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* Gnawa folklorization, festivalization, popularization, fusion, locally and globally | * Gnawa folklorization, festivalization, popularization, fusion, locally and globally | ||
Lcate some relevant online media | Lcate some relevant online media. | ||
Prepare to present your article and media in class by: | |||
* summarizing the content, illustrated with an online example or two (video, audio, image, map...) | * 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.'' | 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 == | == Class == | ||
Presentations as per above. | Presentations as per above. | ||
Revision as of 08:56, 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.
Prepare to 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.