Day 12: in this brilliant talk Dasa Bombjakova describes #moadjo, the #BaYaka theatre of #ridicule run by older #women if some man misbehaves!
'this lecture portrays the role of ridicule and other powerful levelling mechanisms in learning about the normative world of this gender-egalitarian BaYaka hunting and gathering society. How do you teach norms to children in this specific cultural context? What this has to do with the Colin Turnbull’s concept of noise? Dasa Bombjakova will address these questions and raise some tips on future research on norms in an egalitarian hunter-gatherer context.'
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#egalitarianism #gender #laughter #IndigenousCosmology #levelling
Ridicule, Public Speaking and Noise: On the BaYaka normative world by Dasa Bombjakova by Dasa Bombjakova May 24, 2022
The aim of this lecture is to portray the role of ridicule and other powerful levelling mechanisms in learning about the normative world in this gender-egalitarian…



