Anthropology › Section P · Art, music, and sport › Topic P.4
Representation and performance
A raised fist on an Olympic podium, a rap verse or a painted wall can say more in a moment than a speech. Anthropologists study performances as public acts that represent identities and can challenge the powerful, and they ask who gets to represent whom.
In this topic
- Showing and doing
- Theories of performance
- Who represents whom?
- Worked example: analysing a mascot debate
- Walls that speak
- Hip-hop as voice
- Sport as protest
- Worked example: the 1968 podium
- Performing culture for visitors
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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