One of the more striking developments in modern North American dance was African American choreographer Katherine Dunham's introduction of a technique known as dance-isolation, in which one part of the body moves in one rhythm while other parts are kept stationary or are moved in different rhythms. ███ █████████████ ██ ████ █████████ ████ █████ ████████ ███ ████████ ████████████ ██ ██████████ ███████ ████████ ███████ █████ ██ ███ █████████ ████ ████ ████ █████████ ██ ███████████ ██████ ██ ███████ ████████ ██████████ ███ ██████████████ █████████ ███
Intro topic ·Katherine Dunham brought dance-isolation technique to North American choreography
Dance-isolation = one part of body moves to rhythm while other parts stay still or move to a different rhythm. Variations of this move were part of African, Caribbean, and Pacific-island cultures.
Historical context ·Dance was neglected as area of social research
Social scientists tended to focus on stuff they thought was more scientifically rigorous. Also, social scientists didn't have as much training in dance as Dunham; dance experts didn't have her training in social science research.
Dunham's radical approach ·Dunham participated in dances herself
Social scientists advised her not to do this, because they assumed (wrongly) that science must be done from position of detachment. By participating in dances herself, Dunham understood the techniques well enough to teach them to others.
Impact of Dunham's work ·Established African American dance as own art form
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Question Type
Stated
The author tells us in P3 that Dunham’s approach to research “diverged radically from the methodology that prevailed at the time.” Dunham’s approach was to participate in what she was observing rather than to remain a pure observer.
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performed fieldwork for █ ████ ████████ ████ ██████
We’re not told the duration of Dunham’s fieldwork is what set her apart from most other anthropologists.
b
related the traditions ███ ███████ ██ █████ ██ ███ ███ ███████
We have no reason to think most other anthropologists didn’t relate the traditions they studied to those of their own cultures.
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employed a participative ████████ ██ ██████████ ████████
The author tells us in P3 that Dunham’s approach to research “diverged radically from the methodology that prevailed at the time.” Dunham’s approach was to participate in what she was observing rather than to remain a pure observer.
d
attached a high ██████ ██ █████████ ████████████ ██ ███ ████████
We have no reason to think that most other anthropologists didn’t attach a lot of political significance to their own research.
We have no reason to think that most other anthropologists didn’t have prior familiarity with the cultural practices of the people they studied.
Difficulty
97% of people who answer get this correct
This is a low-difficulty question.
It is significantly easier than other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%124
132
75%140
Analysis
Stated
Art
Single position
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Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
1%
152
b
1%
150
c
97%
162
d
0%
150
e
1%
153
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