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Positionality and role-identity in a new religious context : participant observation at Céu do Mapiá.

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Positionality and role-identity in a new religious context : participant observation at Céu do Mapiá. / Dawson, Andrew.
In: Religion, Vol. 40, No. 3, 07.2010, p. 173-181.

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Dawson, A 2010, 'Positionality and role-identity in a new religious context : participant observation at Céu do Mapiá.', Religion, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 173-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.religion.2009.09.007

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Dawson, A. (2010). Positionality and role-identity in a new religious context : participant observation at Céu do Mapiá. Religion, 40(3), 173-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.religion.2009.09.007

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Dawson A. Positionality and role-identity in a new religious context : participant observation at Céu do Mapiá. Religion. 2010 Jul;40(3):173-181. doi: 10.1016/j.religion.2009.09.007

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Dawson, Andrew. / Positionality and role-identity in a new religious context : participant observation at Céu do Mapiá. In: Religion. 2010 ; Vol. 40, No. 3. pp. 173-181.

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abstract = "This article reflects upon the participant observational method in light of fieldwork undertaken in the Amazonian community of Mapi{\'a}. Mapi{\'a} is the spiritual headquarters of the largest branch of the Brazilian new religious movement of Santo Daime. Noting how my ritual participation gave rise to the ascription of a qualified insider identity, the following explores how variations in the identity ascribed to me (viz. {\textquoteleft}provisional insider{\textquoteright}, {\textquoteleft}potential real-insider{\textquoteright} and {\textquoteleft}counterfeit insider{\textquoteright}) refract variegated articulations of the Santo Daime worldview. Employing Patricia Hill Collins{\textquoteright} notion of the {\textquoteleft}outsider-within{\textquoteright}, I conclude by arguing that it is naive to see participant observation as a medium through which outsider status is straightforwardly transmuted to insider belonging. Rather, participant observation is best regarded as a methodological strategy for negotiating a complex spectrum of identities comprising any number of fluid and variegated subjectivities.",
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