Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Angela Lockard Reed

Outline 12, November 12, 2003

Religion continued, Play, and Art

I           Walkabout

            A          How do aboriginal men prepare for ceremonies?

            B          Describe the myth reenacted through the ceremonial kangaroo dance.

            C         What is the importance of the caves and artwork at Ayres Rock?

II           Religion continued from 11/5/2003

            A          Symbols

B          and Medicine

                        1          Western view of health

                        2          non-Western view of health

                                    a          Nepal

                                    b          Tecpán Maya

III          Ritual and Myth

            A          3 ways anthropologists analyze myths

                        1          Psychological:  Freud

                        2          Functional-structural

                        3          Structural

IV         Play

            A          Openness

            B          Play is a way of organizing activities in which the ends and the means are altered

            C         Deep Play

                        1          Balinese cockfight

            D         Sport

                        1          Soccer in Brazil

                        2          Baseball in America

                        3          Indian wresting

V          Art

            A          Western vs non-Western cultures

            B          Art is related to religion

            C         Verbal Arts

                        1          Myth

                        2          Folklore

                        3          Legend

                        4          Epic

                        5          Tale

                                    -           motif

            D         Music

                        1          Ethnomusicology

                        2          Awlad ‘Ali Bedouins “little songs

            E          Pictoral Art

                        1          Understanding pictoral art

                                    a          aesthetic

                                    b          narrative

                                    c          interpretive

            F          Performing Arts