Sean Kingston
Biographic Data
| ID | 3640488 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sean Kingston |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sean |
| FAMILY NAME | Kingston |
| SIGNATURE | KINGSTON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Angela Ruth Hobart (1939–2025)
Form, attention and a southern New Ireland life cycle
From a phenomenological perspective, form is intrinsically linked to attention. This article explores that relationship with a view to highlighting the potential importance of the experience of form to anthropology. It is suggested that in Melanesia the management of attention as a mechanism for the control of form and vice versa are key vehicles for the social definition and transformation of persons. It takes as a case study the life-cycle ritu…
Anthropology and the British Museum: A conversation with John Mack
John Mack is Keeper of Ethnography at the British Museum, and until recently was also Senior Keeper. He curated The Museum of the Mind: Art and Memory in World Cultures as part of the British Museum's 250th anniversary programme. Major changes have taken place at the museum, including the return of the Museum of Mankind to the British Museum's Bloomsbury site. This site will by next year also house the Anthropology Library, one of the largest ant…
The museum of the mind: Art and memory in world cultures
An Interview with Marion Berghahn: On the Intricacies of Anthropological Publishing
Pidgin Arts
The Essential Attitude: Authenticity in Primitive Art, Ethnographic Performances and Museums
Contrary to the received wisdom that 'authenticity' is a culturally specific phenomenon on the verge of disappearing, this article holds that it is a mode of interrogating the world available to all. It is argued that a cross-cultural and analytic notion of authenticity can be profitably fashioned once it is noted that its attribution applies to performances and representations which are important because they present something regarded as ontolo…
The Unsaid and the Unread: `How to Publish in Anthropology
Form, attention and a southern New Ireland life cycle
From a phenomenological perspective, form is intrinsically linked to attention. This article explores that relationship with a view to highlighting the potential importance of the experience of form to anthropology. It is suggested that in Melanesia the management of attention as a mechanism for the control of form and vice versa are key vehicles for the social definition and transformation of persons. It takes as a case study the life-cycle ritu…
The Essential Attitude: Authenticity in Primitive Art, Ethnographic Performances and Museums
Contrary to the received wisdom that 'authenticity' is a culturally specific phenomenon on the verge of disappearing, this article holds that it is a mode of interrogating the world available to all. It is argued that a cross-cultural and analytic notion of authenticity can be profitably fashioned once it is noted that its attribution applies to performances and representations which are important because they present something regarded as ontolo…
Pidgin Arts
The Unsaid and the Unread: `How to Publish in Anthropology
Pidgin Arts
The Essential Attitude: Authenticity in Primitive Art, Ethnographic Performances and Museums
Contrary to the received wisdom that 'authenticity' is a culturally specific phenomenon on the verge of disappearing, this article holds that it is a mode of interrogating the world available to all. It is argued that a cross-cultural and analytic notion of authenticity can be profitably fashioned once it is noted that its attribution applies to performances and representations which are important because they present something regarded as ontolo…
An Interview with Marion Berghahn: On the Intricacies of Anthropological Publishing
Form, attention and a southern New Ireland life cycle
From a phenomenological perspective, form is intrinsically linked to attention. This article explores that relationship with a view to highlighting the potential importance of the experience of form to anthropology. It is suggested that in Melanesia the management of attention as a mechanism for the control of form and vice versa are key vehicles for the social definition and transformation of persons. It takes as a case study the life-cycle ritu…
Anthropology and the British Museum: A conversation with John Mack
John Mack is Keeper of Ethnography at the British Museum, and until recently was also Senior Keeper. He curated The Museum of the Mind: Art and Memory in World Cultures as part of the British Museum's 250th anniversary programme. Major changes have taken place at the museum, including the return of the Museum of Mankind to the British Museum's Bloomsbury site. This site will by next year also house the Anthropology Library, one of the largest ant…
The museum of the mind: Art and memory in world cultures
Angela Ruth Hobart (1939–2025)
Sociology (7 works) · History (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Museums and Cultural Heritage (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art history (2 works)