In this chapter, John McDowell proposes ecoperformativity as an explanatory model for how express... more In this chapter, John McDowell proposes ecoperformativity as an explanatory model for how expressive culture functions in settings of ecological debate and conflict. He analyzes the referential and performative dimensions of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) among Indigenous populations of the Otavalo region of Ecuador and Colombia’s Sibundoy Valley, demonstrating that TEK speech acts ground human communities and empower them to take action to defend their relationships with each other and with nonhuman others. Attending to dimensions that render performances of ecological knowledge effective and that move people to action, McDowell makes a strong argument for recognizing expressive culture as a vital tool for both resisting and negotiating environmental change.
This syllabus was used in spring 2006 in a graduate seminar in the Department of Folklore and Eth... more This syllabus was used in spring 2006 in a graduate seminar in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University. As with all Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology syllabi made available in IUScholarWorks, the course instructor who created the syllabi retains all relevant rights to it as a creative work
Reviewed Medium: book Authors: Peter Wade Year: 2000 Pages: xi + 323 Publisher: University of Chi... more Reviewed Medium: book Authors: Peter Wade Year: 2000 Pages: xi + 323 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Prices: $20.00 US / £13.00
Page 1. * * Reflections Scholars Page 2. Page 3. THE LIFE OF STITH THOMPSON as revealed in these... more Page 1. * * Reflections Scholars Page 2. Page 3. THE LIFE OF STITH THOMPSON as revealed in these pages was in some ways ordinary, in others extraordinary. Reading through A Folklorist's Progress one sees clearly the ...
In this chapter, John McDowell proposes ecoperformativity as an explanatory model for how express... more In this chapter, John McDowell proposes ecoperformativity as an explanatory model for how expressive culture functions in settings of ecological debate and conflict. He analyzes the referential and performative dimensions of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) among Indigenous populations of the Otavalo region of Ecuador and Colombia’s Sibundoy Valley, demonstrating that TEK speech acts ground human communities and empower them to take action to defend their relationships with each other and with nonhuman others. Attending to dimensions that render performances of ecological knowledge effective and that move people to action, McDowell makes a strong argument for recognizing expressive culture as a vital tool for both resisting and negotiating environmental change.
This syllabus was used in spring 2006 in a graduate seminar in the Department of Folklore and Eth... more This syllabus was used in spring 2006 in a graduate seminar in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University. As with all Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology syllabi made available in IUScholarWorks, the course instructor who created the syllabi retains all relevant rights to it as a creative work
Reviewed Medium: book Authors: Peter Wade Year: 2000 Pages: xi + 323 Publisher: University of Chi... more Reviewed Medium: book Authors: Peter Wade Year: 2000 Pages: xi + 323 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Prices: $20.00 US / £13.00
Page 1. * * Reflections Scholars Page 2. Page 3. THE LIFE OF STITH THOMPSON as revealed in these... more Page 1. * * Reflections Scholars Page 2. Page 3. THE LIFE OF STITH THOMPSON as revealed in these pages was in some ways ordinary, in others extraordinary. Reading through A Folklorist's Progress one sees clearly the ...
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