MI week 10

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Syncretism from an Islamic perspective: spirit propitiation groups

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Spirit healing groups: Gnawa and Zar

GNAWA:

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 (http://www.jstor.org.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/ ) locate one recent scholarly article about Gnawa or Gnawa music, including:

  • history
  • current ethnography
  • folklorization, festivalization, popularization, fusion

Present your article in class by

  • summarizing the content
  • offering a critique in light of the “Gnawa stories” website, and what you have learned about music and Islam in the course thus far.
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