Carnival

 

 

Havana

Question

 What is you impression of Havana's carnival in 1961?

Bahia

 

Why is Bahia's carnival important for Afro-Caribbean culture?

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New Orleans

 

 

Question

 

Compare and contrast the experience of mardi grass between the people in the two videos above.
 

LINK

 

Cities of the Dead by Joseph Roach

 

Question

 

What is circum-Atlantic memory? 

 

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Go to the link below; scrawl to page 306 and read below "Carnival at Last" all the way to page 307, first paragraph.

LINK:

Antonio Benitez Rojo, The Repeating Island

Questions

1. Acording to Benitez Rojo,  carnivals are above all "concentrations of paradoxical dynamics by virtue of which the world becomes a travestying mirror." Using the video and the reading, explain in one paragraph what you think Benitez Rojo meant.

3. What do you think about the concept of socio-cultural density posed by Benitez Rojo?

 

LINK

Society of the Spectacle by Guy Deborg

Question

According to Deborg, what makes the spectacular society vulnerable?

 

Activity

Students will learn the mains steps of the comparsa (carnival street dance)

Students create their own steps or phrase with 8 moves

Remote students, record and post your phrase using the music in the video.