Anthropology Theatre And Development
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Author |
: Alex Flynn |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 375 |
Release |
: 2015-04-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781137350602 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1137350601 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis Anthropology, Theatre, and Development by : Alex Flynn
The contributors explore diverse contexts of performance to discuss peoples' own reflections on political subjectivities, governance and development. The volume refocuses anthropological engagement with ethics, aesthetics, and politics to examine the transformative potential of political performance, both for individuals and wider collectives.
Author |
: Richard Schechner |
Publisher |
: University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages |
: 357 |
Release |
: 2010-08-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780812200928 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0812200926 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis Between Theater and Anthropology by : Richard Schechner
In performances by Euro-Americans, Afro-Americans, Native Americans, and Asians, Richard Schechner has examined carefully the details of performative behavior and has developed models of the performance process useful not only to persons in the arts but to anthropologists, play theorists, and others fascinated (but perhaps terrified) by the multichannel realities of the postmodern world. Schechner argues that in failing to see the structure of the whole theatrical process, anthropologists in particular have neglected close analogies between performance behavior and ritual. The way performances are created—in training, workshops, and rehearsals—is the key paradigm for social process.
Author |
: Teri J. Silvio |
Publisher |
: University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages |
: 297 |
Release |
: 2019-09-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780824881160 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0824881168 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis Puppets, Gods, and Brands by : Teri J. Silvio
The early twenty-first century has seen an explosion of animation. Cartoon characters are everywhere—in cinema, television, and video games and as brand logos. There are new technological objects that seem to have lives of their own—from Facebook algorithms that suggest products for us to buy to robots that respond to human facial expressions. The ubiquity of animation is not a trivial side-effect of the development of digital technologies and the globalization of media markets. Rather, it points to a paradigm shift. In the last century, performance became a key term in academic and popular discourse: The idea that we construct identities through our gestures and speech proved extremely useful for thinking about many aspects of social life. The present volume proposes an anthropological concept of animation as a contrast and complement to performance: The idea that we construct social others by projecting parts of ourselves out into the world might prove useful for thinking about such topics as climate crisis, corporate branding, and social media. Like performance, animation can serve as a platform for comparisons of different cultures and historical eras. Teri Silvio presents an anthropology of animation through a detailed ethnographic account of how characters, objects, and abstract concepts are invested with lives, personalities, and powers—and how people interact with them—in contemporary Taiwan. The practices analyzed include the worship of wooden statues of Buddhist and Daoist deities and the recent craze for cute vinyl versions of these deities, as well as a wildly popular video fantasy series performed by puppets. She reveals that animation is, like performance, a concept that works differently in different contexts, and that animation practices are deeply informed by local traditions of thinking about the relationships between body and soul, spiritual power and the material world. The case of Taiwan, where Chinese traditions merge with Japanese and American popular culture, uncovers alternatives to seeing animation as either an expression of animism or as “playing God.” Looking at the contemporary world through the lens of animation will help us rethink relationships between global and local, identity and otherness, human and non-human.
Author |
: Colin Cremin |
Publisher |
: Pluto Press |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2015-01-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0745333656 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780745333656 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Synopsis Anthropology and Development by : Colin Cremin
Western aid is in decline. Non-traditional development actors from the developing countries and elsewhere are in the ascendant. A new set of global economic and political processes are shaping the twenty-first century. Anthropology and Development is a completely rewritten new edition of the best-selling Anthropology, Development and the Post-Modern Challenge (1996). Published to a set of excellent reviews and strong sales, it, along with the new book, serves as both an innovative reformulation of the field, and as a textbook for many undergraduate and graduate courses at leading universities in Europe and North America. For the new book, the authors Katy Gardner and David Lewis engage with nearly two decades of continuity and change in the development industry. In particular, they argue that while the world of international development has expanded since the 1990s, it has become more rigidly technocratic. Anthropology and Development therefore insists on a focus upon the core anthropological issues surrounding poverty and inequality, and thus sharply criticises the contemporary perceived problems in the field.
Author |
: Eugenio Barba |
Publisher |
: Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages |
: 321 |
Release |
: 2011-03-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781135176358 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1135176353 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology by : Eugenio Barba
First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author |
: John Clammer |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 353 |
Release |
: 2017-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781349952489 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1349952486 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Aesthetics of Development by : John Clammer
Through a unique range of theoretical and practical case studies, this collection considers the relationship between the arts (understood as the visual arts, crafts, theatre, dance, and literature) and development, creating both a bridge between them that is rarely explored and filling in concrete ways the content of the “culture” part of the equation “culture and development”. It includes manifestations of culture and the ways in which they relate to development, and in turn contribute to such pressing issues as poverty alleviation, concern for the environment, health, empowerment, and identity formation. It shows how the arts are an essential part of the concrete understanding of culture, and as such a significant part of development thinking - including the development of culture, and not only of culture as an instrumental means to promote other development goals.
Author |
: Claire Schrader |
Publisher |
: Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 338 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781849051385 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1849051380 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ritual Theatre by : Claire Schrader
This book considers the relevance of ritual theatre in contemporary life and describes how it is being used as a highly cathartic therapeutic process. With contributions from leading experts in the field of dramatherapy, the book brings together a broad spectrum of approaches to ritual theatre as a healing system.
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: |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 342 |
Release |
: 1985 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:917553716 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis Between theater & anthropology by :
Author |
: Frank J. Korom |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 505 |
Release |
: 2013-01-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781118493090 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1118493095 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Anthropology of Performance by : Frank J. Korom
The Anthropology of Performance is an invaluable guide to this exciting and growing area. This cutting-edge volume on the major advancements in performance studies presents the theories, methods, and practices of performance in cultures around the globe. Leading anthropologists describe the range of human expression through performance and explore its role in constructing identity and community, as well as broader processes such as globalization and transnationalism. Introduces new and advanced students to the task of studying and interpreting complex social, cultural, and political events from a performance perspective Presents performance as a convergent field of inquiry that bridges the humanities and social sciences, with a distinctive cross-cultural perspective in anthropology Demonstrates the range of human expression and meaning through performance in related fields of religious & ritual studies, folkloristics, theatre, language arts, and art & dance Explores the role of performance in constructing identity, community, and the broader processes of globalization and transnationalism Includes fascinating global case studies on a diverse range of phenomena Contributions from leading scholars examine verbal genres, ritual and drama, public spectacle, tourism, and the performances embedded in everyday selves, communities and nations
Author |
: Robert M. Laughlin |
Publisher |
: University of Texas Press |
Total Pages |
: 353 |
Release |
: 2008-06-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780292717596 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0292717598 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis Monkey Business Theatre by : Robert M. Laughlin
In 1983, a group of citizens in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, formed Sna Jtz'ibajom, the Tzotzil-Tzeltal Maya writers' cooperative. In the two decades since, this group has evolved from writing and publishing bilingual booklets to writing and performing plays that have earned them national and international renown. Anthropologist Robert M. Laughlin has been a part of the group since its beginnings, and he offers a unique perspective on its development as a Mayan cultural force. The Monkey Business Theatre, or Teatro Lo'il Maxil, as this branch of Sna Jtz'ibajom calls itself, has presented plays in virtually every corner of the state of Chiapas, as well as in Mexico City, Guatemala, Honduras, Canada, and in many museums and universities in the United States. It has presented to the world, for the first time in drama, a view of the culture of the Mayas of Chiapas. In this work, Laughlin presents a translation of twelve of the plays created by Sna Jtz'ibajom, along with an introduction for each. Half of the plays are based on myths and half on the social, political, and economic problems that have confronted—and continue to confront—the Mayas of Chiapas.