Articles related to "Anthropology"
Why Choose Anthropology?
Whether you are a graduate or you are simply curious there has never been a better time to think of doing an undergraduate degree in anthropology!
• cultural anthropology • linguistics • archaeology • medical anthropology • physical anthropology
Whether you are a graduate or you are simply curious there has never been a better time to think of doing an undergraduate degree in anthropology!
• cultural anthropology • linguistics • archaeology • medical anthropology • physical anthropology
The Anthropology of Improv (I of II)
Had you entered my world earlier this week, you would have found me sweating on the warm stage, half-blinded by the lights. Ahead of me, I can barely make out the dim presence of an audience – human shapes dotted throughout the theatre, with no distinctness of feature. My director Jeff stands casually at the mike, his familiar face soliciting suggestions from the shadow people out there. Warm and with a circumscribed range of vision, I am literally standing at the brink of the unknown, waiting for an unknown someone to tell me what I am to do and who I am to be for the next couple of minutes.
• improvisational comedy • theory of comedy • anthropology and performance • cultural performance • sketch comedy
Had you entered my world earlier this week, you would have found me sweating on the warm stage, half-blinded by the lights. Ahead of me, I can barely make out the dim presence of an audience – human shapes dotted throughout the theatre, with no distinctness of feature. My director Jeff stands casually at the mike, his familiar face soliciting suggestions from the shadow people out there. Warm and with a circumscribed range of vision, I am literally standing at the brink of the unknown, waiting for an unknown someone to tell me what I am to do and who I am to be for the next couple of minutes.
• improvisational comedy • theory of comedy • anthropology and performance • cultural performance • sketch comedy
Forensic Anthropology
New advances in forensic science have focused on crime scenes and what clues can be found at the scene. The body farms study the science of decomposition.
• the body farm • forensic anthropology • patricia cornwell • dr bill bass • knoxville
New advances in forensic science have focused on crime scenes and what clues can be found at the scene. The body farms study the science of decomposition.
• the body farm • forensic anthropology • patricia cornwell • dr bill bass • knoxville
Anthropology in the Arts (I of II)
One of the most critical issues in anthropology today is that of cultural representation. If we consider that the role of the anthropologist is (loosely) 1) to do fieldwork in a select culture and 2) convey the texture of what he has learned in the course of that fieldwork to a naïve audience, then it should not take long for us to arrive at the conclusion that much of what we know about culture (in either the specific or general sense) is largely dependent on our ability as readers to reasonably access meaning within the analytical or descriptive texts produced from that fieldwork.
• anthropology and art • cultural performance • artists • ethnography • experimental ethnography
One of the most critical issues in anthropology today is that of cultural representation. If we consider that the role of the anthropologist is (loosely) 1) to do fieldwork in a select culture and 2) convey the texture of what he has learned in the course of that fieldwork to a naïve audience, then it should not take long for us to arrive at the conclusion that much of what we know about culture (in either the specific or general sense) is largely dependent on our ability as readers to reasonably access meaning within the analytical or descriptive texts produced from that fieldwork.
• anthropology and art • cultural performance • artists • ethnography • experimental ethnography
Anthropology in the Arts (II of II)
Mnartists.org is an online collective of Minnesota-based artists with a wide range of experience and talents. The works below are featured in the Anthropology in the Arts Tour at mnartists.org that I curated at the site earlier this year. Each piece was selected for its particular engagement in the study of the human condition, and for its unique ability to span the distance between art and anthropology. Use the slides and questions below to guide your own reactions to the featured pieces. Take a moment to reflect on your own personal intersection between art and culture.
• anthropology in the arts • study questions • minnesota artists • curated collection • role of the artists
Mnartists.org is an online collective of Minnesota-based artists with a wide range of experience and talents. The works below are featured in the Anthropology in the Arts Tour at mnartists.org that I curated at the site earlier this year. Each piece was selected for its particular engagement in the study of the human condition, and for its unique ability to span the distance between art and anthropology. Use the slides and questions below to guide your own reactions to the featured pieces. Take a moment to reflect on your own personal intersection between art and culture.
• anthropology in the arts • study questions • minnesota artists • curated collection • role of the artists
Anthropology Major
Anthropology, the study of all aspects of human beings, is a great major for students interested in culture and in conducting exciting research.
• anthopology major • human beings • cultures • language • biology
Anthropology, the study of all aspects of human beings, is a great major for students interested in culture and in conducting exciting research.
• anthopology major • human beings • cultures • language • biology
Anthropology of Landscape
Landscape exists by virtue of the perceiving beholder. An avid runner myself, I will explore the interaction between landscape and the runner.
• running • running and landscape • running philosophy • plato • running and plato
Landscape exists by virtue of the perceiving beholder. An avid runner myself, I will explore the interaction between landscape and the runner.
• running • running and landscape • running philosophy • plato • running and plato
Feminism and Classic Anthropology
This article explores the roots of cultural feminism and its links to classical anthropology, and the New Utopia.
• utopia • feminism • cultural feminism • anthropology • ideology
This article explores the roots of cultural feminism and its links to classical anthropology, and the New Utopia.
• utopia • feminism • cultural feminism • anthropology • ideology
Folklore One - Anthropology Zero
Perhaps the title should be Folklore Won but that would be pushing my luck a bit. There is a saying to the effect that something believed is something. Something known is so what. This tale should be of concern to specialists in the humanities who were trained to deal with the arcane; it is people that they seem to have difficulty understanding even though anthropology by its root is supposed to be about finding out more about people. This is especially relevant when dealing with oral history that dates back a millenium as if it were yesterday.
• kon tiki • peru • inca • before the inca • callao
Perhaps the title should be Folklore Won but that would be pushing my luck a bit. There is a saying to the effect that something believed is something. Something known is so what. This tale should be of concern to specialists in the humanities who were trained to deal with the arcane; it is people that they seem to have difficulty understanding even though anthropology by its root is supposed to be about finding out more about people. This is especially relevant when dealing with oral history that dates back a millenium as if it were yesterday.
• kon tiki • peru • inca • before the inca • callao
The Anthropology of Belonging
In this article, I will explore the evolutionary roots of our universal desire to belong to a group.
• social inclsuion • social banishment • social outcast • anthropology • inclusion
In this article, I will explore the evolutionary roots of our universal desire to belong to a group.
• social inclsuion • social banishment • social outcast • anthropology • inclusion
The Anthropology of Improv (II of II)
In the first half of this article, I described my experience of participating in an improvisational sketch with Camden Civic Theatre. This next section will be devoted to assessing that scene with an anthropological lens. What can improvisational comedy reveal about culture? How does improv work to negotiate meanings within a particular community?
• anthropology of performance • anthropology and improv • improvisational comedy • theories of comedy • audience participation
In the first half of this article, I described my experience of participating in an improvisational sketch with Camden Civic Theatre. This next section will be devoted to assessing that scene with an anthropological lens. What can improvisational comedy reveal about culture? How does improv work to negotiate meanings within a particular community?
• anthropology of performance • anthropology and improv • improvisational comedy • theories of comedy • audience participation
Torah- Anthropology and not Theology
Learn how to successfully approach the Torah adn learn about ourselves and how to live!
• g_d • torah • anthropology • theology • life
Learn how to successfully approach the Torah adn learn about ourselves and how to live!
• g_d • torah • anthropology • theology • life
Aztec City of Teotihuacán Mexico
Walk in the footsteps of the ancient Aztecs; explore the ruins of Teotihuacán, Mexico's largest archaeological site with this quick and easy visitors guide.
• teotihuacan • mexico city • the aztecs • mexican history • anthropology
Walk in the footsteps of the ancient Aztecs; explore the ruins of Teotihuacán, Mexico's largest archaeological site with this quick and easy visitors guide.
• teotihuacan • mexico city • the aztecs • mexican history • anthropology
Graduate School Applications
This is the fourth and final article in a series exploring graduate schools applications to museum studies programs.
• graduate • graduate school • museum • museums • museum studies
This is the fourth and final article in a series exploring graduate schools applications to museum studies programs.
• graduate • graduate school • museum • museums • museum studies
Is NAGPRA Emptying Museums?
A recent article argued that Native American tribes are reclaiming a large percentage of museum collections in the US. Is NAGPRA really emptying U.S. museums out?
• nagpra • native american • indian • american indian • repatriation
A recent article argued that Native American tribes are reclaiming a large percentage of museum collections in the US. Is NAGPRA really emptying U.S. museums out?
• nagpra • native american • indian • american indian • repatriation
Origins and Universal Questions
Fundamental scientific questions are often the same basic questions children ask, but at a deeper level.
• origins • questions • geneology • biology • cosmology
Fundamental scientific questions are often the same basic questions children ask, but at a deeper level.
• origins • questions • geneology • biology • cosmology
Visible Storage
Visible storage is a relatively new method of displaying the objects in museum collections.
• exhibit • visible storage • display method • museum • museums
Visible storage is a relatively new method of displaying the objects in museum collections.
• exhibit • visible storage • display method • museum • museums
"Culture" or "How I Spotted Cannibals"
I sometimes hesitate to talk about culture, as everyone seems to have a different idea of what it is. “Oh, you study culture?” people say, imagining me and a group of wildly decorated cannibals standing around the pot as if it were the local water-cooler. Actually, even those with fairly sophisticated ideas of the concept often don’t realize that culture can fit into a split second, cracking open the world into a rich spectrum of practices and beliefs. If there is one message you take away from this, it is that culture is everything, defining every moment of human existence from conception to the afterlife.
• culture • cannibals • sarawak • iban • concept of culture
I sometimes hesitate to talk about culture, as everyone seems to have a different idea of what it is. “Oh, you study culture?” people say, imagining me and a group of wildly decorated cannibals standing around the pot as if it were the local water-cooler. Actually, even those with fairly sophisticated ideas of the concept often don’t realize that culture can fit into a split second, cracking open the world into a rich spectrum of practices and beliefs. If there is one message you take away from this, it is that culture is everything, defining every moment of human existence from conception to the afterlife.
• culture • cannibals • sarawak • iban • concept of culture
An Anthropologist Looks at Dinner
A review of Much Depends on Dinner (Margaret Visser)
• history • culinary • cookery • cook • cooking
A review of Much Depends on Dinner (Margaret Visser)
• history • culinary • cookery • cook • cooking
East vs. West: Brutality in the Western church
This article explores the role of positive and negative anthropology in the actions of the Eastern Orthodox and Western Catholic churches through time.
• eastern orthodox • inquisition • anthropology • augustine
This article explores the role of positive and negative anthropology in the actions of the Eastern Orthodox and Western Catholic churches through time.
• eastern orthodox • inquisition • anthropology • augustine
Ethnomathematics (Part II of II)
According to ethnomathematician Alan Bishop (1988), there are six major functions of mathematics use in human life, whether formal or informal, applied or abstract. Mathematical thought is used in counting, in play, in measurement and identifying location, in design, and in the clarification of phenomena.
• ethnomathematics • counting • multicultural mathematics • cultural mathematics • historical mathematics
According to ethnomathematician Alan Bishop (1988), there are six major functions of mathematics use in human life, whether formal or informal, applied or abstract. Mathematical thought is used in counting, in play, in measurement and identifying location, in design, and in the clarification of phenomena.
• ethnomathematics • counting • multicultural mathematics • cultural mathematics • historical mathematics
Grammar Progresses!
Picking up where "Ain't ain't so bad" left off, we look at how anthropologists, missionaries, and a man named Saussure revolutionized Linguistics.
• anthropology • missionary • missionaries • bloomfield • saussure
Picking up where "Ain't ain't so bad" left off, we look at how anthropologists, missionaries, and a man named Saussure revolutionized Linguistics.
• anthropology • missionary • missionaries • bloomfield • saussure
Meave Leakey - Searching for the Ancestors of Man
Meave Leakey continues the anthropological legacy of the Leakey family with the recent discovery of a new genus of early man.
• meave leakey • anthropology • paleoanthropology • kenyanthropus platyops • hominid
Meave Leakey continues the anthropological legacy of the Leakey family with the recent discovery of a new genus of early man.
• meave leakey • anthropology • paleoanthropology • kenyanthropus platyops • hominid
Media and Marginal Communities- Folklore II
This is the Fourth article in the series of articles devoted to use of various media for development. It give the readers a chance to surf the net on this topic so that they can ponder upon the role of folklore and its study for effective communication and for the development of the community..
• folklore • cultural anthropology • linguistics • orality • folklorist
This is the Fourth article in the series of articles devoted to use of various media for development. It give the readers a chance to surf the net on this topic so that they can ponder upon the role of folklore and its study for effective communication and for the development of the community..
• folklore • cultural anthropology • linguistics • orality • folklorist
Reference, Anyone?
A review of two reference books
• culinary history • cuisine • anthropology • food • cook
A review of two reference books
• culinary history • cuisine • anthropology • food • cook
Teotiuhuacan: City of the Gods
Popular Mayan and Aztec ruins fuel the imagination and are well known to most people. But there is an ancient, little-known city-created before the Aztecs, before the Maya, before the Olmecs, that archarologists and anthropologists believe provides a key to unlocking more distant and yet,more complex answers to life in Mesoamerica. Teotihuacan plays a starring role in Mesoamerican anthopology. Why?
• teotihuacan • teotihuacan • anthropology • mesoamerica • civilization
Popular Mayan and Aztec ruins fuel the imagination and are well known to most people. But there is an ancient, little-known city-created before the Aztecs, before the Maya, before the Olmecs, that archarologists and anthropologists believe provides a key to unlocking more distant and yet,more complex answers to life in Mesoamerica. Teotihuacan plays a starring role in Mesoamerican anthopology. Why?
• teotihuacan • teotihuacan • anthropology • mesoamerica • civilization
The Development of Hand Spindles
Hand spindles developed from an ancient technique which used the spinner's thigh to roll grasses in to cord and rope. This article talks briefly about how spindles most likely developed from cord production.
• spinning • cord • basketry • hand spinning • fiber
Hand spindles developed from an ancient technique which used the spinner's thigh to roll grasses in to cord and rope. This article talks briefly about how spindles most likely developed from cord production.
• spinning • cord • basketry • hand spinning • fiber
Visualising Infinity: The Trouble With Languages
In linguistics as with other branches of anthropology, petty politics mask breathtaking truths.
• mother • tongue • ruhlen • dialect • language
In linguistics as with other branches of anthropology, petty politics mask breathtaking truths.
• mother • tongue • ruhlen • dialect • language
What is Paleontology?
What is paleontology? What do different types of paleontologists study? What is the difference between paleontology and archaeology?
• palaeontology • micropaleontology • micropalaentolgy • geology • anthropology
What is paleontology? What do different types of paleontologists study? What is the difference between paleontology and archaeology?
• palaeontology • micropaleontology • micropalaentolgy • geology • anthropology
Yanomami III
Third of three articles on the Yanomami. This articles discusses some of the ethical questions facing Anthropologists and western cultures on the preservation of Yanomami culture.
• yanomami • consumerism • kopenawa • funai • culture
Third of three articles on the Yanomami. This articles discusses some of the ethical questions facing Anthropologists and western cultures on the preservation of Yanomami culture.
• yanomami • consumerism • kopenawa • funai • culture
Yanomami Part II
Contact with the twentieth century has resulted in some dramatic social and cultural changes for the Yanomami that has resulted in a breakdown of their traditional values and struggling for their identity and survival. Some of those changes are detailed here.
• yanomami • anthropology • culture • amazon • dependency
Contact with the twentieth century has resulted in some dramatic social and cultural changes for the Yanomami that has resulted in a breakdown of their traditional values and struggling for their identity and survival. Some of those changes are detailed here.
• yanomami • anthropology • culture • amazon • dependency
Yes -- You CAN weave complex patterns on simple looms!
Wonderful cloth is produced by many native peoples using very simple techniques and equipment. Here are some wonderful photos of native women at work and the intricate cloth they produce.
• weaving • fiber • textiles • cloth • clothing
Wonderful cloth is produced by many native peoples using very simple techniques and equipment. Here are some wonderful photos of native women at work and the intricate cloth they produce.
• weaving • fiber • textiles • cloth • clothing
Mayans Sought Wine Not Chocolate
Researchers say the Mayans were making wine when they first used the fruit of cacao plants, and chocolate came a lot later.
• mayan cocoa wine • cacao wine • wine from cacao fruit • cacao wine older than chocolate • theobromine on mayan pottery
Researchers say the Mayans were making wine when they first used the fruit of cacao plants, and chocolate came a lot later.
• mayan cocoa wine • cacao wine • wine from cacao fruit • cacao wine older than chocolate • theobromine on mayan pottery
Brownskinned Bama
Perhaps one of the reasons I decided to study anthropology is the strange sense of culture and ethnicity that occupied my thoughts as a child. It was a sense of divided loyalties and confused traditions, an unusual fusion of cultures that made life seem so complicated and rich. Although I often publicly attribute my interest in anthropology to the traveling I did in my youth, I think the generative seed of this fascination actually came from my grandmother and the sheer enormity of her personality and experience.
• ethnicity • brownskinned bama • norwegian • native american • danish
Perhaps one of the reasons I decided to study anthropology is the strange sense of culture and ethnicity that occupied my thoughts as a child. It was a sense of divided loyalties and confused traditions, an unusual fusion of cultures that made life seem so complicated and rich. Although I often publicly attribute my interest in anthropology to the traveling I did in my youth, I think the generative seed of this fascination actually came from my grandmother and the sheer enormity of her personality and experience.
• ethnicity • brownskinned bama • norwegian • native american • danish
On the Top of the Whale
Review of the Raul Ruiz's movie 'On the Top of the Whale'
• raul ruiz • on the top of the whale • gabriel garicia marquez • 100 years of solitude • hundred years of solitude
Review of the Raul Ruiz's movie 'On the Top of the Whale'
• raul ruiz • on the top of the whale • gabriel garicia marquez • 100 years of solitude • hundred years of solitude
Domestic Animals Have Unique Characteristics
Although people have tried to domesticate a variety of animals, the number of domestic animals remains small.
• domestic animals • jared diamond • domestication • artificial selection • animal behavior
Although people have tried to domesticate a variety of animals, the number of domestic animals remains small.
• domestic animals • jared diamond • domestication • artificial selection • animal behavior
Double Enchantment
Marie Brennan talked to Suite 101 about dopplegangers, folklore, and the art of writing fiction.
• twin • twins • doppelganger • doppleganger • magic
Marie Brennan talked to Suite 101 about dopplegangers, folklore, and the art of writing fiction.
• twin • twins • doppelganger • doppleganger • magic
Makishi: Mask Characters of Zambia
Masks have an important role in initiations and public ceremonies in Zambian tribal cultures
• zambia culture • african masks • angola • mask characters • makishi
Masks have an important role in initiations and public ceremonies in Zambian tribal cultures
• zambia culture • african masks • angola • mask characters • makishi
Reshaping Communities in Ireland
Community service and care is an ever-growing area that governments in Western societies are deciding to pour more money into each year.
• reshaping communities • multi-cultural ireland • community services • building understanding of ethnic groups • community development
Community service and care is an ever-growing area that governments in Western societies are deciding to pour more money into each year.
• reshaping communities • multi-cultural ireland • community services • building understanding of ethnic groups • community development
Silk Road Cooking
Batmanglij's cookbook combines recipes, culinary history, food anthropology and travel adventure on the millennia old Silk Road from China to Italy.
• najmieh batmanglij • vegetarian cooking recipes food • culinary history anthropology geography • silk road incense spice route persian royal road • rumi poems
Batmanglij's cookbook combines recipes, culinary history, food anthropology and travel adventure on the millennia old Silk Road from China to Italy.
• najmieh batmanglij • vegetarian cooking recipes food • culinary history anthropology geography • silk road incense spice route persian royal road • rumi poems
Which Graduate Program Is For You?
This is the third article in a series about applying to graduate programs in museum studies or related field.
• museum • museums • museum studies • museum studies programs • graduate
This is the third article in a series about applying to graduate programs in museum studies or related field.
• museum • museums • museum studies • museum studies programs • graduate
Who Is The Social Outcast?
Do social outcasts have shared features or dispositions that cause them to become a social outcast? Or do social circumstances cause people to become outcasts?
• exclusion • group norm violation • hostilty • withdrawnness • aggression
Do social outcasts have shared features or dispositions that cause them to become a social outcast? Or do social circumstances cause people to become outcasts?
• exclusion • group norm violation • hostilty • withdrawnness • aggression
Ainu Who?
The Ainu are forgotten aborigines of the Land of the Rising Sun? Find them in their folklore and folklife.
• japan • folklore • myths • legends • ainu
The Ainu are forgotten aborigines of the Land of the Rising Sun? Find them in their folklore and folklife.
• japan • folklore • myths • legends • ainu
Archaeologists - Preserving the Past
Archaeology careers offer excellent opportunities to combine a desire to protect cultural resources, problem-solving skills, and technical expertise. Find out the details here.
• archaeology • archeology • career • careers • career+planning
Archaeology careers offer excellent opportunities to combine a desire to protect cultural resources, problem-solving skills, and technical expertise. Find out the details here.
• archaeology • archeology • career • careers • career+planning
Blackberry Winter
When I first fastened onto the idea that I was going to study anthropology, I was sixteen years old and eager to learn what I could of the discipline, from whatever source. One of the first books I bought was <I>Blackberry Winter</I>, Margaret Mead’s memoir of her earlier years. The used paperback ended up at the bottom of a growing stack of texts on the anthropological life, theory, and practice. Despite my best intentions, the well-worn book drifted from the bottom of one stack to the bottom of another, and over the years lost its place in the rotation that had became a rather intensive reading schedule.
• margaret mead • autobiography • anthropologist • memoir • human unit of time
When I first fastened onto the idea that I was going to study anthropology, I was sixteen years old and eager to learn what I could of the discipline, from whatever source. One of the first books I bought was <I>Blackberry Winter</I>, Margaret Mead’s memoir of her earlier years. The used paperback ended up at the bottom of a growing stack of texts on the anthropological life, theory, and practice. Despite my best intentions, the well-worn book drifted from the bottom of one stack to the bottom of another, and over the years lost its place in the rotation that had became a rather intensive reading schedule.
• margaret mead • autobiography • anthropologist • memoir • human unit of time
Bones: A Forensic Detective’s Casebook
The title says it all: forensic cases about bones
• bone • bones • case • file • study
The title says it all: forensic cases about bones
• bone • bones • case • file • study
Conditions of Joint Attention: Connecting
<br>In her book, <I>Apprenticeship in Thinking: Cognitive Development in Social Context </I>(1990), Barbara Rogoff spends a fair amount of time going over the concept of joint attention, particularly in the parent-child relationship. A lot of people might refer to this as “connecting” with a child, but I think there’s something about the word “connecting” that makes the process seem magical and beyond the control of an individual. Establishing joint attention, on the other hand, is an effortful process – not in the sense that it is difficult to do, or even that it has to be done consciously, but in the sense that it is a process in which two people choose to engage.
• joint attention • child development • barbara rogoff • apprenticeship • cognition
<br>In her book, <I>Apprenticeship in Thinking: Cognitive Development in Social Context </I>(1990), Barbara Rogoff spends a fair amount of time going over the concept of joint attention, particularly in the parent-child relationship. A lot of people might refer to this as “connecting” with a child, but I think there’s something about the word “connecting” that makes the process seem magical and beyond the control of an individual. Establishing joint attention, on the other hand, is an effortful process – not in the sense that it is difficult to do, or even that it has to be done consciously, but in the sense that it is a process in which two people choose to engage.
• joint attention • child development • barbara rogoff • apprenticeship • cognition
Crime Science by Joe Nickell and John Fischer
Forensics made easy
• book • detective • lab • forensic • science
Forensics made easy
• book • detective • lab • forensic • science
Dance and Ethnomusicology (I of II)
A distinction between discourse and text, I’ve learned, is one of the most important considerations when it comes to understanding ethnic dance and its music. Treating dance as a living experience rather than a rigid preservation of historical or ethnic tradition is central to its study and enjoyment. Dance is expressive, interpersonal, both deeply cultural and deeply personal. It is a dialogue of movement between self and other, not simply a prescriptive set of steps-two-three repeated silently within for execution.
• ethnomusicology • ethnic dance • historical dance and music • performance • folk dancing
A distinction between discourse and text, I’ve learned, is one of the most important considerations when it comes to understanding ethnic dance and its music. Treating dance as a living experience rather than a rigid preservation of historical or ethnic tradition is central to its study and enjoyment. Dance is expressive, interpersonal, both deeply cultural and deeply personal. It is a dialogue of movement between self and other, not simply a prescriptive set of steps-two-three repeated silently within for execution.
• ethnomusicology • ethnic dance • historical dance and music • performance • folk dancing
Dance and Ethnomusicology (II of II)
When they consent to participate in a particular dance, dancers consent to occupy a particular role, even if only temporarily. They agree to engage in a kinesthetic dialogue with others in an “as-if” capacity, knitting themselves together “as if” part of a cooperative work group, linking arms “as if” part of a protective romantic dyad, and clapping hands across backs “as if” they were the closest of comrades. This is particularly true of folk dancing, where emphasis is often more on the participatory aspects of dancing than on its public performance before an audience.
• ethnomusicology • ethnic dance • historical dance and music • performance • folk dancing
When they consent to participate in a particular dance, dancers consent to occupy a particular role, even if only temporarily. They agree to engage in a kinesthetic dialogue with others in an “as-if” capacity, knitting themselves together “as if” part of a cooperative work group, linking arms “as if” part of a protective romantic dyad, and clapping hands across backs “as if” they were the closest of comrades. This is particularly true of folk dancing, where emphasis is often more on the participatory aspects of dancing than on its public performance before an audience.
• ethnomusicology • ethnic dance • historical dance and music • performance • folk dancing