Anthropology and folkloristics

Alfred Gell’s theory of art and understanding of folklore

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ID14712934
AuthorsMilena Simić (0000-0001-8072-5578), Marina Simic, Danica Jovic
Year2018
Volume66
Issue2
Pages303-318
Publication date2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlasnik Etnografskog instituta (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0350-0861 • E-ISSN: 2334-8259
PublisherNational Library of Serbia (PUBLISHER • RS)
DOI10.2298/gei1802303s
OpenAlexW2899449376
LanguageEN
References cited11

This paper investigates the relationship between anthropology and folkloristics. We are interested in theoretical and methodological similarities and differences between these disciplines, rather than in institutional (political) solutions that differenced the two and produced certain forms of knowledge. It seems that the main difference between folkloristics and anthropology lays in anthropological focus on social and cultural context and processes, while traditional folkloristics focus on folklore forms as such. Contemporary folklore studies remake anthropological idea that “folklore” is a form of communication that has to be understood in its social and cultural context. However, we believe that anthropology has still to expand its view of folklore in order to go beyond its traditional paradigms of social contextualisation that basically interpret all social phenomena in structural functionalist paradigm. In that sense, we suggest Alfred Gell’s theory of art as an experimental attempt for building of a new theoretical foundation for both disciplines

Archaeology · Cultural anthropology · Epistemology · Folklore · Folkloristics · Linguistic anthropology · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Diverse Musicological Studies · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History · Philosophy

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