Deidre Sklar
Biographic Data
| ID | 207930 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deidre Sklar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deidre |
| FAMILY NAME | Sklar |
| SIGNATURE | SKLAR D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Footfall of Words
The Footfall of Words" enacts the problem of sensate and relational knowledge vis- -vis fieldwork and deskwork. The bulk of the essay is a rhythmic evocation of the climactic procession performed annually in Tortugas, New Mexico, during the fiesta of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The rhythmic play disturbs the traditional ethnographic stance to engage somatic understanding, an epistemological mode on which the potency of the fiesta depends; on the other…
The Footfall of Words
The Footfall of Words" enacts the problem of sensate and relational knowledge vis-à-vis fieldwork and deskwork. The bulk of the essay is a rhythmic evocation of the climactic procession performed annually in Tortugas, New Mexico, during the fiesta of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The rhythmic play disturbs the traditional ethnographic stance to engage somatic understanding, an epistemological mode on which the potency of the fiesta depends; on the other…
Toward Cross-Cultural Conversation on Bodily Knowledge
Reprise
In 1991, when my essay, “On Dance Ethnography,” appeared in this journal, there was a small body of American research in dance that examined movement in cultural context (1). Since then, a radical shift has occurred in American dance scholarship. Cultural critique, with its attention to ethnicity, race, class, and gender, has permeated the academy, and dance historians have turned to sociocultural issues, blurring the boundaries between the sub-f…
All the dances have a meaning to that apparition”
One at a time, the dancers entered the small chapel and crossed the green shag carpet to kneel before the virgin's portrait. For the three days of religious fiesta, her image would be the focus of the dancers' offerings. A faded color reproduction, the portrait was not honored for its aesthetic virtues. Rather, its significance was invocative and evocative: through it, the virgin's presence was invoked and her story evoked. About four feet high, …
Ritual Constituencies
Daniel de Coppet. ed. Understanding Rituals. London and New York: Routledge, 1992. vii. 120 pp.Jeremy Boissevain. ed. Revitalizing European Rituals. London and New York: Routledge, 1992. + 204 pp
Can Bodylore Be Brought to Its Senses
L'experience exprimee et le mouvement du corps sont les bases fondamentales de la connaissance et de la conception du monde. L'A. elabore une methodologie specifique qui depend du propre corps du chercheur et de son intelligence physique comme point d'acces pour l'etude de la pratique culturelle et comme connaissance corporelle. Deux exemples tires des travaux de recherche de l'A. sur le fondement physique de l'experience religieuse illustrent ce…
II. On Dance Ethnography
The strength of ethnography and ethnographic criticism is their focus on detail, their enduring respect for context in the making of any generalization, and their full recognition of persistent ambiguity and multiple possibilities in any situation. (Marcus and Fischer 1986:159) Movement as Cultural Knowledge : The term “ethnography” literally means “portrait of a people.” Perhaps “portrait” is too thin and two-dimensional a metaphor to represent …
Etienne Decroux's Promethean Mime
Can Bodylore Be Brought to Its Senses
L'experience exprimee et le mouvement du corps sont les bases fondamentales de la connaissance et de la conception du monde. L'A. elabore une methodologie specifique qui depend du propre corps du chercheur et de son intelligence physique comme point d'acces pour l'etude de la pratique culturelle et comme connaissance corporelle. Deux exemples tires des travaux de recherche de l'A. sur le fondement physique de l'experience religieuse illustrent ce…
Reprise
In 1991, when my essay, “On Dance Ethnography,” appeared in this journal, there was a small body of American research in dance that examined movement in cultural context (1). Since then, a radical shift has occurred in American dance scholarship. Cultural critique, with its attention to ethnicity, race, class, and gender, has permeated the academy, and dance historians have turned to sociocultural issues, blurring the boundaries between the sub-f…
II. On Dance Ethnography
The strength of ethnography and ethnographic criticism is their focus on detail, their enduring respect for context in the making of any generalization, and their full recognition of persistent ambiguity and multiple possibilities in any situation. (Marcus and Fischer 1986:159) Movement as Cultural Knowledge : The term “ethnography” literally means “portrait of a people.” Perhaps “portrait” is too thin and two-dimensional a metaphor to represent …
All the dances have a meaning to that apparition”
One at a time, the dancers entered the small chapel and crossed the green shag carpet to kneel before the virgin's portrait. For the three days of religious fiesta, her image would be the focus of the dancers' offerings. A faded color reproduction, the portrait was not honored for its aesthetic virtues. Rather, its significance was invocative and evocative: through it, the virgin's presence was invoked and her story evoked. About four feet high, …
The Footfall of Words
The Footfall of Words" enacts the problem of sensate and relational knowledge vis- -vis fieldwork and deskwork. The bulk of the essay is a rhythmic evocation of the climactic procession performed annually in Tortugas, New Mexico, during the fiesta of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The rhythmic play disturbs the traditional ethnographic stance to engage somatic understanding, an epistemological mode on which the potency of the fiesta depends; on the other…
The Footfall of Words
The Footfall of Words" enacts the problem of sensate and relational knowledge vis-à-vis fieldwork and deskwork. The bulk of the essay is a rhythmic evocation of the climactic procession performed annually in Tortugas, New Mexico, during the fiesta of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The rhythmic play disturbs the traditional ethnographic stance to engage somatic understanding, an epistemological mode on which the potency of the fiesta depends; on the other…
Ritual Constituencies
Daniel de Coppet. ed. Understanding Rituals. London and New York: Routledge, 1992. vii. 120 pp.Jeremy Boissevain. ed. Revitalizing European Rituals. London and New York: Routledge, 1992. + 204 pp
Etienne Decroux's Promethean Mime
II. On Dance Ethnography
The strength of ethnography and ethnographic criticism is their focus on detail, their enduring respect for context in the making of any generalization, and their full recognition of persistent ambiguity and multiple possibilities in any situation. (Marcus and Fischer 1986:159) Movement as Cultural Knowledge : The term “ethnography” literally means “portrait of a people.” Perhaps “portrait” is too thin and two-dimensional a metaphor to represent …
Can Bodylore Be Brought to Its Senses
L'experience exprimee et le mouvement du corps sont les bases fondamentales de la connaissance et de la conception du monde. L'A. elabore une methodologie specifique qui depend du propre corps du chercheur et de son intelligence physique comme point d'acces pour l'etude de la pratique culturelle et comme connaissance corporelle. Deux exemples tires des travaux de recherche de l'A. sur le fondement physique de l'experience religieuse illustrent ce…
Ritual Constituencies
Daniel de Coppet. ed. Understanding Rituals. London and New York: Routledge, 1992. vii. 120 pp.Jeremy Boissevain. ed. Revitalizing European Rituals. London and New York: Routledge, 1992. + 204 pp
All the dances have a meaning to that apparition”
One at a time, the dancers entered the small chapel and crossed the green shag carpet to kneel before the virgin's portrait. For the three days of religious fiesta, her image would be the focus of the dancers' offerings. A faded color reproduction, the portrait was not honored for its aesthetic virtues. Rather, its significance was invocative and evocative: through it, the virgin's presence was invoked and her story evoked. About four feet high, …
Reprise
In 1991, when my essay, “On Dance Ethnography,” appeared in this journal, there was a small body of American research in dance that examined movement in cultural context (1). Since then, a radical shift has occurred in American dance scholarship. Cultural critique, with its attention to ethnicity, race, class, and gender, has permeated the academy, and dance historians have turned to sociocultural issues, blurring the boundaries between the sub-f…
Toward Cross-Cultural Conversation on Bodily Knowledge
The Footfall of Words
The Footfall of Words" enacts the problem of sensate and relational knowledge vis- -vis fieldwork and deskwork. The bulk of the essay is a rhythmic evocation of the climactic procession performed annually in Tortugas, New Mexico, during the fiesta of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The rhythmic play disturbs the traditional ethnographic stance to engage somatic understanding, an epistemological mode on which the potency of the fiesta depends; on the other…
The Footfall of Words
The Footfall of Words" enacts the problem of sensate and relational knowledge vis-à-vis fieldwork and deskwork. The bulk of the essay is a rhythmic evocation of the climactic procession performed annually in Tortugas, New Mexico, during the fiesta of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The rhythmic play disturbs the traditional ethnographic stance to engage somatic understanding, an epistemological mode on which the potency of the fiesta depends; on the other…
Art (7 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Ethnography (4 works) · Visual arts (4 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · History (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works)