Allen Tim, Reid Kyla
a Department of International Development , London School of Economics and Political Science , London.
Med Anthropol. 2015;34(2):106-23. doi: 10.1080/01459740.2014.936060. Epub 2014 Oct 30.
Recent responses to people alleged to be 'witches' or 'poisoners' among the Madi of northern Uganda are compared with those of the 1980s. The extreme violence of past incidents is set in the context of contemporary upheavals and, in effect, encouragement from Catholic and governmental attitudes and initiatives. Mob justice has subsequently become less common. From 2006, a democratic system for dealing with suspects was introduced, whereby those receiving the highest number of votes are expelled from the neighborhood or punished in other ways. These developments are assessed with reference to trends in supporting 'traditional' approaches to social accountability and social healing as alternatives to more conventional measures. Caution is required. Locally acceptable hybrid systems may emerge, but when things turn nasty, it is usually the weak and vulnerable that suffer.
本文将乌干达北部马迪人近期对那些被指控为“女巫”或“投毒者”的人的反应，与20世纪80年代的反应进行了比较。过去事件中的极端暴力行为是在当代动荡的背景下发生的，实际上，天主教和政府的态度及举措起到了推波助澜的作用。随后，暴民执法变得不那么常见了。从2006年起，引入了一种处理嫌疑人的民主制度，即获得票数最多的人会被逐出社区或以其他方式受到惩罚。本文参照支持“传统”社会问责和社会修复方法以替代更传统措施的趋势，对这些发展情况进行了评估。对此需谨慎对待。可能会出现当地可接受的混合制度，但当情况变得恶劣时，通常遭殃的是弱势群体。
