ANTH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Gregory Bateson, Savitr, Stewart Culin
20 Mar 2017
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Form:children draw in six countries 1983) defines art as play with form producing some aesthetically successful transformation-representation . In many cultures, all things are considered to be artful . Since the 19th century and the beginning of the formalization of anthropology, research in play has been conducted in a sporadic fashion. Culin expanded on his work in native american games to the cross-cultural study of play. Subsequently, the investigation of play happened in almost an incidental fashion to the main" focuses of anthropological research. The exception here would be the work of margaret mead and gregory bateson. In recent years, such research has gained in popularity in relation to investigations into how children learn: humans and other primates, as well as many other mammals, play all their lives. Consider that these children may have specific ceremonial dance roles as adults: examples.
