10 research outputs found
Review of Sustainable Futures for Music Cultures: An Ecological Perspective
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A Mysterious Island in the Digital Age: Technology and Musical Life in Ulleungdo, South Korea
This paper contributes to the growing body of ethnomusicological research about music-making on small islands, focusing on the remote South Korean island of Ulleungdo (literally, ‘Mysterious Island’). Historically, a number of factors have conspired to present serious obstacles to the Ulleungdo islanders' musical aspirations. However, since the early 1990s, enterprising amateurs have managed to generate and maintain a variety of musical activities in spite of these obstacles: church ensembles, karaoke, saxophone clubs, and more. Paralleling other island music studies, this paper seeks to show how the condition of being an Ulleungdo islander—entailing a complex of varied experiences, values, and relationships—has informed music-making over the years. However, here, the discussion remains firmly focused upon the islanders' use of technology since an acute reliance on technology has come to permeate Ulleungdo's musical life, with certain electronic devices commonly regarded as essential facilitators of musical expression. Drawing from the islanders' own testimonies, studies of Ulleungdo's cultural history, and works addressing technology's applications within and effects upon local communities, the authors explore how and why this condition of musical techno-reliance developed, how it is manifest in the present-day, and its broader implications for the island's music culture and identity
Review of Community Music in Oceania: Many Voices, One Horizon, by Brydie-Leigh Bartleet, Melissa Cain, Diana Tolmie, Anne Power, and Mari Shiobara
VOICES FROM “UNDER-THE-GARLAND”: SINGING, CHRISTIANITY, AND CULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN CHUUK, MICRONESIA
Frederick Lau & Christine R. Yano (eds.), Making Waves: Traveling Musics in Hawai?i, Asia, and the Pacific. (2018)
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JSTOR link to article (restricted access) https://www.jstor.org/stable/2665437
Review of Guitar Style, Open Tunings, and Stringband Music in Papua New Guinea, by Denis Crowdy
Chanting Diplomacy: Music, Conflict, and Social Cohesion in Micronesia
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