What Makes a Field? Stepping from Pilgrimage to Pilgrimage Studies
How do we decide what the next steps will be in the study of pilgrimage? Answering this question is not just a matter of prediction; it is also about deciding what the field of Pilgrimage Studies is for, and who its audiences might be. Writing as an anthropologist, I examine a number of perspectives...
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Turismo de Galicia-S.A. de Xestión do Plan Xacobeo
2024-07-01
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| Series: | Ad Limina |
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| Online Access: | https://www.caminodesantiago.gal/en/knowledge-and-research/ad-limina/article?content=/70-Conecementos-e-investigacion/.content/ad-limina/.content/artigos-adlimina/AD15-02.xml?revista=/70-Conecementos-e-investigacion/.content/ad-limina/.content/revistas-adlimina/ADLIMINA-15-2024.xml |
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| Summary: | How do we decide what the next steps will be in the study of pilgrimage? Answering this question is not just a matter of prediction; it is also about deciding what the field of Pilgrimage Studies is for, and who its audiences might be. Writing as an anthropologist, I examine a number of perspectives and actions that I see as key to helping our field to move forward. These involve 1) understanding pilgrimage’s capacity to encompass and inflect wider social trends; 2) taking a critical view of the analytical metaphors that we have used in describing pilgrimage, and developing some new ones; 3) understanding how Pilgrimage Studies might interact with other fields, including those that go beyond religion; 4) speculating that pilgrimage might be considered a form of ethical, self-consciously directed, orientation toward action. |
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| ISSN: | 2659-5885 |