Approaching Pilgrimage : Methodological Issues Involved in Researching Routes, Sites, and Practices / edited by Mario Katic and John Eade<br/>First ed. <br/>Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, [2024]<br/>X, 198 p. ; 24 cm<br/>Routledge Studies in Pilgrimage, Religious Travel and Tourism Series<br/>768672 Routledge Studies in Pilgrimage, Religious Travel and Tourism<br/>Bibliografía por capítulos e índice<br/>Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Contributors -- 1 Approaching Pilgrimage : Introduction -- Part I : Time and Pilgrimage -- 2 The Method of Participant Observation, Communication and Changing Pilgrimage Practices -- 3 Twists, Turns and Changing Directions : Reflections on Long-Term Studies on a Japanese Pilgrimage Path -- Part II : Positionality and Experiencing Pilgrimage -- 4 Displacing Religion in Greek Cypriot Pilgrimages to the Turkish-Occupied Monastery of Apostolos Andreas in Cyprus -- 5 Walking the Sutra : A Semiotic Theory of Pilgrimage -- Part III : Multi-site and Multi-role Ethnography and Pilgrimage -- 6 Researching the Baptism Sites Along the Jordan River : A Multi-sited Ethnography of Adjacent Places -- 7 Multi-sited and Multi-role Research of Bosnian Croat Pilgrimages -- Part IV : Methodological Techniques and Tactics -- 8 Epistemological and Ethical Challenges of Gathering and Interpreting Personal Prayers from the Archives -- 9 The Visual Anthropology of Pilgrimages : Exploring the Making of Films and Photographs -- 10 The Ethnography of Hasidic Pilgrimage in the Digital Age -- 11 Studying Mecca Elsewhere : Exploring the Meanings of the Hajj for Muslims in Morocco and the Netherlands -- 12 Afterword : On Multiplying Methods and Expanding the Field -- Index<br/>"This volume seeks to explore pilgrimage studies as a distinctive sub-field of research, and to define its key methodological approaches and problems. As an interdisciplinary area, pilgrimage studies has long been influenced by related disciplines such as anthropology ; this volume considers the new insights that pilgrimage studies in turn can offer to other fields. Bringing together experienced pioneers and a younger generation of pilgrimage scholars, the chapters address the directions contemporary pilgrimage research is taking and how it is developing into the future. Covering topics like digital pilgrimage, multi-site pilgrimages, and long-term ethnography, with examples from Europe, the Middle East, and Japan, this is an important resource for all researchers engaging with pilgrimage" Resumo en publicación<br/>9780367684853 (pbk) <br/>390647 Peregrinaciones2454 Peregrinacións<br/>