Sonic ethnography : identity, heritage and creative research practice in Basilicata, southern Italy /
Sonic ethnography reveals how sound plays a central role in the performance of local identities in the southern Italian region of Basilicata. By exploring the soundscape of tree rituals, carnivals, pilgrimages, informal musical performances and sound archives, the book focuses on the relational and...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Anthropology, creative practice and ethnography.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- When the trees resound : towards a sonic ethnography of the Maggio festival in Accettura
- Soundmasks in resounding places : listening to the Campanaccio of San Mauro Forte
- Sonic devotion and sonic control : struggles for power over a festival soundscape
- Sounds and images of nostalgia : the revival of Lucanian wheat festivals
- Voices across the ocean : recorded memories and diasporic identity in the archive of Giuseppe Chiaffitella
- Doing research in sound : music-making as creative intervention
- Photographing as an anthropologist : notes on developing a photo-ethnographic practice in Basilicata.