Anthropology Colloquium is the department’s speaker series that invites a mixture of anthropologists from within and outside of UBC to present their research. This speaker series is scheduled throughout the academic year, typically with a lunch reception in the AnSo Lounge.
The Monkey as Mirror
Thursday November 22, 2018
ANSO 134
11:30 – 1:00 pm
Event Poster: PDF
Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney
Professor of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Abstract:
As shown in the recent excitement about the “ontological turn,” the nature/culture theme has been a perennial concern in anthropology. Using some images of the monkey and the monkey performance in Japan, this talk introduces the historical changes in the meanings assigned to the monkey which occupies the pivotal space between nature (deities, animals) and culture (humans), with a special emphasis on their uses in socio-political spaces.
About the Speaker:
Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney is a Vilas Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
