Victor Turner: Symbols & Society

[@ananyamalhotra9032]

Thanks alot! makes me more interested in anthropology!!

[@auroraburgos7768]

This is a very thoughtful and helpful source for my anthropology theory course!

[@NicholasHerriman]

Thanks but the credit goes to Victor Turner :) It's nice that you listened to this because people tend to focus on his (admittedly brilliant) work on ritual.

[@mandys1505]

Oh, that presentation was helpful; I'm reading Turner's "Revelation and Divination in Ndembu Ritual" right now/thanks~

[@NicholasHerriman]

Thank you; it's great that your reading Turner

[@P1J1show]

Thank you very much! This is helping me tremendously in my theory class.

[@NicholasHerriman]

Thanks for the feedback.

[@1995yuda]

SUPER interesting, thank you!

[@NicholasHerriman]

Thank you too. Turner's theory of liminality is most famous; but I find his other work on symbols equally useful.

[@Rubusrosaceae22]

Thank you, stay health

[@NicholasHerriman]

You too, Tasbitah Khairunnisa

[@rebeccafox536]

Interesting! Thanks. Can you please explain " importantly for us... they do hunting, men go hunting" Who do you mean by 'us' and why is it important?

[@NicholasHerriman]

Hi Rebecca, thanks for your message. The "us" is probably "us" as anthropologists looking for significance and meanings in a society, but I'd better check. Could you give me the time in the lecture?

[@rebeccafox536]

@@NicholasHerriman see 4 mins 51, talking about the Ndembu people. Thanks

[@NicholasHerriman]

@@rebeccafox536 Oh I think I should have said "the focus of Turner's essay, and this presentation, is on men's hunting clans not on women on Ndembu society". I would like to read about the different attitudes of women about the men's clans; I hope someone researches that.

[@raghavmehta1903]

Sir could you explain the difference between greets and Turner's approach

[@NicholasHerriman]

I think I address that question in this blog: anthropologyofsymbols.blogspot.com/2017/11/8-symbols-explaining-using-positioning.html

[@erlandvideo]

Very informative! Thank you.

[@NicholasHerriman]

Thanks Morten.