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.'

#13daysofXmas #RAGtoptalks
#egalitarianism #gender #laughter #IndigenousCosmology #levelling

https://vimeo.com/714542452

Blog (see English translation in 🧵 below 👇) on #DasaBombjakova's work with the #BaYaka on #moadjo and #mosambo -- techniques of ridicule and oratory in a truly egalitarian society.

#huntergatherers #egalitarianism #womenscollective

https://unaantropologaenlaluna.blogspot.com/2024/03/bayaka-para-mantener-el-bosque-abierto.html?m=1

Ridicule and mimicry of people who are TOO BIG for their boots is an ancient human technique for levelling. It probably evolved even before language itself.

Highly #egalitarian #Forest #huntergatherers have developed these techniques to an art form, known among the #BaYaka as #moadjo

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63539617