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On Academic Foucauldian‐dramaturgy and Modernity in Melanesia

Author(s) -

Mimica Jadran

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

oceania

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.356

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 1834-4461

pISSN - 0029-8077

DOI - 10.1002/ocea.5046

Subject(s) - modernity , ethnography , dramaturgy , sociology , context (archaeology) , social worlds , aesthetics , michel foucault , reflection (computer programming) , epistemology , anthropology , critical reflection , social science , history , philosophy , politics , political science , archaeology , pedagogy , computer science , law , programming language

This short paper offers a critical reflection on the uses of M ichel F oucault's ideas and the notion of ‘modernity’ which mark a current trend among so many ethnographers of M elanesian life‐worlds. Through the examination of several ethnographic cases I show the limitations of these usages and, correlatively, advocate a more mindful epistemic regard for the cultural realities and the processes of transformations of M elanesian life‐worlds in the present‐day world‐historical context.

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