Time to ditch the harmful myth of the ‘noble’ hunter-gatherer
(2019)
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Rudge, A. (2019). Time to ditch the harmful myth of the ‘noble’ hunter-gatherer
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Flexibility and egalitarianism: musical insights from hunter-gatherers (2019)
Journal Article
Rudge, A. (2019). Flexibility and egalitarianism: musical insights from hunter-gatherers. Ethnomusicology Forum, 28(2), 163-183. https://doi.org/10.1080/17411912.2019.1683875Among egalitarian hunter-gatherer groups across the African continent, musical practices and egalitarian socialities are argued to be mutually implicated with one another. Southeast Asian hunter-gatherers also practice egalitarianism, however, and th... Read More about Flexibility and egalitarianism: musical insights from hunter-gatherers.
Laughing when you shouldn't: Being "good" among the Batek of Peninsular Malaysia (2019)
Journal Article
Rudge, A. (2019). Laughing when you shouldn't: Being "good" among the Batek of Peninsular Malaysia. American Ethnologist, 46(3), 290-301. https://doi.org/10.1111/amet.12826Batek people describe their many laughter taboos with utmost seriousness, and in ethical terms of good and bad. Despite this, people often get it wrong—sometimes laughing all the more when the taboos forbid it. Because laughter can be ambiguous and i... Read More about Laughing when you shouldn't: Being "good" among the Batek of Peninsular Malaysia.