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Syncretism from an Islamic perspective: spirit propitiation groups | 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: | Read/listen/browse the “Gnawa Stories” website: | ||
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Using | Using [http://www.jstor.org.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/ jstor] locate one recent scholarly article about Gnawa or Gnawa music, including: | ||
locate one recent scholarly article about Gnawa or Gnawa music, including: | * Gnawa history | ||
* history | * current ethnography of Gnawa, their social life, rituals and music | ||
* current ethnography | * Gnawa folklorization, festivalization, popularization, fusion, locally and globally | ||
* folklorization, festivalization, popularization, fusion | |||
Lcate some relevant online media if possible. | |||
Present your article in class by | Present your article and media in class by | ||
* summarizing the content | * summarizing the content, illustrated with an online example or two (video, audio, image, map...) | ||
* offering a critique in light of the “Gnawa stories” website, and what you have learned about music and Islam in the course thus far. | * offering a critique in light of the “Gnawa stories” website, and what you have learned about music and Islam in the course thus far. | ||
Submit a one-page summary/critique of your article (along with the article's title/author/date) on eClass 10a. ''Please do this before class so that I can access the materials for your in-class presentation.'' | |||
== Class == | |||
Presentations as per above. | |||
Revision as of 08:55, 31 October 2015
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 jstor locate one recent scholarly article about Gnawa or Gnawa music, including:
- Gnawa history
- current ethnography of Gnawa, their social life, rituals and music
- Gnawa folklorization, festivalization, popularization, fusion, locally and globally
Lcate some relevant online media if possible.
Present your article and media in class by
- summarizing the content, illustrated with an online example or two (video, audio, image, map...)
- offering a critique in light of the “Gnawa stories” website, and what you have learned about music and Islam in the course thus far.
Submit a one-page summary/critique of your article (along with the article's title/author/date) on eClass 10a. Please do this before class so that I can access the materials for your in-class presentation.
Class
Presentations as per above.