The Sliding Scale of Time in Mongolian Divination
by
Katherine Swancutt
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Innovation-making is a classic theme in anthropology that reveals how people fine-tune their ontologies, live in the world and conceive of it as they do. This ethnographic study is an entrance into the world of Buryat Mongol divination, where a group of cursed shamans undertake the ‘race against...