In this course we investigate the questions, theoretical and methodological, that anthropology poses to the wide and interdisciplinary field of digital performing arts (e.g. music, theatre, performance art, dance).
After having completed a review of the key concepts, methods, and subjects of study of cultural anthropology, in this course we focus οn the anthropological study of music. More specifically, we study music as a social and cultural phenomenon, that is, as a phenomenon which is shaped by, and shapes, social relations, cultural identities, meanings and practices. Through various ethnographic examples, we investigate the main theoretical orientations (e.g. Read more about Cultural and Music Anhtropology II
This course investigates "performance" in relation to the performing arts (especially music and theatre), as well as to the anthropological/ethnographic method. Although the concept of performance (and other related concepts, like "performativity") gets different meanings within different academic disciplines (e.g. cultural studies, performance studies, theatre studies, music studies), in anthropology it is mainly understood as expression of culture in specific actions and behaviours or as action and behaviour that transforms the world. Read more about Ethnographic Approaches to the Performing Arts
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the subjects of study, methodologies, and products of work of cultural anthropology. More analytically, we make an historical review of key concepts, methods, questions, topics and tendencies in anthropologists' effort to understand culture in historical as well as in global perspectives. Read more about Cultural and Music Anthropology I
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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (+30) 210-72xxxxx Zografou Athens, ZipCode xxx-xx
