Beneath the Laarve: Masking during the Basel Carnival of Fasnacht (Faasnacht)

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11210%2F23%3A10469646" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11210/23:10469646 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=Bs.ehbRoXz" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=Bs.ehbRoXz</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13591835221149681" target="_blank" >10.1177/13591835221149681</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Beneath the Laarve: Masking during the Basel Carnival of Fasnacht (Faasnacht)

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Describing the historical development of the mask (Laarve) 2 within the carnival tradition of the Basel Fasnacht (Faasnacht, Switzerland) during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, this article offers a case study of the so-called reflexive turn in late modern (&apos;post-traditional&apos;) societies. Drawing on the concept of ritual reflexivity, we argue that the gradual development of the Fasnacht masks into oversized constructions covering the ritualist&apos;s whole head (Laarve) went hand in hand with the development of various other ritual mechanisms aimed at facilitating within the ritual framework a meditative, inward-oriented stance (enstasis). 3 This is especially interesting as carnivals tend to be associated with precisely the opposite dynamics: transcending social norms through the celebration of excess and inebriation which, in its extreme forms, may lead to ekstasis (or at least a headache). The described ritual elements are interpreted as a series of mirroring mechanisms nested within one another. The ritual handling of the Laarve by the ritualists (its donning and taking off at regular intervals) is then understood simultaneously as a facilitator and a marker fuelling and isolating individual phases of an otherwise non-discrete reflexive process. Based on first-hand accounts of ritualists&apos; experiences of mask-wearing, we will show how Basel Fasnacht walks a tightrope between &apos;modelling&apos; and &apos;mirroring&apos; societal, communal and idiosyncratic levels of meaning-making.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Beneath the Laarve: Masking during the Basel Carnival of Fasnacht (Faasnacht)

Popis výsledku anglicky

Describing the historical development of the mask (Laarve) 2 within the carnival tradition of the Basel Fasnacht (Faasnacht, Switzerland) during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, this article offers a case study of the so-called reflexive turn in late modern (&apos;post-traditional&apos;) societies. Drawing on the concept of ritual reflexivity, we argue that the gradual development of the Fasnacht masks into oversized constructions covering the ritualist&apos;s whole head (Laarve) went hand in hand with the development of various other ritual mechanisms aimed at facilitating within the ritual framework a meditative, inward-oriented stance (enstasis). 3 This is especially interesting as carnivals tend to be associated with precisely the opposite dynamics: transcending social norms through the celebration of excess and inebriation which, in its extreme forms, may lead to ekstasis (or at least a headache). The described ritual elements are interpreted as a series of mirroring mechanisms nested within one another. The ritual handling of the Laarve by the ritualists (its donning and taking off at regular intervals) is then understood simultaneously as a facilitator and a marker fuelling and isolating individual phases of an otherwise non-discrete reflexive process. Based on first-hand accounts of ritualists&apos; experiences of mask-wearing, we will show how Basel Fasnacht walks a tightrope between &apos;modelling&apos; and &apos;mirroring&apos; societal, communal and idiosyncratic levels of meaning-making.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

60304 - Religious studies

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EF16_019%2F0000734" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000734: Kreativita a adaptabilita jako předpoklad úspěchu Evropy v propojeném světě</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Material Culture

ISSN

1359-1835

e-ISSN

1460-3586

Svazek periodika

28

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

28

Strana od-do

451-478

Kód UT WoS článku

000921235000001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85146716527