Johan Rasanayagam joined the department in 2005. He has conducted extensive fieldwork in Uzbekistan, Central Asia on themes of Islam, citizenship, and moral selfhood. More recently, he has conducted research on Islam, illness and healing in Morocco. His current research focuses on developing an engagement between anthropology and Islamic traditions of thought.
Latest Publications
Post-secular anthropology as recognition and the limits of understanding: responding to experiences of jinn possession in Morocco
Havea, J., Tomlinson, M., Al-Azem, T., Rasanayagam, J., Venerable Juewei, , Mair, J., Kifon Bongmba, E., Haynes, N., Lamb, R., Sivakumar, D., Furani, K., Moosa, E.
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 297-347
Uzbekistan and Central Asia, postsocialist societies, Morocco, the anthropology of Islam, morality and subjectivity, healing practices and spirit possession, religion and the secular, politics and the state, post-secular anthropology.
Havea, J., Tomlinson, M., Al-Azem, T., Rasanayagam, J., Venerable Juewei, , Mair, J., Kifon Bongmba, E., Haynes, N., Lamb, R., Sivakumar, D., Furani, K., Moosa, E.
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 297-347
