Step 1 - Meet a Community and Its Arts Flashcards
Think about…
…what a community is
Start a…
…community arts profile (CAP)
Take a first…
…glance at a community
Take a first glance…
at a community’s arts
Outside-In
important events/liminal states marked by artistic communication
Outside-In (sources)
Chenoweth (2001), Schechner (2006), Turner (2004)
Chenoweth (2001)
checklist for rituals/events likely to be marked
Schechner (2006)
rituals as liminal performances
Turner (2004)
communitas
Inside-out
recognizing characteristics of arts themselves
Inside-out (main points)
distinctive performance context; contract/expand density of info; assume more/special knowledge; special formal structure; elicit unusual responses; require unusual expertise
distinctive performance context (sources)
Saville-Troike (2002), Bauman (1992, “Performance”)
Saville-Troike (2002)
recognizable boundaries that set off from “normal” events, and distinctive features like role changes among participants [see also Stone, 1979, above]
Bauman (1992, “Performance”)
aesthetically marked, heightened mod of communication, framed as special display for audience; see also Milton Singer’s observations about cultural performances = scheduled, temporally bounded, spatially bounded, programmed, coordinated, heightened public occasions
Explore a community’s…
…social/conceptual life