| CODE | ANT2060 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Dance Anthropology and Ethnographic Practice | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Anthropological Sciences | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This unit will be an examination of the history and development of field of study known as the Anthropology of Dance. It will consider the beginnings of the field within anthropology and ethnomusicology, and trace its progression and associations with other key areas of research such as Folklore studies, Anthropology of Performing Arts, Sociology of Dance, Dance Ethnography, and Ethnochoreology. Study-unit Aims: - To provide the student with both contextual and theoretical information related to the Anthropology of Dance that will allow them to engage in critical debate, writing, and thinking on the subject. - To equip the students with the knowledge and tools required to write a proposal and carry out an ethnographic fieldwork research project related to dance and dance related practices. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Engage with anthropological theories and methodologies and their applications to dance; - Present a defined rationale for the study of a particular dance style or tradition from an anthropological perspective; - Make connections between critical discourse, fieldwork methods, and major questions guiding an anthropolgical or ethnographic enquiry related to dance. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Design and undertake a fieldwork project in dance with due regard for ethical and professional conduct, assessment of risks, and proper fieldwork methods; - Design and implement, where relevant, standard data gathering techniques such as questionnaires, interviews, descriptive and reflective fieldnotes, and audio-visual recordings; - Transcribe, edit, and present field data in written and oral form; - Analyse, interpret, and communicate field data in relation to scholarly primary and secondary sources. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Journal for the Anthropological Study of Human Movement, 9, 3: 115-24 Main Texts - Blacking, J. (1983) ‘Movement and Meaning: Dance in Socio-Anthropological Perspective’ Dance Research 1,1,89-99 - Buckland, T. (1999) ‘All Dances Are Ethnic, but Some Are More Ethnic Than Others: Some Observations on Dance Studies and Anthropology’ Dance Research 17, 1, 3-21 - Buckland, T , ed. (1999) Dance in the Field: Theory, Methods and Issues in Dance Ethnography, Palgrave MacMillan, London - Cotrell, S. ed. (2021) Music, Dance, Anthropology: (Occasional Papers of the Royal Anthropological Institute), Sean Kingston Publishing, London - Fenton, R. (1997) ‘A Dancer Thinks About Dance Cross-Culturally', Journal for the Anthropological Study of Human Movement, 9, 3: 115-24 - Grau, A (2016) ‘Why People Dance: Evolution, Sociality, and Dance’, December 2016, Dance Movement & Spiritualities, 2(3):233-254 - Peterson Royce, A (2015) The Anthropology of Dance, Dance Books, Ltd, London. Supplementary Texts - Grau, A. (1993) ‘John Blacking and the Development of Dance Anthropology in the UK’ Dance Research Journal 25, 2, 21-31 - Kaeppler, A. (2000) ‘Dance Ethnology and the Anthropology of Dance’ Dance Research Journal, 32, 1, 16-125 - Richter, K. (2010) ‘Anthropology with an Agenda: four Forgotten Dance Anthropologists’ Research in Dance education 11, 3, 223-237 - Sklar, D (1991) 'On Dance Ethnography', Dance Research Journal 23(1), 6-10. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Fieldwork, Lectures and Tutorials | ||||||||||||||||
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