Here's a note I wrote a few weeks ago about teaching, specifically in the context of teaching at a contra dance. Performative Aspects of Teaching< https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ruk7ZSMwpbauuOLR5vyeWfvqDsPLgwZz--uK9dp… Looking forward to reading the works cited in reply to this (interesting!) question. - Roger Hayes PS: I think that the adjective "objective" may not have the talismanic force in anthropology, folklore, and gender studies that it does in some of the other social sciences. _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers