchcraft more broad encompasses majic and sorcery

kyon kyofushu

njemte

keyoi

juju

good bad

sorcery---the anti-social employment of mystical powers

NYONGO

zombie worker cult---wealth gained by various means

shamanism—a technique

shamans

35000 caves in france shamanic

shamanism is a technique of ecstasy

achieve ecstatic trance

to achieve the state

it involves mind training

teaches unity of all things

shamanism

western culture doesn't get it

some without any psychotropic substances

in africa

from ayahuasca culture

amazing to look at a culture w/ strong tradtion of

newer shamans

get express shot to upper levels of consciousness

thru drugs

africa mysticism already there