ANTH 217 Chapter bauman: reading
Anth 217 reading #1
Reading: Richard Bauman 1992 folklore, cultural performances, … (pg 13-21)
Introduction Notes:
-Draws together principle terms
-not only is society is communicatively constituted, pr
2nd principle: “that expressive forms
Profs notes:
1. Some scholars, myself included, would go further, maintaining that not only is communication
socially constituted but society is communicatively constituted, produced and reproduced by
communicative acts.
2. Expressive forms of culture, forms of art, play, display, and performance, offer an especially
productive vantage point on culture, society, and communication.
-can heighten the experience, open up contemplation and engagement
Movie: jewish culture
3. Communicative forms constitute social resources.
-produces the conduct of social life.
-social means used for social ends
-basis of economic activity
-school, rabi, beggar, matchmaker
4. Communicative forms are differentially valued.
-dependant on the society and how they value cultural resources
-ex. ballet vs TV
Fiddler the roof:
-boys (goes through schooling, studies the torah) and girls stay at home and tend the house
-rabi (most) vs beggar (least)
-dif ppl value things differently
5. Communicative forms and practices are cross-culturally and historically variable.
-produces dialog
-different orients: disciplinary, subdisplinary, and ideological lines
-has 4 principal lines of divergence
1. There are divisions of intellectual labour based on media/ modes of communication
2. Face to face interaction
3. Distinctions are involved w social, eco, and historical factors
4. Social scale affects these factors
5. Ideology of politics and culture (ex. school vs child labour)
Folklore focuses on differences of empirical focus, analytical perspectives, and ideology
The movies culture vs in reality
Ukrainians vs russian orthodox
Topic: issues in the analysis of oral, literate, and mixed cultures
Notes:
-written and oral traditions are very different, and are both v imp.
-oral has to undergo cultural transmission (i.e “fairy” stories collected by the Grimm brothers in 19c)
-oral can be subordinate to written, and can be vice versa (i.e priests read off of scripture, and oral stories
are regarded as “magic” or miracles)
-the importance of traditions is dependant on literate, non literate and illiterate ind.
-tradition: in/direct intergenerational communication, used more for oral (named standardized oral forms)
-Genres change dependant on the tradition
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Document Summary
Reading: richard bauman 1992 folklore, cultural performances, (pg 13-21) Not only is society is communicatively constituted, pr. Can heighten the experience, open up contemplation and engagement. Movie: jewish culture: communicative forms constitute social resources. School, rabi, beggar, matchmaker: communicative forms are differentially valued. Dependant on the society and how they value cultural resources. Boys (goes through schooling, studies the torah) and girls stay at home and tend the house. Dif ppl value things differently: communicative forms and practices are cross-culturally and historically variable. Has 4 principal lines of divergence: there are divisions of intellectual labour based on media/ modes of communication, face to face interaction, distinctions are involved w social, eco, and historical factors, social scale affects these factors. Ideology of politics and culture (ex. school vs child labour) Folklore focuses on differences of empirical focus, analytical perspectives, and ideology. Topic: issues in the analysis of oral, literate, and mixed cultures.
