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A ritual by any other name
Rohan Kapitány1, Christopher Kavanagh1
1School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnology,University of Oxford,Oxford OX2 6PE,United Kingdom.rohankapitany@gmail.comchristopher.kavanagh@anthro.ox.ac.ukwww.rohankapitany.com.
Abstract:
We question the privileged role of trance within the framework presented. The features that Singh suggests make it unique are not well demarcated from those of rituals more generally, and we challenge the depth of explanation presented for the mechanisms of trance. We outline the form of a solution, which may facilitate increased operational utility for the presented framework.
