「動態體現」：舞動中，化人以成文

“Dynamic Embodiment’: The Transformation and Progression of Cultural Beings through Dancing

本文乃是以沖繩南部竹富島島民的民族誌研究為例，藉由突顯舞蹈所涉及的動態身體與變化社會過程，反省「體現」此一概念所具有的社會性本質。延續Farnell與Varela所提出的「動態體現」之觀點，以此出發理解「動」的身體之為「化人的成文之道」；以及日本哲學中的「人間」等概念，筆者分析竹富島島民舞動的體現過程，引領他們貫穿幾種不同關於群體的文化範疇：從uchina沖繩人、odoriko踊子／舞者，到yaninchu家人。

This paper reflects on the notion of ”embodiment”by emphasizing its socially bound nature，exemplified in the ethnographic study of dancing among people living on Taketomi Island in southern Okinawa. Following Farnell and Varela’s notion of dynamic embodiment（2008），which conceives the moving body as a ”cultural way of being human”，　and Japanese philosophical notions such as ”field of relation”，I analyze the process of embodiment in dancing within Taketomi communities，which leads the islanders through different categories of cultural beings，from uchina（the Oki－newans），　odoriko（the dancers），　to yaninchu（the family）.