ELA Definitions and Points Flashcards
My pneumonic device for the 7 Lenses for Step 4;
AND actual 7 Lenses in order.
S paces M ake P articipants S tretch P erformance C ontent U nder S tarry S kies
Space Materials Participant organization Shape of the event through time Performance features Content Underlying Symbolic Systems
Working definition of a local art:
An artistic form of communication that a community can create, perform, teach, and understand from within, including its forms, meanings, language, and social context.
(Schrag 2013 XXIII)
Take a first glance at an event’s genre (see Seeger 2004, Why Suya Sing)
Questions to ask for 4A.
What? ... Who? ... Where? ... When?... To whom? ... Why? ... With what connotations? ... How?...
Four characteristics that relate fundamentally to how Arts fit into a culture
P e v i Apparent purposes Emotions Community values shown Communal investment
Characteristics that relate fundamentally to forms of artistic communication.
The seven lenses: Space Materials Participants Shape of the event through Time Performance features Content Underlying symbolic systems
Take a first glance at an event genre. The simple question taken from Seeger 2004
What artistry do people produce?
Who normally performs or creates it?
Where do people normally perform or create it?
Why do people normally create or perform it?
To whom do people normally perform or present it?
Why do people normally perform or present it?
With what kind of patients do people normally perform or present it?
How are new instances normally created?
Hierarchical segmentation timeline (options in Shape of the event through Time in 4A)
- From a top-down perspective, in other words, macro to micro.
- From a bottom-up perspective: micro to macro
- From a basic level-out perspective:
identifying the most salient activities and how they’re assembled to create larger segments or divided to create smaller ones.
