Mar 5 / Dancing Wisdom: Embodied Knowledge

 

Unit: Dancing Wisdom

Theme: Embodied Knowledge

 

I

Introduction

 Today's class is about the merging of ritual and domestic life in Cuba. The book below is about the African diaspora in our continent, but we will focus on the Cuban Yoruba religious tradition. 


 II

Learning Objectives

 

  • Understand the meaning of embodied knowledge
  •  Explain the importance of domestic religious practice in Afro-Cuban derived religions
  • Gain an awareness of the internal logic of the Yoruba religion
  • Experience the dances of some of the creolized orishas
  • Reflect on the work done in class


III

Main Lesson

 1

Read the Article



 Dancing Wisdom: Embodied Knowledge in Haitian Vodou, Cuban Yoruba, and Bahian Candomble

 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dancing_Wisdom/_Dp2fnno4ygC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Trance+in+Cuban+orisha+dance&printsec=frontcover

Yvonne Daniels 

Read: A Cuban Yoruba Ritual 1987 (Scroll down to Subtitle / Pages 14 - 25)

Daniels, Yvonne  (2005). Dancing Wisdom: Embodied Knowldege in Haitian Vodou, Cuban Yoruba, and Bahian Candomble. University of Illinois Press

Question

Summarize the text from pages 14 - 25.

 


IV

A Note to Remember

"A 'house' in Cuba can be both, a living space and at times a prepared religious space." 


V

Case Study

 1

 
https://youtu.be/97YCgKUXOR8?si=w-WxBZb0J8NlSi5w

The African Diaspora and the Modern World Conference | Dr. Yvonne Daniel, United States


VI

Activity

Dances of the orishas (Done in the Embodied Movement Practices class)


VII

Journaling

 

VIII

Glossary

 

IX

Sources

Rouget, Gilbert (1987). Music and Trance: A theory of the Relations Between Music and Possession. University of Chicago Press

 

X

Students' Work

 

 

 

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