Meyer Fortes
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| Description: | Meyer Fortes gives a lecture on Tallensi divination before a selected audience of graduates and under-graduates in Cambridge. He discusses general theories of divination and is questioned by the audience. Lecture and discussion by Meyer Fortes, chaired by Jack Goody, in the Audio Visual Aids centre. Organized by Stephen Levinson and filmed by Martin Gienke. 9th March 1982, each about one hour. |
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| Created: | 2011-03-21 15:50 | ||||||||||||
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Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Interviews of people associated with King's College, Cambridge |
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| Publisher: | University of Cambridge | ||||||||||||
| Copyright: | Professor Alan Macfarlane | ||||||||||||
| Language: | eng (English) | ||||||||||||
| Keywords: | anthropology; Tallensi; West Africa; divination; ritual; | ||||||||||||
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Professor Fortes gives a lecture on the fieldwork he did in Ghana among the Tallensi, and in particular on the large role of divination in their culture. He speculates on divination, oracles and magic more generally and the role of the ancestors in Tallensi life.
The lecture was given in March 1982 before an invited audience of students with Jack Goody in the chair. Included in the lecture were short extracts from a film which Fortes took when he returned to the Tallensi 30 years after his first fieldwork there. The lecture lasts for about an hour.
The lecture was given in March 1982 before an invited audience of students with Jack Goody in the chair. Included in the lecture were short extracts from a film which Fortes took when he returned to the Tallensi 30 years after his first fieldwork there. The lecture lasts for about an hour.
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