ISBN: 9781925608038 - an anthropology of ba: place and performance co-emerging (3 résultats)

Hardback. Etat : New. Do places influence human behavior?In everyday thinking, spaces and places are generally seen as empty vessels where human activity occurs. Digging a bit deeper, we can distinguish spaces from places: places are spaces that have meanings attached - an empty room becomes a classroom or a bedroom depending on what people do in it. Focusing on the Japanese concept ba - usually translated as 'place' - this study recognizes that places imbued with social meaning influence human behavior. Ba takes into account the social context, the norms that dictate behavior, the mood of a place, and the individual's feelings about it. Conceptualized as ba, places limit and direct what we can do, and in the process, shape who we are. Drawing from a wide array of ethnographic studies, this collection illustrates various ways in which place and human agency co-emerge.…

Hardcover. Etat : Brand New. 194 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardback. Etat : New. Do places influence human behavior?In everyday thinking, spaces and places are generally seen as empty vessels where human activity occurs. Digging a bit deeper, we can distinguish spaces from places: places are spaces that have meanings attached - an empty room becomes a classroom or a bedroom depending on what people do in it. Focusing on the Japanese concept ba - usually translated as 'place' - this study recognizes that places imbued with social meaning influence human behavior. Ba takes into account the social context, the norms that dictate behavior, the mood of a place, and the individual's feelings about it. Conceptualized as ba, places limit and direct what we can do, and in the process, shape who we are. Drawing from a wide array of ethnographic studies, this collection illustrates various ways in which place and human agency co-emerge.…