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Alessandra Ciucci deposited Performing ‘L-ʿalwa’: a sacred and erotic journey in Morocco in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 6 years, 6 months ago‘L-ʿalwa’, a sung poem whose text recounts the pilgrimage to a saint’s shrine in Morocco, is celebrated for its ability to convey images and emotions stirred up by the sacred journey. As part of the repertory of ʿaita—a genre of sung poetry from the Moroccan plains and plateaus traditionally performed by professional female singer-danc…[Read more]
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Alessandra Ciucci deposited EMBODYING THE COUNTRYSIDE IN AIṬA ḤAṢBAWIYA (MOROCCO) in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 6 years, 6 months agoʿAiṭa–a genre of sung poetry from the Moroccan Atlantic Plains and its adjacent territories—is regarded as the quintessential expression of the identity of the region. If it is possible to analyse the poetic language of ʿaiṭa in order to understand its significance among these populations, it is also critical to examine how the affective power of…[Read more]
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Alessandra Ciucci deposited The Study of Women and Music in Morocco in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 6 years, 6 months agoPanorama of scholarly work on women and music in Morocco
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Alessandra Ciucci deposited “The Text Must Remain the Same”: History, Collective Memory, and Sung Poetry in Morocco in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 6 years, 6 months agoThe article explores why a particular group of Moroccan musicians conceives of different performances of a sung poem titled “Kharbusha” as unchanging despite variables arising from the dynamics of performance practices. To this end, I explore the seeming discrepancy between discourses about “Kharbusha” and its performance, and what this discrep…[Read more]
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Alessandra Ciucci deposited Una panoramica delle musiciste professioniste in Marocco in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 6 years, 6 months agoThe article examines Moroccan professional female singer-dancers (shikhat) in relation to other professional female performers . An analysis of the role that women have as entertainers, and in particular of their behavior in the course of performance, will show how they affect the status of each class of performers. Sketching a panorama of the…[Read more]
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Alessandra Ciucci deposited De-orientalizing the ‘Aita and Re-orienting the Shikhat in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 6 years, 6 months ago‘Aita is a sung poetry practiced by professional female singer-dancers known as shikhat along the Moroccan Atlantic plains and plateaus. By focusing on the discourses and politics employed in the revalorization of the ‘aita, this ethnographic investigation will show how the official incorporation of the ‘aita into the Moroccan heritage has…[Read more]
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Alessandra Ciucci deposited Les musiciennes professionnelles au Maroc in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 6 years, 6 months agoThe article examines Moroccan professional female singer-dancers (shikhat) in relation to other professional female performers . An analysis of the role that women have as entertainers, and in particular of their behavior in the course of performance, will show how they affect the status of each class of performers. Sketching a panorama of the…[Read more]
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John Michael McCluskey deposited Music as Narrative in American College Football in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 6 years, 6 months agoAmerican college football features an enormous amount of music woven into the fabric of the event, with selections accompanying approximately two-thirds of a game’s plays. Musical selections are controlled by a number of forces, including audio and video technicians, university marketing departments, financial sponsors, and wind bands. These b…[Read more]
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John Michael McCluskey deposited “Rough! Tough! Real Stuff!”: Music, Militarism, and Masculinity in American College Football in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 6 years, 7 months agoRobert Kennedy proclaimed, “Except for war, there is nothing in American life which trains a boy better for life than football.” While the sport’s governing bodies are presently distancing themselves from violent connections—altering rules in order to make the game safer for players—football culture remains firmly connected with militaris…[Read more]
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Amadeu Corbera Jaume deposited Apunts de musicologia mallorquina in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 6 years, 8 months agoTaking the idea of a “radical ethnomusicology” from Ed Emery (2017), I want to expose that the fact there is not a normal academic situation for ethnomusicology in the Balearic Islands it is also an opportunity to develop a radical and transforming scholar field, and I also rise some questions that I believe a radical Catalan ethnomusicology…[Read more]
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Amadeu Corbera Jaume deposited El llarg camí de la musicologia industrial: l’exemple de Menorca in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 6 years, 8 months agoOne could call «industrial musicology» the study of the musical life in factories and workshops. Unlike agrarian societies, there are very few works about industrial workers’ musical activity, neither at the Catalan Countries nor Europe. Based on British and Catalan scholars’ few theoretical works, our research Música popular i indust…[Read more]
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Amadeu Corbera Jaume deposited BALTASAR SAMPER, COMPOSITOR: EL REDESCOBRIMENT D’UN MÚSIC CATALÀ A L’EXILI in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 6 years, 8 months agoBaltasar Samper i Marquès (1888-1966), from Majorca, was one of the most prominent musicians of the first third of the 20th century, forming part of the musical elite of Catalonia until the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. A long exile, first in France and later in Mexico, from where he was never to return, pushed him into the background an…[Read more]
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Bernd Brabec de Mori deposited Shipibo Laughing Songs and the Transformative Faculty: Performing or Becoming the Other (2013) in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 6 years, 10 months agoShipibo indigenous people perform a sophisticated array of vocal musical genres, including short ‘laughing songs’ called osanti. These song-jokes make fun of certain non-humans, mostly animals. They are by definition sung from within the non-humans’ perspective. Osanti are only performed by trained specialists in indigenous medicine and sorce…[Read more]
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Andrew J. Eisenberg deposited Mobilising African music: how mobile telecommunications and technology firms are transforming African music sectors in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 7 years agoThis paper explores the role of mobile telecommunication and technology firms (MTTs) in the distribution of recorded music in Ghana and Kenya. These countries both have vibrant music markets with weak formal distribution networks. Limited enforcement of copyright regimes and weak market regulation created new entrepreneurial business models. While…[Read more]
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Andrew J. Eisenberg deposited De la musique «afro» et de la résonance du Benga / “Afro” Music and the Resonance of Benga in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 7 years agoAn essay written for the catalog for the exhibition, “Benga: Kenyan Kaleidoscope” (Bureau Sepän). Originally written in English; French translation by Gabriella Seemann.
Abstract from the catalog:
Se référant à une performance musicale à laquelle il a assisté et impliquant l’un des musiciens les plus en vue du Kenya, Dan Aceda, dans cet ess…[Read more] -
Dileep Karanth deposited Amir Khusrau’s Contributions to Indian Music: A Preliminary Survey in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 7 years, 2 months agoIn this paper we attempt the beginning of a critical study of Amir Khusrau’s contributions to Indian music. A very important book Hazrat Amīr Khusro kā ‘ilm-e-musīqī (The Music of Amir Khusrau), by Rashid Malik, exists in Urdu, which deals extensively with this subject. Unfortunately it is still unavailable in English. This paper draws heavily…[Read more]
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Dileep Karanth deposited The Indian Oboe Reexamined in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 7 years, 2 months agoIn this article we propose to reignite a debate regarding the origin shawm (śahnāī or surnā) that had been started by Nazir Jairazbhoy in 1970 , and taken up by him again in 1980, in response to interesting suggestions by Deva and Dick.
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Kariann Goldschmitt deposited From Rio to São Paulo: Shifting Urban Landscapes and Global Strategies for Brazilian Music in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months agoRecently, international media outlets have celebrated São Paulo for its cosmopolitan musical output and its vibrant street art scenes. That discourse connected the city other generative periods in the histories of so-called “global cities,” such as New York of the 1970s. In those cities, the simultaneous developments of multiple creative scenes…[Read more]
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Amadeu Corbera Jaume deposited Música i industrialització a Menorca in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 7 years, 8 months agoSinging while working and working while singing have appeared to be, throughout history, the same social activity without a clear or categorical distinction. In this paper we explore this field in the industrial shoemaking environment in Menorca (Balearic Islands), regarding it as a social process of adaptation and resistance against contemporary…[Read more]
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Stephe Harrop deposited “It Happens in Ballads”: Scotland, Utopia, and Traditional Song in The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart in the group
Ethnomusicology on Humanities Commons 7 years, 9 months agoIn the National Theatre of Scotland’s The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart (2011), the eponymous heroine is a collector of ballads, who views her role as the loving preservation of traditional artworks. However, Prudencia’s perspective is challenged by her late-night encounter with the sinister Nick, whose own passion for collecting forces Pru…[Read more]
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