Michael Atwood Mason
Biographic Data
| ID | 198673 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Atwood Mason |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael Atwood |
| FAMILY NAME | Mason |
| SIGNATURE | MASON M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Michael Atwood Mason is the director of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Cultural Sustainability
In recent years, the term "cultural sustainability" has appeared widely in folk-loristics and related disciplines. This essay frames its key intellectual inspirations and provides a provisional definition of the term as an area of practice. It also adumbrates a set of principles for evaluating cultural sustainability efforts and a pathway for enacting them
Living Santería
Review Article| July 01 2004 Living Santeríía: Rituals and Experiences in an Afro-Cuban Religion Michael Atwood Mason Michael Atwood Mason Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2004) 8 (1): 120–121. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2004.8.1.120 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Ci…
Initiation in Cuban Santería
Born into an Episcopalian family where people cultivated intimate and intense relationships with God, I have been exploring the popular Afro‐Cuban religion Santería with both an intellectual and religious interest since 1987. This true story is adapted from Living Santería: Rituals and Experiences in an Afro‐Cuban Religion , published bythe Smithsonian Institution Press in 2002
Afro-Cuban Religion Unites Practitioners After Sept 11
Reflections on "African Voices" at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
Mary Jo Arnoldi, Christine Mullen Kreamer, Michael Atwood Mason, Reflections on "African Voices" at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, African Arts, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Summer, 2001), pp. 16-35+94
I Bow My Head to the Ground
Michael Atwood Mason, "I Bow My Head to the Ground": The Creation of Bodily Experience in a Cuban American Santería Initiation, The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 107, No. 423, Bodylore (Winter, 1994), pp. 23-39
"The Blood That Runs Through the Veins"
Michael Atwood Mason, "The Blood That Runs Through the Veins": The Creation of Identity and a Client's Experience of Cuban-American "Santería Dilogún" Divination, TDR (1988-), Vol. 37, No. 2 (Summer, 1993), pp. 119-130
Why is Leopold Bloom a Cuckold
Cultural Sustainability
In recent years, the term "cultural sustainability" has appeared widely in folk-loristics and related disciplines. This essay frames its key intellectual inspirations and provides a provisional definition of the term as an area of practice. It also adumbrates a set of principles for evaluating cultural sustainability efforts and a pathway for enacting them
Reflections on "African Voices" at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
Mary Jo Arnoldi, Christine Mullen Kreamer, Michael Atwood Mason, Reflections on "African Voices" at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, African Arts, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Summer, 2001), pp. 16-35+94
I Bow My Head to the Ground
Michael Atwood Mason, "I Bow My Head to the Ground": The Creation of Bodily Experience in a Cuban American Santería Initiation, The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 107, No. 423, Bodylore (Winter, 1994), pp. 23-39
Why is Leopold Bloom a Cuckold
"The Blood That Runs Through the Veins"
Michael Atwood Mason, "The Blood That Runs Through the Veins": The Creation of Identity and a Client's Experience of Cuban-American "Santería Dilogún" Divination, TDR (1988-), Vol. 37, No. 2 (Summer, 1993), pp. 119-130
I Bow My Head to the Ground
Michael Atwood Mason, "I Bow My Head to the Ground": The Creation of Bodily Experience in a Cuban American Santería Initiation, The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 107, No. 423, Bodylore (Winter, 1994), pp. 23-39
Reflections on "African Voices" at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
Mary Jo Arnoldi, Christine Mullen Kreamer, Michael Atwood Mason, Reflections on "African Voices" at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, African Arts, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Summer, 2001), pp. 16-35+94
Afro-Cuban Religion Unites Practitioners After Sept 11
Living Santería
Review Article| July 01 2004 Living Santeríía: Rituals and Experiences in an Afro-Cuban Religion Michael Atwood Mason Michael Atwood Mason Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2004) 8 (1): 120–121. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2004.8.1.120 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Ci…
Initiation in Cuban Santería
Born into an Episcopalian family where people cultivated intimate and intense relationships with God, I have been exploring the popular Afro‐Cuban religion Santería with both an intellectual and religious interest since 1987. This true story is adapted from Living Santería: Rituals and Experiences in an Afro‐Cuban Religion , published bythe Smithsonian Institution Press in 2002
Cultural Sustainability
In recent years, the term "cultural sustainability" has appeared widely in folk-loristics and related disciplines. This essay frames its key intellectual inspirations and provides a provisional definition of the term as an area of practice. It also adumbrates a set of principles for evaluating cultural sustainability efforts and a pathway for enacting them
Art (5 works) · Cuban History and Society (4 works) · History (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Art history (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Latin American and Latino Studies (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)