Lynette Harper watches a reel interesting documentary. Reprinted with permission from the Middle Eastern Dance Association newsletter, Sahda, May 2014.
Dance like there is no tomorrow
1001 Likes – March 2014
Lynette Harper appreciates the values embedded in hula. Reprinted with permission from the Middle Eastern Dance Association newsletter, Sahda, March 2014. Read more…
Belly Dance Fact & Fiction: References
OPA Showcase Lecture/seminar, Victoria BC – presented by Lynette Harper Ph.D. November 2013 References – Books (*specific articles cited) Belly dance around the world: New communities, performance and identity. 2013. Caitlin E. McDonald & Barbara Sellers-Young, editors. Jefferson NC: McFarland & Company. * What is Baladi about al-Raqs al-Baladi? On the survival of belly dance in… Read more…
More books for dancers
Four essentials for a dancer’s bookshelf, published in the last two years: Belly dance around the world: New communities, performance and identity – The belly dance reader – Global moves – and You asked Aunt Rocky: Answers & advice about Raqs Sharqi & Raqs Shaabi. Each book offers powerful ideas, analysis, and inspirations – and they’re… Read more…
ANTH 112 Introductory Anthropology
Fall 2012 Cultural Anthropology Nanaimo: 8:30 – 11:30 am Fridays Cowichan 10:30 am – 12 noon Mondays, Wednesdays Instructor: Lynette Harper, Ph.D. Email: Lynette.Harper@viu.ca Anthropology can be divided into four subfields: physical/biological anthropology, archaeology, linguistic anthropology, and cultural anthropology. This course focuses on cultural anthropology—examining the nature of culture,… Read more…
Anth 380 Introduction to Museum Anthropology
Most recently offered: May-June 2013 (previous Fall 2011) Instructor: Lynette Harper An introduction to contemporary issues in museum practice and their historical context. Topics include historical debates and analytical frameworks; shifting purposes and roles of museums and anthropology; changing political contexts and issues; museums, communities, and First Nations; acquisition and interpretation of cultural property; and… Read more…
Ethnographies worth reading
Guests of the Sheik: Ethnography of an Iraqi village Elizabeth Warnock Fernea, Random House, re-issue 1995 Though Elizabeth Warnock Fernea’s book was first published in 1969, her writing provides useful insights into daily life, for Arab women in a particular place (rural Iraq) and time period. “A delightful, well-written, and vastly informative ethnographic study, this… Read more…
ANTH 390D Arab Women in the Middle East and Diaspora
Anthropological perspectives (offered May 2014; tentatively scheduled May 2016) Lynette.Harper@viu.ca A veil of mystery and stereotyping obscures Arab women’s lives in the Middle East and the global Arab diaspora. This course investigates Arab women’s dilemmas and perspectives on identity, faith, politics and representation through readings and discussion based on ethnographies and cultural studies. Examine gender/power… Read more…
Anth 307 Culture and Education in Global Context
September 8 – December 1, 2010 Instructor: Lynette Harper, Ph.D. Email: Lynette.Harper@viu.ca A cross-cultural analysis of education addressing cultural, social, political, and economic dynamics in North America and abroad. Topics include ethnography in the classroom; critical analysis of multicultural, anti-racist, and indigenous forms of education; theories of cultural difference and production; and practical… Read more…