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The research aims to analyze the relationship between witchcraft, patriarchy, and colonial influence in Papua New Guinea.

Witchcraft and Patriarchy

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Reveals gender segregation and torture in witch hunts, suggesting a need for postcolonial feminist perspectives.

The research aims to analyze the relationship between witchcraft, patriarchy, and colonial influence in Papua New Guinea.
Historical and ethnographic analysis of postcolonial antiwitchcraft operations
Examination of the roles of gender and ritual in witch hunts
Analysis of experiences of women as victims of torture during these events.
Identified the deployment of torture within antiwitchcraft operations
Showed how colonial practices transformed local gendered rituals
Highlighted the exacerbation of gendered violence through these rituals.

Chloe Nahum-Claudel (2026) studied this question.

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