Week 14

Context
This plan was submitted in the fourteenth week of class for Neo-Pagan Sacred Art and Altars: Making Things Whole, by Sabina Magliocco. The theme for this week was re-mix.

Plan
1. In describing Neo-Pagans borrowing from other cultures, Magliocco quotes Robert Cantwell (1993) on ethnomimesis: "the unconscious mimicry by which people take in customs, traditions, or culture" (22). I would like to explore this concept further in class if possible and to know how other scholars have used this term and what might be some examples (and their ramifications) of ethnomimesis.

2. Magliocco writes, "The aim is not to imitate or defraud but to combine elements from different sources to create a new coherent whole" (69), but even if the goal is to not be offensive, is it still "okay"? (who gets to decide?)