A performative encounter with artist Silikat van Wyk in the Kalahari
Cultural tourism involving people who claim to be Bushman or San has seen some ‘Bushman’ performers becoming iconic through using performative visual and oral archetypes. The late Silikat van Wyk, to some extent, became the visual image of the Bushman of the Kalahari Desert. Alone or in a team, he p...
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| description | Cultural tourism involving people who claim to be Bushman or San has seen some ‘Bushman’ performers becoming iconic through using performative visual and oral archetypes. The late Silikat van Wyk, to some extent, became the visual image of the Bushman of the Kalahari Desert. Alone or in a team, he performed at tourist resorts and in the Kalahari. I use a performative style of writing where my presence and identity as a researcher are declared and my unique ethnographic encounter with Silikat van Wyk and his small cast in the Kalahari are enunciated and theorised. The contradictions in the observed–observer/researcher–
researched relations, and how these are nearly subverted/ inverted in this particular research encounter, are outlined. Performative writing here is a synthetic style of writing that borrows from imaginative literary writing, (auto)ethnography and critical academic writing. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-12342022-06-27T13:49:06Z A performative encounter with artist Silikat van Wyk in the Kalahari Mhiripiri, Nhamo A. Anthro-tourist, (auto)ethnography, Bushman, cultural tourism, performance Performative writing Cultural tourism involving people who claim to be Bushman or San has seen some ‘Bushman’ performers becoming iconic through using performative visual and oral archetypes. The late Silikat van Wyk, to some extent, became the visual image of the Bushman of the Kalahari Desert. Alone or in a team, he performed at tourist resorts and in the Kalahari. I use a performative style of writing where my presence and identity as a researcher are declared and my unique ethnographic encounter with Silikat van Wyk and his small cast in the Kalahari are enunciated and theorised. The contradictions in the observed–observer/researcher– researched relations, and how these are nearly subverted/ inverted in this particular research encounter, are outlined. Performative writing here is a synthetic style of writing that borrows from imaginative literary writing, (auto)ethnography and critical academic writing. 2016-05-06T08:01:51Z 2016-05-06T08:01:51Z 2012 Article 0256-0046 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02560046.2012.705462 en Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies;Vol. 26, No. 3; p. 375-400 open |
| spellingShingle | Anthro-tourist, (auto)ethnography, Bushman, cultural tourism, performance Performative writing Mhiripiri, Nhamo A. A performative encounter with artist Silikat van Wyk in the Kalahari |
| title | A performative encounter with artist Silikat van Wyk in the Kalahari |
| title_full | A performative encounter with artist Silikat van Wyk in the Kalahari |
| title_fullStr | A performative encounter with artist Silikat van Wyk in the Kalahari |
| title_full_unstemmed | A performative encounter with artist Silikat van Wyk in the Kalahari |
| title_short | A performative encounter with artist Silikat van Wyk in the Kalahari |
| title_sort | performative encounter with artist silikat van wyk in the kalahari |
| topic | Anthro-tourist, (auto)ethnography, Bushman, cultural tourism, performance Performative writing |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02560046.2012.705462 |
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