MI week 3
This week your guest lecturer is Dr. Karim Gillani.
Tuesday (3a)
Due today
Report on the following 3 items, 1-2 paragraphs each:
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:
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) the following videos: A Voice from Heaven: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and A Call to the West.
Class
Qawwali and Sufi popular music of South Asia (Karim Gillani, guest lecturer)