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Read these introductions to African musical ethnography selectively...observing:
Read these introductions to African musical ethnography selectively...observing and comparing:


* research aims
* research aims
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Introductions are taken from the following works:
Introductions are taken from the following works:


1. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33334360 Friedson, Steven: ''Dancing Prophets''], 1996 [http://books.google.com/books?id=Oe6Tu_dscbgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=friedson+dancing+prophets&source=bl&ots=SRNcym_exN&sig=2WhpiqMb498VOgelIHkddox5-Pg&hl=en&ei=l5vCS4ymMOTgnQe4u6j2BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false] (There's an accompanying film but our library seems to have lost it; I'll try to bring it)<br>
1. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33334360 Friedson, Steven: ''Dancing Prophets''], 1996 [http://books.google.com/books?id=Oe6Tu_dscbgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=friedson+dancing+prophets&source=bl&ots=SRNcym_exN&sig=2WhpiqMb498VOgelIHkddox5-Pg&hl=en&ei=l5vCS4ymMOTgnQe4u6j2BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false] ([https://drive.google.com/file/d/122D9wTvGiTPY6bv5mlo75vWKKrqMSjH2/view?usp=sharing and an accompanying film])<br>
2. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4563029 Berliner, Paul:  ''The Soul of Mbira''], 1978 [http://books.google.com/books?id=ag_85hJI9aMC&pg=RA1-PA222&dq=free+The+Soul+of+Mbira+berliner&ei=GpzCS-zZMorANe2C3LYH&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false] (you may like to hear the accompanying album:  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHpGRJKfzAM]<br>
2. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4563029 Berliner, Paul:  ''The Soul of Mbira''], 1978 [http://books.google.com/books?id=ag_85hJI9aMC&pg=RA1-PA222&dq=free+The+Soul+of+Mbira+berliner&ei=GpzCS-zZMorANe2C3LYH&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false] (you may like to hear the accompanying album:  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHpGRJKfzAM]<br>
3. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4591358 Chernoff, John: ''African Rhythm and African Sensibility''], 1979 [http://www.amazon.com/African-Rhythm-Sensibility-Aesthetics-Musical/dp/0226103455/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271045207&sr=8-1] ([https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=103279&xtid=10510 he also co-produced this film])<br>
3. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4591358 Chernoff, John: ''African Rhythm and African Sensibility''], 1979 [http://www.amazon.com/African-Rhythm-Sensibility-Aesthetics-Musical/dp/0226103455/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271045207&sr=8-1] ([https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=103279&xtid=10510 he also co-produced this film])<br>
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5. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7597881 Besmer, Fremont:  ''Horses, Musicians & Gods''], 1983<br>
5. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7597881 Besmer, Fremont:  ''Horses, Musicians & Gods''], 1983<br>
6. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/469056820 Keil, Charles:  ''Tiv Song''], 1979<br>
6. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/469056820 Keil, Charles:  ''Tiv Song''], 1979<br>
'''[http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MENAME/M666/Ethnographies.pdf Click here to retrieve sample ethnographic introductions]'''

Latest revision as of 01:09, 18 January 2022

Click here to retrieve "Ethnographies.pdf" (sample ethnographic introductions)

Read these introductions to African musical ethnography selectively...observing and comparing:

  • research aims
  • theory, presuppositions, prejudices, "where the author's coming from"
  • author's position and angle in the field, experience, relation to music and performance
  • field methods
  • writing style, apparent audience, self-presentation
  • organization (table of contents)
  • historical period (intellectual climate, development of ethnomusicology...)

Introductions are taken from the following works:

1. Friedson, Steven: Dancing Prophets, 1996 [1] (and an accompanying film)
2. Berliner, Paul: The Soul of Mbira, 1978 [2] (you may like to hear the accompanying album: [3]
3. Chernoff, John: African Rhythm and African Sensibility, 1979 [4] (he also co-produced this film)
4. Kisliuk, Michelle: Seize the Dance!, 1998 [5]
5. Besmer, Fremont: Horses, Musicians & Gods, 1983
6. Keil, Charles: Tiv Song, 1979