Outputs (3)

Bateson's "Naven" : Towards an anthropology of performance. (1989)
Thesis
Flavin, I. P. Bateson's "Naven" : Towards an anthropology of performance. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The thesis is an attempt to deal with two topics. The text consists of a detailed reading of Gregory Bateson's ethnography of the Iatmul of New Guinea, Naven (1936: 1958). In this classic work Bateson attempted to analyse a nexus of ritual and ceremo... Read More about Bateson's "Naven" : Towards an anthropology of performance..

The Maasai Double Helix and the Theory of Dilemmas (1989)
Book Chapter
Spencer, P. (1989). The Maasai Double Helix and the Theory of Dilemmas. In D. Maybury-Lewis, & U. Almagor (Eds.), The attraction of opposites : thought and society in the dualistic mode (297-320). Michigan University Press

The Diffusion of Form and the Infusion of Meaning in Dance (1989)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Spencer, P. (1989, December). The Diffusion of Form and the Infusion of Meaning in Dance. Presented at 1st International Conference on Dance Research, Athens