Michael Taussig. Fictocriticism 2010

www.egs.edu Michael Taussig, philosopher, talking about Corn-Wolf, writing, craft presence and storytelling. In the lecture Michael Taussig discusses the concepts of theory, fieldwork, diaries, works, in progress, documentary, Roland Barthes focusing on Mauss, gift, Derrida, shamanism, fetishism, culture, mimesis, alterity, Adorno, form, essay, art, politics, nature, magic, science, social, anthropology, Benjamin, Berger,EGS, European Graduate School. Public open lecture for the students and faculty of the European Graduate School EGS Media and Communication Studies department program Saas-Fee Switzerland Europe 2010 Michael Taussig. Fictocriticism can be described as a reaction to theory, or a kind of anti-theory. In this seminar, Taussig discusses social anthropology and fieldwork, notebooking and diary writing, as a way of being in and seeing the world. Fictocriticism blends fact and fiction, ethnographic observation, and cultural history. Taussig's work draws strongly from Benjamin and Adorno. Michael Taussig, Ph.D., is an Australian-born anthropologist known for his provocative ethnographic studies and unconventional style as an academic. He studied medicine in Australia at the University of Sydney, and he earned a Ph.D. in anthropology at the London School of Economics. He is currently a professor of anthropology at Columbia University in New York. Strongly influenced by both the Frankfurt School of critical theory and French post-structuralism, Michael Taussig was <b>...</b>
Michael Taussig Corn-Wolf writing craft presence storytelling theory fieldwork diaries works in progress documentary Barthes Mauss gift Derrida shamanism fetishism culture mimesis alterity Adorno form essay art politics nature magic science social anthropology Benjamin Berger EGS European Graduate School











































