craft, ritual, and world view : ojibwa ontology through transformative philosophy
abstract
the meaning of ojibwa crafted objects within their cultural horizon is
explored through interviews with ojibwa crafts people. transformative
philosophy is used as a method to bridge the profound gap between
western and ojibwa world views. david abram's work in
phenomenology supplies the philosophical content needed for
cultural shift t ^ life-world layers are identified; the deep life-world,
shared by everyone, in which perceptual reciprocity forms the
webwork of interconnection; and the cultural life-worlds ^ ic h
overlayer the firs t ojibwa crafted objects are seen as animate beings
within the spiritual matrix of the life-world. further, they carry ojibwa
traditional cultural meaning. the artisans work in a mode of spiritual
awareness to craft, to create, spiritual and sacred objects.
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