0 past simple and past participle of authenticate --
1 to prove that something is real, true, or what people say it is: --
So, in acknowledging that authenticity is ascribed to, rather than inscribed in, a performance, it is beneficial to ask who, rather than what, is being authenticated by that performance.
Mande identity could be authenticated through reference to a repertoire of common practices, from the jo power associations to senankum joking relationships.
It synthesises a range of views as to how authenticity is constructed, and offers a tri-partite typology dependent on asking who, rather than what, is being authenticated.
Only those with authenticated identities are included in the analysis.
Since 1993 older people whose local authorities are paying for care from an independent provider must have their need authenticated by these purchasers.
Most are in the form of holographs or (more frequently) authenticated manuscript copies, in public archives where they are available for study.
Thus, each entity trying to gain access must be first identified or authenticated.
Three types of response are possible, according to whether it is the performer herself, the performer's audience, or an (absent) other who is being authenticated.
