Justice et agentivité distribuée chez les Mixe de Oaxaca (Mexique)

Through the study of various types of ritual speech uttered by judicial authorities during their service in a Mixe Indian village community, the aim of this article is to understand how the different kinds of agency attributed to non-human agents combine with human agency within a hierarchical judic...

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Main Author: Perig Pitrou
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Language:fra
Published: Laboratoire d'Ethnologie et de Sociologie Comparative 2013-12-01
Series:Ateliers d'Anthropologie
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ateliers/9475
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description Through the study of various types of ritual speech uttered by judicial authorities during their service in a Mixe Indian village community, the aim of this article is to understand how the different kinds of agency attributed to non-human agents combine with human agency within a hierarchical judicial institution. Non-human entities are solicited to protect and “send ideas”, as well as participate in deliberative processes, something that leads one to consider how responsibility is attributed when decisions taken create new conflicts within a village.
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Justice et agentivité distribuée chez les Mixe de Oaxaca (Mexique)
Ateliers d'Anthropologie
sacrifice
Mexico
conflict resolution
Mixe
Oaxaca
cosmopolitics
title Justice et agentivité distribuée chez les Mixe de Oaxaca (Mexique)
title_full Justice et agentivité distribuée chez les Mixe de Oaxaca (Mexique)
title_fullStr Justice et agentivité distribuée chez les Mixe de Oaxaca (Mexique)
title_full_unstemmed Justice et agentivité distribuée chez les Mixe de Oaxaca (Mexique)
title_short Justice et agentivité distribuée chez les Mixe de Oaxaca (Mexique)
title_sort justice et agentivite distribuee chez les mixe de oaxaca mexique
topic sacrifice
Mexico
conflict resolution
Mixe
Oaxaca
cosmopolitics
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