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Shayne A. P. Dahl

Biography

Shayne A. P. Dahl is a PhD Candidate in Sociolinguistic Anthropology at the University of Toronto and a lecturer in Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Prince Edward Island. His dissertation, Mountains of Time: Historical Consciousness and Sacred Mountains in Japan, explores the spatiotemporality of Dewa Sanzan, a prominent centre for pilgrimage and mountain asceticism in northeastern Honshu. His prior researches include ethnographic fieldwork with a Blackfoot-speaking community in Alberta, Canada, where he studied epistemology, ethics, ontology, and dreams. Over the course of his research with mountain ascetics in Japan and with the Blackfoot in Alberta, he has developed a strong interest in the human-mountain interface, the diverse ways in which humans and mountains relate in societies throughout the world.

Awards/ Prix

2017                Best Documentary, University of Toronto Film Festival. Producer: The Buddha Mummies of North Japan

2013                Governor General’s Academic Gold Medal, Trent University

2012                Finalist, Research Award, International Association for the Study of Dreams

2011                Sandi Carr Graduate Award in Anthropology, Trent University

2010                Finalist, Research Award, International Association for the Study of Dreams

Selected Publications/ Publications sélectionnées

Summits Where Souls Gather: Mountain Pilgrimage in Post-disaster Japan.

Sleep, Dreams, and the Imagination: Psychosocial Adaptations to an EverChanging World. Co-authored with Roger I. Lohmann. Reviews in Anthropology 42: 56–84. 2013

Contact

SHAYNE A. P. DAHL

PhD Candidate
Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology
Department of Anthropology
University of Toronto

Emailshayne.dahl@mail.utoronto.ca

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