1. The terms “use” and “function” are described by Merriam whereas “use” is the concept studied is to increase factual knowledge directly. “Function“ is “an attempt to increase factual knowledge indirectly through the deeper comprehension of the significance of the phenomenon studied.” (Merriam 209) Scholars in the field tend to agree with Merriam’s assessment for the most part. The only point in question that I gathered from the readings is that there is some discrepancy whether all the activities
For my second concert, I attended a percussion ensemble. There was really no proper title to the concert. It was directed by Daniel Smithiger. The percussionists were SIUE students and a guest conductor/ performer, Professor Megan Arns, from the University of Missouri. Professor Arns has performed in many countries. She is a percussionist and educator. She also has experience with marching band. There was a total of eight songs performed during the concert I attended. The first song performed by
University of Oklahoma The Influence of European Colonialism in African Music By Eugenia Galan MUNM 3113 Dr. David Howard January 9th, 2017 "Music is a vital aspect of the daily lives of people throughout sub-Saharan Africa." In their book, "World Music: A Global Journey", Miller and Andrew recognized that music is the epitome of Africa as it represents a great sense of culture and identity. Therefore, the act of altering, or influencing
When you think of fierce animals fighting for the top spot of the Safari or beautiful cherry blossoms flowing over a river, does Africa and Japan come to mind? If so you are correct, these two places share similarities and differences but still thrive because from their ancient history. All humans descend from ancient Africa, to keep track of history, griots pass it down to each generation. Africa was best known for their landforms such as the Sahara Desert, Nile River, Congo Rainforest, and the
used music politically as a way of resisting colonial culture without confrontation, so that the indigenous people could maintain their own culture. As seen in the following quote from the article Colonial resettlement and cultural resistance: the mbira music of Zimbabwe music is described as “the intellectual conception of a conflict to a practical way for parties to engage with a struggle.” Which assists in strengthening the idea that music can influential on a community and helps unite people in
Mahmoud Farhat Dr. Vera H. Flaig MHIS 130 – 002 1 December 2014 Journal Entry 2 – Chapter Ten It is in no way arguable that the term polyvocality was used in Chapter Ten in both intriguing and compelling ways. To begin, the term polyvocality is a derivation of the word polyphony, which can best be explained as a musical element of “many sounds or parts.” Therefore the term polyvocality itself can best be defined as an element of “many voices.” Polyvocality is applied in this chapter because this
more Africans in Mexico than there were Europeans up until 1810 (Wycoff, Aug 17th-19th). Africans contributed a lot to Mexico and you can still see this evident in Mexico today. The Africans brought a lot of musical influence, they introduced the mbira, lamellopene, and marimba. The types of music the Africans brought over to Mexico are still being played such as the song La Bamba. (Wycoff, Aug 17th-19th). The Africans also created a corrido, which is a ballad form in which they were able to communicate
Korean music has changed dramatically over the past decade, most recently in the craze with pop. This essay will focus on the Korean Wave with emphasis on K-POP in terms of the sound history and culture it has created. I argue that a music genre has never been this successful in penetrating the outside world and combining culture. As this music genre is relatively new, just two decades, the traditional sense of the music must be taken with a grain of salt. I will space this paper out into three areas
George, Rosemary Marangoly, and Helen Scott. "An Interview with Tsitsi Dangarembga." Novel (Spring 1993):309-319. [This interview was conducted at the African Writers Festival, Brown Univ., Nov. 1991] Excerpt from Introduction: "Written when the author was twenty-five, Nervous Conditions put Dangarembga at the forefront of the younger generation of African writers producing literature in English today....Nervous Conditions highlights that which is often effaced in postcolonial African
Through the social model, disability is understood as an unequal relationship within a society in which the needs of people with impairments are often given little or no consideration. People with impairments are disabled by the fact that they are excluded from participation within the mainstream of society as a result of physical, organizational and attitudinal barriers(Carson, G) (www.leeds.ac.uk). These barriers prevent them from gaining equal access to information, education, employment, public
The Relevancy of Ethnomusicology to the Study of British Folk Music Ethnomusicology has an image problem. Insofar as anyone has heard of ethnomusicologists at all, there is a fairly common feeling (and not unjustified, bearing in mind what ethnomusicologists collectively seem to do) that ethnomusicology is, exclusively, the study of non-Western musics. Actually, this isn't so. Ethnomusicologists study Western traditions also, albeit not in huge numbers in Britain – but even here, our sparseness