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Dreaming as Interaction
Author(s) -
PriceWilliams Douglass,
Degarrod Lydia Nakashima
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
anthropology of consciousness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.117
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1556-3537
pISSN - 1053-4202
DOI - 10.1525/ac.1996.7.2.16
Subject(s) - dream , psychology , style (visual arts) , selection (genetic algorithm) , noun , property (philosophy) , social psychology , psychoanalysis , aesthetics , cognitive psychology , epistemology , linguistics , philosophy , literature , art , psychotherapist , artificial intelligence , computer science
Rather than regarding dreams as "things" or property, and grammatically treating them as nouns, the suggestion is to formulate a dream as an activity, label it "dreaming" and more specifically accept dreaming as interactional. For dreaming to be of importance, several psychological factors must be considered, including retention and selection, as well as external factors, such as to whom dreams are reported and their style of communication. Examples from anthropological writers on dreams are provided. It is noted that societal beliefs about dreams tend to influence the amount and types of dreams that are communicated.