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Justice at the Margins: Witches, Poisoners, and Social Accountability in Northern Uganda
Recent responses to people alleged to be ‘witches’ or ‘poisoners’ among the Madi of northern Uganda are compared with those of the 1980s. The extreme violence of past incidents is set in the context of contemporary upheavals and, in effect, encouragement from Catholic and governmental attitudes and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4487565/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25358097 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01459740.2014.936060 |
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description | Recent responses to people alleged to be ‘witches’ or ‘poisoners’ among the Madi of northern Uganda are compared with those of the 1980s. The extreme violence of past incidents is set in the context of contemporary upheavals and, in effect, encouragement from Catholic and governmental attitudes and initiatives. Mob justice has subsequently become less common. From 2006, a democratic system for dealing with suspects was introduced, whereby those receiving the highest number of votes are expelled from the neighborhood or punished in other ways. These developments are assessed with reference to trends in supporting ‘traditional’ approaches to social accountability and social healing as alternatives to more conventional measures. Caution is required. Locally acceptable hybrid systems may emerge, but when things turn nasty, it is usually the weak and vulnerable that suffer. |
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spelling | pubmed-44875652015-08-03 Justice at the Margins: Witches, Poisoners, and Social Accountability in Northern Uganda Allen, Tim Reid, Kyla Med Anthropol Original Articles Recent responses to people alleged to be ‘witches’ or ‘poisoners’ among the Madi of northern Uganda are compared with those of the 1980s. The extreme violence of past incidents is set in the context of contemporary upheavals and, in effect, encouragement from Catholic and governmental attitudes and initiatives. Mob justice has subsequently become less common. From 2006, a democratic system for dealing with suspects was introduced, whereby those receiving the highest number of votes are expelled from the neighborhood or punished in other ways. These developments are assessed with reference to trends in supporting ‘traditional’ approaches to social accountability and social healing as alternatives to more conventional measures. Caution is required. Locally acceptable hybrid systems may emerge, but when things turn nasty, it is usually the weak and vulnerable that suffer. Routledge 2015-03-04 2014-10-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4487565/ /pubmed/25358097 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01459740.2014.936060 Text en Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC This is an Open Access article. Non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly attributed, cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way, is permitted. The moral rights of the named author(s) have been asserted. |
spellingShingle | Original Articles Allen, Tim Reid, Kyla Justice at the Margins: Witches, Poisoners, and Social Accountability in Northern Uganda |
title | Justice at the Margins: Witches, Poisoners, and Social Accountability in Northern Uganda |
title_full | Justice at the Margins: Witches, Poisoners, and Social Accountability in Northern Uganda |
title_fullStr | Justice at the Margins: Witches, Poisoners, and Social Accountability in Northern Uganda |
title_full_unstemmed | Justice at the Margins: Witches, Poisoners, and Social Accountability in Northern Uganda |
title_short | Justice at the Margins: Witches, Poisoners, and Social Accountability in Northern Uganda |
title_sort | justice at the margins: witches, poisoners, and social accountability in northern uganda |
topic | Original Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4487565/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25358097 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01459740.2014.936060 |
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