JEWISH-ISRAELI PAPERCUTTING IN THE LIGHT OF ACTOR-NETWORK THEORY. TRACING THE CHAIN OF TRANSFORMATIONS IN ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH Cover Image

JEWISH-ISRAELI PAPERCUTTING IN THE LIGHT OF ACTOR-NETWORK THEORY. TRACING THE CHAIN OF TRANSFORMATIONS IN ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
JEWISH-ISRAELI PAPERCUTTING IN THE LIGHT OF ACTOR-NETWORK THEORY. TRACING THE CHAIN OF TRANSFORMATIONS IN ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH

Author(s): Agata Szepe
Subject(s): Visual Arts, Evaluation research, Sociology of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: ethnography; Israel; Actor-Network Theory; Bruno Latour; chain of references; Jewish papercut; papercutting in modern Israel;

Summary/Abstract: The paper shows the chains of transformations that enabled a little-known art of papercutting to become a subject of ethnographic research in Israel. The main assumptions of the actor network-theory are presented. The meaning of “circulating reverence” and “chain of reference” is described. The crucial role of “representative guarantors” in the chain of reference on ethnographic research on Jewish papercut from the beginning of 20th century is shown. The role of the center of calculation is presented. The chain breakdown during the Second World War is described.

  • Issue Year: 36/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 224-241
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English