National audienceThis paper's aim is to illustrate how it is difficult to interpret Australian Western Desert mythology as accounts of the origins and of the reasons for and of being. Quite the opposite, mythology must be understood as the applied vehicle for living in the actual world, including its transformations. Moreover, mythology only takes substance in lived experiences, thus justifying existence as it is, and not as it was or shall be. Drawing on Anscombe, the mythological narrative is analysed as an intention; and intentions are understood as actual practices, not solely intellectual constructs. A so-called “traditional” myth and its “modern” sequel illustrate this approach.Cet article illustre combien il est difficile d'analyser ...
Sur la base de données ethnographiques, collectées dans la région des Kimberleys dans les années 198...
Dans ce texte, l’auteure entend réfléchir sur les mythologies du métissage au Canada et au Brésil, e...
Le texte qui suit interroge le rapport entre cinéma, mythe et histoire. En nous penchant sur l’exemp...
National audienceThis paper's aim is to illustrate how it is difficult to interpret Australian Weste...
Modern societies function through a variety of interconnected myths. Stories of who we are, where we...
I would like to comment on the confident assertion by the professor from New Delhi at this conferenc...
International audienceThis paper based on the author's fieldwork with Aboriginal people (1979-2006) ...
According to the Australian Aborigines, the topography of aboriginal Australia evolved from the trav...
The main theme of the book at hand is to discover which and to what extent mythic metaphors are resp...
This article explains the nature of myths from a discourse analysis perspective. In this ...
The paper’s aim is to reconsider mechanisms of change in mythical content within Australian Aborigin...
This article examines the myth of the supposed superiority of the desert noble savage over civilized...
Papers from the first international symposium on symbolism at the University of Tromsø, June 4-7,199...
International audienceThis paper deals with the myths that accompany the description of Ethiopia, Ar...
Creation myths tell us how the world was made, and in most cases, which world was born from an earli...
Sur la base de données ethnographiques, collectées dans la région des Kimberleys dans les années 198...
Dans ce texte, l’auteure entend réfléchir sur les mythologies du métissage au Canada et au Brésil, e...
Le texte qui suit interroge le rapport entre cinéma, mythe et histoire. En nous penchant sur l’exemp...
National audienceThis paper's aim is to illustrate how it is difficult to interpret Australian Weste...
Modern societies function through a variety of interconnected myths. Stories of who we are, where we...
I would like to comment on the confident assertion by the professor from New Delhi at this conferenc...
International audienceThis paper based on the author's fieldwork with Aboriginal people (1979-2006) ...
According to the Australian Aborigines, the topography of aboriginal Australia evolved from the trav...
The main theme of the book at hand is to discover which and to what extent mythic metaphors are resp...
This article explains the nature of myths from a discourse analysis perspective. In this ...
The paper’s aim is to reconsider mechanisms of change in mythical content within Australian Aborigin...
This article examines the myth of the supposed superiority of the desert noble savage over civilized...
Papers from the first international symposium on symbolism at the University of Tromsø, June 4-7,199...
International audienceThis paper deals with the myths that accompany the description of Ethiopia, Ar...
Creation myths tell us how the world was made, and in most cases, which world was born from an earli...
Sur la base de données ethnographiques, collectées dans la région des Kimberleys dans les années 198...
Dans ce texte, l’auteure entend réfléchir sur les mythologies du métissage au Canada et au Brésil, e...
Le texte qui suit interroge le rapport entre cinéma, mythe et histoire. En nous penchant sur l’exemp...