METHODOLOGIES OF STUDYING POWER: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON AGENCY, RESISTANCE AND ETHICS IN SOUTH AFRICA.

This paper reflects on the methodologies of the studying of power within anthropology, and how these methodologies influence the action of power. It draws on Abu-Lughod's exploration of boundaries between the self and other, in which 'culture' operates in anthropological discourse to impose separations that inevitably carry a sense of hierarchy. This paper therefore explores and reflects on the symbolisms of power and the connections between individual agency and freedom, resistance, music and performance, masculinity, feminism, and how they are interlinked in different socio-cultural contexts and the way in which power is used in South Africa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]