Essays about: "ethnomusicology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word ethnomusicology.

  1. 1. Experiencing Lockrop : A phenomenological approach to contemporary practice of Swedish herding calls

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för musikvetenskap

    Author : Elizabeth Carlyon; [2023]
    Keywords : herding calls; folk music; lockrop; forest; nature; ethnography; music; ethnomusicology; phenomenology; performance; well-being; performance anxiety; aesthetics; interview; participant-observation; autoethnography; kulning; Sweden; musical practice;

    Abstract : The purpose of this master’s thesis is to gain knowledge and understand of contemporary lockrop(Swedish herding calls) practices from the perspectives of those who engage with it. It aims to dothis by paying close attention to the nuanced phenomenological aspects that may shape experiencewithin the moment in which practice occurs. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Effects of Globalisation, Modernization and Politics on the Apprenticeship of Dāphā Music : An Ethnographic Study from Tahnani, Kirtipur, Nepal

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för musikvetenskap

    Author : Rabindra Maharjan; [2021]
    Keywords : Music in Nepal; Dāphā Music; Musical Apprenticeship; Ethnomusicology; Music and Globalisation;

    Abstract : This dissertation explores the changing apprenticeship environment within the Dāphā Khalaḥ from Kirtipur Newar communities. The Dāphā music tradition comes from Nepal and is one of the oldest music traditions in South Asia.  This tradition has been practiced for centuries by the Newars, the indigenous people of Kathmandu. READ MORE

  4. 3. Feel It In Your Body : Hybridization of Musical Habitus in Swedish Cultural-Educational Tourism to Ghana

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för musikvetenskap

    Author : Nicole Vickers; [2014]
    Keywords : ethnomusicology; musicology; phenomenology; hybridisation; musical habitus; cultural tourism; polyrhythm; musiketnologi; musikvetenskap; fenomenologi; hybridisering; musikaliska habitus; kulturresor; polyrytm;

    Abstract : On the surface the practice of African musics and dances in Sweden seems to be evidence of otherization and exoticization of African cultures. However, those Swedes of non-African background who do African musics and dances are genuinely engaged with the practice in the sense that they participate wholeheartedly and seem to both value and feel positive outcomes from their participation. READ MORE

  5. 4. Constructing music culture

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

    Author : Mikko Jokela; [2013-06-19]
    Keywords : composition; worldbuilding; culture; anthropology; ethnomusicology;

    Abstract : This essay explores the creative possibilities of worldbuilding applied to music. It presents anthropological approaches to analysing music culture, and settles upon four main factors (meaning – situation – performance – content) as a basis for a creation of a fictional culture. READ MORE

  6. 5. Songs of an epidemic : responding to HIV/AIDS through song, poetry and drama in Nakuru, Kenya

    University essay from Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

    Author : Elias Rådelius; [2012]
    Keywords : Health Belief Model; Social Cognitive Theory; Medical Ethnomusicology; HIV AIDS; Nakuru; Kenya;

    Abstract : This study examines the use of songs, poems and drama to raise awareness of, and respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nakuru, Kenya. The primary focus is that of youth-oriented interventions, but additional examples are also examined and analyzed. READ MORE