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Experiential and Performative Anthropology in the Classroom: Engaging the Legacy of Edith and Victor Turner

By Susan Brownell , Pamela R. Frese

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2020
ISBN
9783030419943, 9783030419950
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-41995-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5547833 bytes)
Edition
1st ed.
Pages
XIV, 216\224
Time added
2021-01-06 05:41:07
Social Sciences; Social Anthropology; Ethnography;

Description

The contributors gathered here revitalize “ethnographic performance”—the performed recreation of ethnographic subject matter pioneered by Victor and Edith Turner and Richard Schechner—as a progressive pedagogy for the 21st century. They draw on their experiences in utilizing performances in a classroom setting to facilitate learning about the diversity of culture and ways of being in the world. The editors, themselves both students of Turner at the University of Virginia, and Richard Schechner share recollections of the Turners’ vision and set forth a humanistic pedagogical agenda for the future. A detailed appendix provides an implementation plan for ethnographic performances in the classroom.

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