www.egs.edu Michael Taussig, philosopher, talking about the crime scenes, drawing, conversation, storytelling, Derrida, magic. In the lecture Michael Taussig discusses the concepts of autobiography, metaphysics, song and hands focusing on, Corporeal, Dionysian, Nietzsche, dance, anthropology, mystery, fieldwork, fetish,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. This lecture deals with the fetishizaiton of field notes in relation to the overall project of Fictocriticism which 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. 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 …
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Michael Taussig. The Fetishization of Field Notes. 2010
