Stag and Stone - Religion, Archaeology and Esoteric Aesthetics - Jay Johnston
Chapter 7. Landscape Amulets: Materiality, Animality and Ecological Responsibility
Stag and Stone - Religion, Archaeology and Esoteric Aesthetics - Jay Johnston
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University of Sydney
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Jay Johnston is an interdisciplinary researcher working at the interface of religious studies, art history, continental philosophy and cultural studies. Her research is centrally concerned with the interrelationship of aesthetics and ethics, theories of embodiment and agency, ritual material culture, epistemology and multispecies studies.
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This chapter explores how the concepts of matter and perception developed in the preceding chapters (via case studies examining the intersection of religious studies and archaeology) can be applied to re-think modes of engagement with broader environments and the ramifications (individual and collective) of such a shift in perspective. It includes a discussion of several 'ritual' landscapes and their interpretation in relation to recent ecological theory.