EXAM authors and dates and their main ideas Flashcards
Turner 1988
- symbolic anthropology
symbolic anthropology: analyze symbols embedded in rituals since they provide insights into the makeup of the community; analyze using emic approach by attending ceremonies and rituals
Blacking 1992
- symbolic anthropology
symbolic anthropology: The arts are means of communication ingrained in culture.
Shelemay 2008
- symbolic anthropology
Perform scholarly research while developing relationships and identifying with the community; develop relationships and identify with the community as I do research
Schrag 2013
- purpose and end goals of research
Goal of research: find out as much as possible about the community to help them evaluate the positive and negative elements, set goals to strengthen those elements, spark new artistic genre enactments that will carry the message that will bring about change, improve those works, then integrate, bring about change, and move those people towards the kingdom of God
Johnston and Orwig 1999
research using my learning styles as appropriate within the community; 1) relational: relationships, variety, helping others develop and 2) structured: systematic and organized approach, practical, hands-on learning
Hood 1960
become bi-musical or bi-artistic; learn as much as possible about the community’s arts by doing it and accepting their standards and ways
Aubert 2007
musical bi-lingualism; setting aside western evaluation standards
Titon 2008
learn an art form; doing art with the people; function within the community while gathering data
Jackson “Interviewing” 1987
ethnographic interviews using open and follow-up questions
Ruskin and Rice 2012
important to study individual artists; biographies and autobiographies
Myers 1992
“Fieldwork”
Collect primary sources: jottings, notes, photos, audio and video recordings
Beaudry 2008
- relationships with artists
Learning about the arts and artists leads to better understanding of the community’s worldview, values, and beliefs
Toynbee 2003
Creativity when people within a community create a new artistic genre enactment valued by the community according to their standards of evaluation
Csikszentmihalyi 1996
Creativity is creating something completely new that the community will value; bringing change to a domain that the community will accept.
Coulter 2011
Evaluation of language use and cultural practices may reveal insights into a community’s cultural identity.
Coulter 2016
Traditions thrive when both stable and malleable elements are strong.
Keil 1995
Making music together is more important than making it perfectly. Participatory discrepancies are malleable elements that make the music “personally involving and socially valuable.”
Shelemay 2001
- communication
Communication through music can be through open communication or coded communication.
Alaghband-Zadeh 2015
The arts may be change agents in politcal and social issues. Gender issues need to be considered.
Merriam 1964
- aesthetics
Aesthetics are not universal. Understanding a culture’s aesthetics assists in understanding their values.
Fitzgerald and Schrag 2014
Evaluation on how well the work communicates the content, how it achieves its purpose, and how sustainable it is.
Unseth 2008
Using local proverbs because they encase the values and morals of the community
Evans-Pritchard 1967
Using local stories because they encase the worldview, values, and beliefs of the community.
Schechner “Ritual” 2013
Time
Time: Discover the rituals that move a person through the liminal state
Huron 2006
The arts have power to affect emotions to bring about change.
Schechner 2013
- performance studies
performance studies: studying artistic and cultural performances considered art by the community as well as studying cultural performances that take place very day in which culture, values, beliefs, worldview are displayed
Beaudry 2008
- transmission and change
helpful to understand local learning styles and how the arts are used to gain insights into worldview
Aubert 2007
- transmission and change
important to learn how traditions are transmitted; how correction takes place
Schrag 2013
- transmission and change
malleable and stable elements; determine and evaluate
Rice 2003
- Time
study a genre through individuals in the areas of metaphors, location, time
Schrag 2013, attributed to R. Harris
3 approaches to missions
Bring It- Teach It; Build a New Bridge; Find It-Encourage It