Exploring Dance as Concept

Contributions from Cognitive Science

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11223176
AutoresSandra T Francis (autor de correspondencia)
Año1996
Volumen28
Número1
Páginas51-66
Fecha de publicación1996-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDance Research Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0149-7677 • E-ISSN: 1940-509X
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1478105
OpenAlexW2326499178
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas12

As a doctoral candidate in anthropology preparing for field research among the Navajo, I surveyed the literature of cognitive anthropology (a subdiscipline of cultural anthropology) searching for analytical tools and methods that might suit my research needs. This inquiry led to the development of an experimental project, which is the subject of this article. I will begin with a brief account of my research problems and follow with a description of the experimental project, including a discussion of problems encountered and lessons learned. The subject of my field research is: “The Role of ‘dance’ ( alzhish ) in Navajo Curing Ceremonials.” Portions of Navajo ceremonials were labeled “dance” by early researchers, presumably because they fit the Western concept—movement accompanied by music (drumming and singing) and performed before an audience. The Navajo call this component alzhish . The meaning of this term has not been investigated. We do not know how the other parts of a ceremony are labeled, and we do not know why this group of actions receives this label and not a different one. I devised three questions for exploring this domain: 1) What is alzhish? 2 ) What is the ceremonial function of alzhish? 3) How is that function achieved

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Ceremony · Dance · Emic and etic · Epistemology · Function (biology) · Linguistics · Meaning (existential) · Navajo · Sociology · Subject (documents) · Visual arts · Anthropology · Computer Science · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · History · Language and cultural evolution · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Psychology

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