RMWA ideas & authors Flashcards
my learning styles
relational, structured
relational learning style description
relating to people, variety, help others develop
relational learning style research methods
participant observation, learning an art form, interviews using open questions
structured learning style description
systematic and organized approaches, practical, hands-on-learning
structured learning style research methods
ehnographic interview using open questions, jottings, audio and video recordings with metadata included, research published sources: ethnographies, biographies, autobiographies, anthropological studies concerning that community
citation for learning styles
Johnston and Orwig 1999
citation for learning an art form (reflexive field work)
Titon 2009
citation for interviewing with open questions
Jackson 1987
citation for researching using published sources
Ruskin and Rice 2012
main theoretical background to guide my research
symbolic anthropology
features of symbolic anthropology (4)
how and what the artistic activity reveals about the culture, analyzing symbols provide insights into the makeup of the community, reflexively compare different instantiations of the genre to note similarities and differences, arts as means of communication engrained in culture
citation for arts as communication methods engrained in culture
Blacking 1992
definition of creativity
when people within a community create a new AGE which is valued by the community according to their standards of evaluation
citations for creativity
Toynbee 2003; Csikszentmihalyi 1996
research methods for creativity
determine who creates, how they create, what is acceptable as new, what symbolic systems are used to create new works, what gatekeepers need to be involved
research questions for creativity (10)
Who created it? How is it different from others? How much flexibility is allowed? Who can introduce new aspects? How to learn the genre? Improvisation allowed? Who performs? How does the audience react? What seems new? How does the audience feel about the innovations?
concerns related to language
What languages used? How does that relate to cultural identity?
Coulter 2011 quote concerning language
Evaluation of language use and cultural practices might reveal insights into the community’s cultural identity
research methods for language
record AGE and discuss languages used (mother-tongue? dialect? borrowed words? LWC used and why? did text/lyrics effectively communicate the message? How are the vernacular and LWC used in the arts?
purpose of studying transmission and change
knowing and understanding learning styles and how arts are used help gain insights into worldview
citation for arts in the community aid in understanding the culture
Beaudry 2008
research methods for transmission and change
learn an art form, analyze recordings from different time periods (differences and similarities), analyze performance with older performers, read published resources from different time periods, interview performers of different ages
research questions for transmission and change
How are you taught? How are you corrected? How has the art form changed over time?
definition of cultural dynamism
how stable and malleable elements work together
Couler 2016 RMWA class quote on cultural dynamism
Artistic traditions thrive when both stable and malleable elements are strong
research methods for cultural dynamism
interview artists of different generations, analyze recordings to note differences and similarities, ask how much flexibility is allowed in the performance
research questions for cultural dynamism (3)
What parts of the performance/work must be present to make it an acceptable performance? What parts of the performance may be modified and are loosely organized? What participatory discrepancies are acceptable?
citation for participatory discrepancies
Keil 1995
definition of identity and power
Using the arts to communicate messages of identity to the local and wider communities
research methods for studying identity and power
observation, jottings, note taking; interview artists to determine their purpose; analyze lyrics of songs to discover open or coded messages, note gender issues
citation for open or coded messages
Shelemay 2001
citation for gender issues
Alaghband-Zadeh 2015
definition of aesthetics and evaluation
what the community considered good, pleasing, satisfying; how the culture evaluates AGE to determine if it has achieved its intended purpose
citation for aesthetics not being universal
Merriam 1964
citation for evaluating according to whether it has met its intended purpose
Fitzgerald and Schrag 2014
research questions for aesthetics and evaulation
How do people of different ages, genders, status correct others? How are oral verbal arts used for correction?
citation as proverbs as means of correction
Unseth 2008
citation for stories as means of correction
Evans-Pritchard 1967
research methods for aesthetics and evaulation
view recordings with community members to determine what was pleasing/disturbing, learn an art form noting corrections and advise, read biographies and autobiographies of artists to determine how they developed and how they pleased audiences
research questions for aesthetics and evaulation
What was pleasing? What was disturbing? What was done well? Which was done better than the other?
citation for bi-musicality
Hood 1960
definition of time
how time affects the performance and how it fits into the life cycle calendar of the community
research questions for time
How do the performers experience the performance? How does the audience experience the performance? How often is this AGE performed? Why are performances held at different times? How do they know how to follow the shape of the event through time? How do they practice the piece? How do they feel time - linear, cyclical, flowing
three types of time
linear, cyclical, flowing
research methods for time
attend performances and jot observations concerning how performers and audience experience time, watch recordings with performers asking how they felt time, how they knew how to perform at different points in time, take notes over a 2-year period when rituals/AGEs take place
citation for importance of researching rituals
Schechner 2013
definition emotions
the arts are powerful means of expressing and affecting emotions
citation for the arts affecting emotions
Huron 2006
citation for the arts expressing emotions
Schrag 2013
research methods for emotions
participate in rituals and observe how emotions are expressed then jot notes, discuss with friends after experiencing rituals with them concerning their own emotions and emotions expressed of others, record events then analyze with insiders
research questions for emotions
How are emotions expressed physically? What does lack of expressed emotions mean?
What kinds of issues would you research in a community?
historical background of the people, geographic location, population, ethnic identity markers, common communication methods, means for sharing artistic creations
What general questions would you ask about the community?
geographic center, location of performing group, members living in the diaspora
What anthropological areas of interest would you investigate?
language, social structure, communication methods, how they share their artistic creations
What questions would you ask about the artists in the community?
How did you learn your art? How are you viewed by the community? How does your voice count in community decisions?
citation for social behavior of artist
Merriam 1964
