Kingston Sean, 2003, Form, attention and a southern New Ireland life cycle

Full designation (Familyname Name, date, title): Kingston Sean, 2003, Form, attention and a southern New Ireland life cycle
Creator: Sean Kingston
Date: 2003
Title: Form, attention and a southern New Ireland life cycle
Abstract: From a phenomenological perspective, form is intrinsically linked to attention. This article explores that relationship with a view to highlighting the potential importance of the experience of form to anthropology. It is suggested that in Melanesia the management of attention as a mechanism for the control of form and vice versa are key vehicles for the social definition and transformation of persons. It takes as a case study the life-cycle rituals of Lak in southern New Ireland, where the articulation and disarticulation of the form of persons and tubuan spirits are linked together and also, through a discourse of remembering and forgetting, with social attention.
Language: en
doi: 10/fk8c8d
pages: 681-708
volume: 9
uri: https://rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-9655.2003.00169.x
Source: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute; Wiley Online Library
issue: 4
issn: 1467-9655