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  • 15:50, 28 March 2024Music, Sound, and Architecture in Islam (hist | edit) ‎[1,038 bytes]Michaelf (talk | contribs) (Created page with "= Tuesday (13a) = Music, Sound, and Architecture in Islam: how are space and sound mutually constitutive, in relation to spirituality and politics? == Due == * ''Optionally'', read: [https://www-taylorfrancis-com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003401001-12/sonorous-audible-mosque-michael-frishkopf?context=ubx&refId=750b1559-ba43-4e60-9dac-1f07594c4b0c The Sonorous, Audible Mosque], in ''Mosque : approaches to art and architecture'', edite...")
  • 19:20, 15 March 2024More on various Islamic communities & their music (hist | edit) ‎[4,272 bytes]Michaelf (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Note: Tuesday Dr Karim Gillani will join us; please briefly review the [https://www.artsrn.ualberta.ca/ccewiki/index.php/Other_Shi%CA%BFa_groups_and_practices#Tuesday_(9a) readings and viewings I distributed for him previously]. He has also kindly shared links to his own music, which you may like to listen to prior to his visit: 1) Daur-e-Hayyat: Time of Life: lyrics: Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar https://youtu.be/uTZM4UL5lyg?si=TXV5cnbsvWRufVSc 2) Chal Chal Bulleya: Let...") originally created as "More syncretic Islamic communities & music"
  • 09:55, 2 March 2024Other Shiʿa groups and practices (hist | edit) ‎[7,771 bytes]Michaelf (talk | contribs) (Created page with " = Tuesday (9a) = Isma'ilism: beliefs and language performance practices: Ginan == Due today == * Read [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ouYX70DzsJalXGlzsQxY74QcgsJz6eCZ?usp=drive_link these two articles] by our special guest, Dr. Karim Gillani, PhD == Class == = Thursday (9b) = TBD == Due today == == Class == Report and discussion: Hemmasi, Farzaneh. 2013. “Intimating Dissent: Popular Song, Poetry, and Politics in Pre-Revolutionary Iran.” Ethnomu...") originally created as "Shiʿa and Ashurāʾ part 2"
  • 00:57, 10 February 2024More about Sufi music, and Islam on the Edges: the Caribbean (hist | edit) ‎[12,786 bytes]Michaelf (talk | contribs) (Created page with " === More on Sufi inshad === I'd like to follow up with more examples of Sufi inshad and madih, both within the tariqa liturgies, and more generally within the broader scope of informal Sufism, the mystical dimension of Islam, often focusing on devotion to the Prophet: madih, naʿt - central themes of inshad and qawwali. Such devotions are particularly intense on Muslim holidays, particularly Mawlid, Ramadan, and Israʾ wa Miʿraj * Tawashih Diniyya and Ibtihalat: c...") originally created as "More about Sufi music"
  • 16:59, 20 January 2024Kanopy films on Islam (hist | edit) ‎[558 bytes]Michaelf (talk | contribs) (Created page with "[https://www.kanopy.com/en/ualberta/video/137571 Inside the Koran]")
  • 13:55, 16 January 2024Links on Arabic script and calligraphy (hist | edit) ‎[548 bytes]Michaelf (talk | contribs) (Created page with "* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBYFPI8gIt4 technique of the calligrapher * http://web.stanford.edu/dept/lc/arabic/alphabet/ (really nice site - you can see each letter, watch it being drawn, and hear its sound) * http://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=script_detail&key=Arab (technical discussion of the alphabet and script) * http://www.omniglot.com/charts/print/arabic.pdf (a chart) * http://www.omniglot.com/writing/arabic.htm (more) * http://www.masters...")
  • 20:10, 8 January 2024Popular Islamic music: local and global (hist | edit) ‎[11,157 bytes]Michaelf (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This week: [https://www.artsrn.ualberta.ca/fwa_mediawiki/index.php?title=Islamic_performance_genres#Popular_Islamic_sounds_.28in_the_.22Muslim_world.22_and_elsewhere....29:_the_local_and_the_global The local and the global: Islam in western (global) musical genres] = Thursday (12b) = Islamic punk (taqwacore) and African American Islamic hip hop == Due == Read [https://sites.la.utexas.edu/mhc/files/2009/10/swedenburg_us.pdf Islam in the Mix: Lessons of the Five Pe...") originally created as "Popular Islamic youth music: local and global"
  • 20:10, 8 January 2024Syncretic Islamic communities & their music (hist | edit) ‎[19,695 bytes]Michaelf (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Syncretism from an Islamic perspective: spirit propitiation/healing groups and practices combining Islamic and sub-saharan Africa: '''Gnawa and Zar''' = Tuesday (10a) = '''GNAWA''' == Due == Read/listen/browse the “Gnawa Stories” website: https://www.ibiblio.org/gnawastories/ Be prepared to outline the history and rituals of the Gnawa in class. Using [http://www.jstor.org.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/ jstor] locate one recent scholarly article abou...") originally created as "Syncretic spirit ritual music and social groups"
  • 20:10, 8 January 2024Shiʿa and Ashurāʾ: localizations and practices (hist | edit) ‎[9,424 bytes]Michaelf (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Ashura' and Muharram, continued. Current events - Ashura: [http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/10/23/ashura-2015-shiite-muslims-mark-martyrdom-mass-flagellation-ceremonies_n_8369442.html Ashura 2015: Shiite Muslims Mark Martyrdom Of Imam Hussein] [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/25/world/asia/isis-claims-responsibility-for-attack-in-bangladesh-targeting-shias.html?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&smprod=nytcore-ipad&_r=0 NYTimes: ISIS Claims Responsibility for Attack in Bangl...")
  • 20:09, 8 January 2024Shiʿa and Ashurāʾ: The Mainstream Ithnā ʿashariyya traditions (hist | edit) ‎[11,711 bytes]Michaelf (talk | contribs) (Created page with " = Tuesday (8a) = Language performance and Shia Islam. Ashura' falls on Saturday, Oct 23. NOTE: The Shia represent roughly 10-12% of the world's Muslims. Large Shia populations (> 1 million) can be found in Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, India, Yemen, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Lebanon. The following countries are predominantly (>50%) Shia: Iran, Bahrain, Azerbaijan, Iraq. Because Shia fundamentally believe in a line of imams, c...") originally created as "Shiʿa and Ashurāʾ"
  • 20:09, 8 January 2024Sufism and Islamicate musics (hist | edit) ‎[5,523 bytes]Michaelf (talk | contribs) (Created page with " = Tuesday (7a) = Sufism, Sufi music, and its relation to Islamicate music (continued). == Due today == * Read: ** [http://ualberta.worldcat.org/title/sufism-an-introduction-to-the-mystical-tradition-of-islam/oclc/642843259&referer=brief_results ''Sufism: an introduction to the mystical tradition of Islam''], by Carl Ernst, chapter 4 (pp. 81-119) ** ''Islam: An Introduction'', by Annemarie Schimmmel, pp. 101-126 (Mystical Islam and Sufi Brotherhoods ; Popular Piety a...")
  • 20:09, 8 January 2024Introduction to Sufism and Sufi music (hist | edit) ‎[7,481 bytes]Michaelf (talk | contribs) (Created page with " = Tuesday (6a) = Sufism, Sufi music, and its relation to Islamicate music == Due today == '''PLEASE SUBMIT ALL OVERDUE WORK!''' I went to grade your assignments last weekend but found that I have received less than half of submissions thus far. Oct 6 is amnesty due day on late penalties. Please submit all overdue work by today, via eClass. After today I'll start to deduct points for lateness. (On time assignments before today will receive extra credit.) A Remind...")
  • 20:08, 8 January 2024Music and Samāʿ (hist | edit) ‎[13,775 bytes]Michaelf (talk | contribs) (Created page with " = Tuesday (5a) = Muslim discourses about the legitimacy of music and sound, in ritual or in general: historical debates == Due today == Two page report on the following readings: submit on [https://eclass.srv.ualberta.ca/course/view.php?id=26311 eClass]. # Read Nelson, ''The Art of Reciting the Qur'an'', chapter 3: The Sama` Polemic. '''OR''' read "The samā' Controversy: Sufi vs. Legalist", by Arthur Gribetz, Studia Islamica, No. 74 (1991), pp. 43-62. URL: ht...")
  • 20:08, 8 January 2024Inshād and Language Performance. Islamicate music. (hist | edit) ‎[15,469 bytes]Michaelf (talk | contribs) (Created page with " = Tuesday (4a) = Islam as Musical Catalyst (Islamicate Music) and Islam as Sonic Ritual (Islamic Language Performance) == Due today == Two page report on the following three works (2 readings and 1 film excerpt); submit on [https://eclass.srv.ualberta.ca/course/view.php?id=26311 eClass] 4a * [http://www.jstor.org/stable/834292 "Min al-Mashāyikh": A View of Egyptian Musical Tradition], by Virginia Danielson. Asian Music. Vol. 22, No. 1 (Autumn, 1990 - Winter, 1991),...") originally created as "Inshād, Language Performance"
  • 20:07, 8 January 2024Core ritual sounds: Adhān, Qurʾān, Duʿāʾ (hist | edit) ‎[12,848 bytes]Michaelf (talk | contribs) (Created page with "= Tuesday (2a) = == Due today == Report including the following four works - address each in 1-2 paragraphs, and submit on eClass 2a. * al-Said, Labib. [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MI/Quran/Labib%20al-Said%20-%20The%20Recited%20Quran.pdf The Recited Koran], pp. 11-27, 53-76 * Frishkopf, Michael. [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/Mediated_Quranic_recitation_offprint.pdf Mediated Qur'anic Recitation and the Contestation of Islam in Contemporary Eg...")
  • 20:07, 8 January 2024Introduction to Music and Islam (hist | edit) ‎[12,636 bytes]Michaelf (talk | contribs) (Created page with "= Tuesday (1a) = == Class == === Greetings and introductions to ourselves === assalamu alaykum السلام عليكم  - Peace be upon you wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh وعليكم السلام ورحمة الله وبركاته  - And upon you peace and God's mercy and blessings === Greetings and Introduction to Islam and Islam & Music === (and the role of Arabs and the Arabic language) '''Islam''': الاسلام   Islamic Creed (al-Shahad...")
  • 14:14, 7 January 2024Michael Frishkopf's research on the Sounds of Islam (hist | edit) ‎[6,413 bytes]Michaelf (talk | contribs) (Created page with "* [https://doi-org.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/10.1386/pi_00012_1 The sonic performance of Islamic congregational prayer: Ṣalāh in mainstream Egyptian practice]. ''Performing Islam'', Volume 9, Numbers 1-2, December 2021, pp. 5-114 (110 pages) * Frishkopf, Michael. [https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/yjmr/vol4/iss1/2/ Paralinguistic Ramification of Language Performance in Islamic Ritual], ''Yale Journal of Music and Religion'', Vol. 4, No. 1, 2018. * Frishkopf,...")
  • 14:37, 1 January 2024MENAME course outline Winter 2024 (hist | edit) ‎[20,093 bytes]Michaelf (talk | contribs) (Created page with "* THIS PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION * Quick links to... * this page: http://bit.ly/mename23 <br> * main MENAME page: http://bit.ly/mename * schedule page: http://bit.ly/mename23s <br> * eClass page: http://bit.ly/mename23e <br> * Google Drive folder: http://bit.ly/mename23g (repertoire, some readings, assignments, and other materials are stored here along with the schedule) '''MENAME foci for 2023: Egypt, Iran, Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, Nubia, Turkey''' Use [http://bit.ly/...")