MI week 3

This week your guest lecturers are Dr. Karim Gillani. and Dr. Regula Qureshi.

Tuesday (3a)

Due today

Report on the following 3 items, 1-2 paragraphs each, with a submission on eClass.

1) The Ismaili "Ginan" Tradition from the Indian Subcontinent

Author(s): Karim Gillani
Source: Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 2 (December 2004), pp. 175-185
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/23062807

[note: from off campus you may have to log in before being able to access the above jstor link. In a pinch, navigate to jstor via the UofA Library site, then search for the above title.]

2) Ginan (Hymn): Hearing and Reciting within the Indo-Muslim Cultural Context, by Karim Gillani

3) Two videos: Ginan recited by Abida Parveen in the presence of the H. H. Aga Khan, and Ab Teri Muhabbat Lagi: Ginan by Pir Shams. Take notes; what strikes you about these performances? To what music do they connect?

Class

Introduction to Ismaili Ginan within its Indo-Muslim Cultural Context (Karim Gillani, guest lecturer)

Thursday (3b)

Due today

Report on the following 3 items (1 reading, 2 documentaries) - as usual, one or two paragraphs each. Don't forget to include a critical assessment as well as content summary in each case.

1) North Indian Sufi Popular Music in the Age of Hindu and Muslim Fundamentalism
Author(s): Peter Manuel
Source: Ethnomusicology, Vol. 52, No. 3 (Fall, 2008), pp. 378-400
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20174605
2) A Voice from Heaven: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
3) A Call to the West.

Class

Qawwali and Sufi popular music of South Asia (Karim Gillani, guest lecturer)