In 1999, I took part in a performance written by Massimo Canevacci, shooting some videos showed on the stage.
The main character was Malinowski, an anthropologist who conducted some classical studies on Trobriand's Islands. In his diary, Malinowski showed his profound crisis during the field research. It is important that an anthropologist talks about his troubles in his books, because these emotions have an influence on the field research.
Opera Malinowski showed the profound crisis of the anthropologist when he got in touch with native people.
Opera Malinowski was conducted during the course of Cultural Anthropology at University of Rome and the students took part in the performance.
The idea was that through this performance the students could learn better how many difficulties a field research brings. The students personally experienced the troubles and the joys of an anthropological research by getting immersed into a performance that reproduced the conditions of a field research.
