{"id":327,"date":"2007-10-09T11:07:35","date_gmt":"2007-10-09T16:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezing.me\/transfer\/?p=327"},"modified":"2014-09-23T09:25:29","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T14:25:29","slug":"voodoo-spirituality-to-be-discussed-in-lecture-by-anthropologist-oct-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/voodoo-spirituality-to-be-discussed-in-lecture-by-anthropologist-oct-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Voodoo, Spirituality to be Discussed in Lecture by Anthropologist Oct. 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nOXFORD, Miss.- A research anthropologist who successfully
\nblends unlikely topics delivers the address “Do That Voodoo
\nYou Do So Well: New Interpretations of an Old Spirituality”
\nTuesday (Oct.9) at the University of Mississippi.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\nMartha Ward, research professor of anthropology and urban
\nstudies at the University of New Orleans, speaks at 5:30
\np.m. in Bryant Hall, Room 209. The free, public event is to
\nbe preceded by a reception and book signing.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nWard said that her “new interpretations center on seeing
\nVoodoo as women’s benevolent and caring and spiritual
\nresponses to slavery, high mortality of particularly
\ninfants and children, epidemic diseases, bad local
\ngovernment and massive social suffering.”
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n“Making Voodoo into something evil and black magic was the
\nauthorities’ and exclusively white male way of trying to
\ncontrol the free women of color who led the orders and to
\nsuppress the Creole culture, which gave the world jazz,
\nincredible cuisine, beautiful architecture, assertive and
\npolitically active women, a flexible racial alternative to
\nAmerican apartheid and stunning pastries,” she said.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nWard’s projects include field research on anti-racism
\norganizations and urban shamanism. As a result, she
\ncombined the topics of women’s lives, race and
\nmagico-medical religions into her book “Voodoo Queen: The
\nSpirited Lives of Marie Laveau” (University Press of
\nMississippi, 2004).
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nWard’s upcoming lecture is being presented under the
\nauspices of the Lucy Somerville Howorth Lecture series in
\nthe Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies and the
\nWilliam Hal Furr Dialogue on Philosophy and Religion in the
\nDepartment of Philosophy and Religion. It is also
\nco-sponsored by the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors
\nCollege.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n“Dr. Ward, a former colleague of mine and New Orleans
\nneighbor, is an engaging speaker,” said Mary Carruth, Isom
\nCenter director. “I’m delighted that her eclectic interests
\nprovide an occasion for cross-disciplinary dialogue.”
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nA world traveler, Ward has conducted research in such
\nplaces as the Tirol in the European Alps, China and the
\nPacific islands of Micronesia. While working with UNO’s
\ninternational studies program, she taught in Austria, then
\nfounded and for a number of years directed a field school
\nin cultural anthropology at Brunnenburg Castle in the
\nGerman-Speaking area of northern Italy.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nShe has worked with the Social Science Research Council,
\nWorld Health Organization, National Institutes of Health
\nand Wenner-Gren Foundation.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nExplaining her latest work, Ward said, “The combined
\nexperiences of traveling, research and teaching have
\ninspired me to a new project, a personal ethnography or
\nethno-autobiographical narrative with an assortment of
\ntitles “How I Got to be White” or “Confederate Daughters
\nand Voodoo Queens.”
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nThe annual Lucy Somerville Howorth Lecture Series honors
\npublic servant Lucy Somerville Howorth and bring to campus
\ndistinguished speakers in women’s studies. A graduate of
\nthe UM law school, Howorth achieved national prominence
\nduring her long career in public service, including her
\nenthusiastic support for women’s rights. A native of
\nCleveland, she died in 1997 at age 102.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nThe William Hal Furr Dialogue on Philosophy and Religion
\nwas established by the family of William Hal Furr following
\nhis death in 1974. Furr was an Oxford native and former UM
\nfaculty member.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nFor more information or assistance related to a disability,
\ncall the Isom Center at 662-915-5916. To learn more about
\nthe Isom Center visit
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.olemiss.edu\/depts\/sarah?isom?center\/<\/a>.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nTo learn more about the Department of Philosophy and
\nReligion, visit
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.olemiss.edu\/depts\/philosophy\/<\/a>.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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