Theresa Buckland

Dance in the Field: Theory, Methods and Issues in Dance Ethnography Theresa Buckland 1999 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Brief Description: This international collection of essays addresses theoretical and methodological issues alongside considerations of documentary techniques and matters of politics and ethics. Biographical Note: Theresa J. Buckland is MA Course Director and Senior Lecturer in Dance Studies at the University of Surrey. Table of Contents: Introduction: Reflecting on Dance Ethnography--Theresa J. Buckland * Part I: Theoretical Dimensions * The Mystique of Fieldwork--Adrienne L. Kaeppler * Fieldwork--Drid Williams * Past and Present in Filed Research: A Critical History of Personal Experience--Anca Giurchescu * Folk Dance Research in Hungary: Relations between Theory, Fieldwork and the Archive--Laszlo Felfoldi * 'Or Shortly They Would be Lost Forever': Documenting for Revival and Research--Egil Bakka * Part II: Methodological Approaches * Capturing the Dancing: How and Why?--Judy van Zile * The "Choreographic Notebook: " a Dynamic Documentation of the Choreographic Process of Kokuma Dance Theatre, an African-Caribbean Dance Company--E. Jean Johnson Jones * Dance on Film: Strategy and Serendipity--Felicia Hughes-Freeland * Madness and Recall: Storied Data on Irish Dancing--Frank Hall * It Takes Two - or More - to Tango: Researching Traditional Music/Dance Interrelations--Owe Ronstrom * It Goes Without Saying - But Not Always--Brenda Farnell * Part III: Politics and Ethics * Fieldwork, Politics and Power--Andree Grau * Searching for Branches, Searching for Roots: Fieldwork in My Grandfather's Village--Andriy Nahachewsky * 'Outsider' in an 'Inside' World, or Dance Ethnography at Home--Maria Koutsouba * [Re]Constructing Meanings: The Dance Ethnographer as Keeper of Truth--Theresa J. Buckland * Textual Fields: Representation in Dance Ethnography--Georgiana Gore * Index

Contributor Bio:  Buckland, Theresa Buckland is MA Course Director and Senior Lecturer in Dance Studies at the University of Surrey.