book chapter
Work, play and learning in a Kpelle town
Xerox University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1984 • Pages:
By: Lancy, David F..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The primary objective of this dissertation is to : 'describe and analyze the recurrent patterns of learning that are typical of Kpelle culture'. In order to accomplish this goal the author has limited his investigation to the study of a group of children (chiefly in the age range of 6-13) in the town of Gbarngasuakwelle, a community about 4 miles from the Guinea border and 175 miles northeast of Monrovia. The author's detailed analysis of his data presents to the researcher a clear picture of how children acquire the social roles, work skills and ethos of their parents through their work and play activities. In this regard, Lancy also notes that the interaction of work and play serves as two separate but interdependent parts of the child's learning environment. In the description of the various work and play activities outlined in the text, there is considerable information on native concepts of work, division of labor, education (both formal and informal), children's games, music, proverbs, stories and songs. The thread of ever-increasing acculturation runs throughout the text.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kpelle
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Educator
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1985
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1968-1969
- NotesAdditional notes
- David F. Lancy
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Pittsburgh, 1974
- UM 75-13,223
- The plates (p. 361 ff.) frequently referred to in the document have not been reproduced.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kpelle (African people)