The purpose of this research is to examine past and present Indigenous music and how both interconnect in a continuum of sound and meaning. This research is intended to address the value and benefits of Indigenous music in today’s society based on the past practice of music as an integral aspect of all elements of life. With a main focus on Northern Plains knowledge of music, elements of continuity illustrate how Indigenous music promotes resistance, social change and healing for both rural and urban Indigenous peoples. The research methodology is based on an Indigenous knowledge framework that prioritizes the study of Indigenous music through an Indigenous lens. Interviews with musicians and ceremonialists confirm that Indigenous music relates to and is embedded in the physical, political, economical and spiritual worlds. Through a trans-disciplinary approach, this thesis allows reconsideration of the place and space in which Indigenous music dwells within our current culture. By reassessing the limited definitions of traditional, this study shows that the idea of Indigenous music becomes an emancipatory, evolving and constant stream of consciousness embedded in the adaptations of our people. With the interviewees’ knowledge, I have constructed a unique understanding of Indigenous music, how it adapts with modernization, yet maintains an original intention, purpose, meaning and message. Indigenous worldview, consisting of ceremonies, protocols, teachings and knowledge of history, ensures continued existence through song and music. I focused on the drum, women’s roles, prayers, language and hip hop as examples of resistance within Indigenous nations. As we begin to consider decolonization strategies within Indigenous communities, musicians and ceremonialists serve an essential role in this process.

No abstract / Mini Dissertation (MMus)--University of Pretoria, 2016. / Music / MMus / Unrestricted

Submitted by NICOLÁS RAMIREZ SALABERRY null (nicorasan@gmail.com) on 2017-09-12T02:57:23Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Nicolás Ramírez Salaberry - Mestrado - Mandú-Çarará - Repositório - 2017.pdf: 4580327 bytes, checksum: 0bfee1c0b87c1e3040b2be624872d264 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Monique Sasaki (sayumi_sasaki@hotmail.com) on 2017-09-12T17:43:45Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 salaberry_nr_me_ia.pdf: 4580327 bytes, checksum: 0bfee1c0b87c1e3040b2be624872d264 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-12T17:43:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 salaberry_nr_me_ia.pdf: 4580327 bytes, checksum: 0bfee1c0b87c1e3040b2be624872d264 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-07-28 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Esta dissertação pretende estudar múltiplos aspectos, presentes no Poema sinfônico Mandú-Çarará de Heitor Villa-Lobos, que possam estar relacionados com determinadas características identificadas na música indígena brasileira tratada por autores significativos, bem como, refletidos nos estudos mais recentes sobre o “elemento indígena” em Villa-Lobos. O Poema sinfônico Mandú-Çarará, que integra o conjunto de obras do compositor com esta temática indígena, foi elaborado a partir de relatos nativos recolhidos por João Barbosa Rodrigues (1890). Na busca por compreender as diferentes narrativas dos textos envolvidos, analisaremos a estrutura morfológica de cada uma delas. Destacaremos também aspectos musicais da obra que possam remeter às manifestações musicais indígenas. Finalmente, será apresentada uma possível relação entre o texto cantado e a música da obra. / This essay intends to study the multiple aspects from Heitor Villa-Lobos's Mandú-Çarará Symphonic Poem, which may be related to certain characteristics identified in Brazilian indigenous music studied by significant authors, as well as reflected in the most recent studies about the "indigenous element" in Villa-Lobos. The Mandú-Çarará symphonic poem, which integrates the composer’s set of works with the indigenous theme, was elaborated from native accounts collected by João Barbosa Rodrigues (1890). In the search to understand the different narratives from the texts involved in the work, we will analyze the morphological structure of each of them. We will also highlight musical aspects of the work that may refer to indigenous musical manifestations. Finally, a possible relation between the sung text and the work's music will be presented.

Policy goals stipulated by the Ministry of Education of the post-colonial government of Malawi advocate music education and inclusion of indigenous music in education. In spite of such stipulations, music education is non-practical and the integration of indigenous music in education is unsatisfactory. This thesis attempts to address these issues while focusing on the meaning and purpose of music to Malawians. The thesis begins by tracing the history of music in classroom education in Malawi from 1875 to the present with an attempt to investigate the factors that have contributed to the current crisis in music in schools. This historical-ethnographic study sets out to demonstrate that the ideals and practices of foreign religions as well as Western education denied indigenous music of Malawians a place in classroom education as well as inside and outside the church or the mosque. The thesis strives to portray the consequences of this denial on issues of purpose, outcome, content, methodology and support for music education; trends in indigenous music in ethnic societies; policy goals and statements of music education in the Malawian education; and attitude towards music and music education. Adopting the approaches of both musicology and ethnomusicology, the thesis discusses the role played by indigenous music in ethnic societies and the rationalised views of this music as provided by the musically informed native Malawian practitioners. This discussion further demonstrates how indigenous music structures reflect the social realities of Malawians such as the sharing of resources and theories of life. The thesis argues musical issues that would be the basis for remedying the crisis in music education. A philosophical proposition for modern music education, and the significance of indigenous music in classroom education are argued. An introduction to music education that promotes the use of indigenous music in study and performance is suggested. Sources relied on in the thesis include published and unpublished studies of music and music education; audio/video recordings; and field research undertaken to obtain information about existing indigenous music and their knowledge systems known in Malawian ethnic societies, but not yet covered by existing publications. / Thesis (DMus)--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Music / unrestricted

The purpose of this research is to understand the senses of the sound practice called “música propia” (own music) in the ontology of Misak amerindian collective, that inhabits the southwest of Colombia, through an ethnography. The central concerns were triggered during a dialogic relationship in a participant observation that was modulated by the visual and auditory perceptions. These are the main two points: what do the Misaks call “música propia”, and what do they mean with the frequent claim that “música propia” differs from the "chirimía". The latter consists of a type of musical ensemble that has been associated with festive and catholic practices which manifests itself in different variations, common near the Misak territory and in other regions of the country. The sonority of the “música propia” comes from the mixing of two flutes timbres and two or more drums, whose sounds refer to the presence of non-human alterities performed in public and ritualized events within what Misaks call the “Ciclo de Vida” (Life Cycle). Drawing from performance studies, and on the discussion of epistemologies of sound in ethnomusicology and anthropology of music (Seeger, Feld, Bastos), I propose that the idea of cosmo-sonic (Stein) is a possibility to understand the música propia. Sonoro-performatic categories, socio-cosmological conceptions and the ideal principles of being Misak are all articulated within the Misak’s cosmo-sonic. In this sense, the Misak cosmo-sonic is a sonic ontology that enters cosmopolitical scene when disputing with other worlds its existence. One of these worlds is in the process of patrimonialization of the type of ensemble of “chirimía caucana” that is underway and intendes to include in it the música propia. Here I interpret this attempt of patrimonialization as a state’s mechanism of simplification supported by global policies that tries to incorporate the música propia within a standardized logics. It is a hegemonic form of the ontology of modernity that is not detached from the coloniality of power, and which is revealed in the effects of the interactions of subjects. Faced with this process, some Misak musicians have reacted and, based on the field of cosmopolitics, these reactions are taken in here as an indicator of an ontological conflict. / El objetivo de esta investigación es, mediante una etnografía, comprender los sentidos de la práctica sonora de la “música propia” en la ontología del colectivo amerindio misak, que habita en el sudoeste de Colombia. Las inquietudes centrales fueron provocadas durante la relación dialógica en la observación participante, modulada por lo visual y lo auditivo, concretándose en las dos siguientes: qué es lo que los misak llaman música propia y a qué se refiere el frecuente esclarecimiento de que la música propia se diferencia de la “chirimía”. Esta última consiste en un tipo de conjunto musical que ha estado relacionado con prácticas festivas y católicas, y que se manifiesta en diferentes variaciones, comunes en las proximidades del territorio misak y en otras regiones del país. La sonoridad de la música propia surge del trenzado tímbrico de dos flautas y dos o más tambores, cuyos sonidos remiten a la presencia de alteridades no humanas performadas en eventos públicos y ritualizados dentro de lo que los misak llaman el Ciclo de Vida. Basado en los estudios de performance, y en la discusión sobre epistemologías sonoras en la etnomusicología y en la antropología de la música (Seeger, Feld, Bastos) planteo que la idea de cosmosónica (Stein) es una posibilidad de entender la música propia. En la cosmosónica misak se articulan categorías sonoro-performáticas, las concepciones sociocosmológicas y los principios ideales del ser misak. En este sentido, la cosmosónica misak es una ontología sonora que entra en escena cosmopolítica (De la Cadena, Blaser) al disputar con otros mundos su existencia. Uno de estos mundos es el proceso de patrimonialización del conjunto de chirimía caucana que está en curso y pretende incluir en él a la música propia. Aquí interpreto esta tentativa de patrimonialización como un mecanismo de simplificación del estado apoyado en políticas globales, que intenta incorporar a la música propia dentro de unas lógicas estandarizadas. Se trata de una forma hegemónica de la ontología de la modernidad que no se desliga de la colonialidad del poder, y que se revela en los efectos de las interacciones de los sujetos. Frente a este proceso, las reacciones por parte de algunos músicos misak se revelan en el campo de la cosmopolítica como un conflicto ontológico.

This narrative inquiry explores how the �Songs of the Spirit� Native American Flute curriculum, a culturally-responsive curriculum which involves learning to make and play a PVC version of the Native American Flute while learning the cultures and histories of this First Nations instrument, impacted spiritual and emotional aspects of the learning and lives of Aboriginal students, their families, their parents, and their school community. My research took place at an urban Aboriginal high school in Saskatchewan from January to March, 2006. I conducted recorded conversations with three students, two parents, two teachers, two administrators, two Elders, a former principal, a former school caretaker, an artistic director, and the young woman who inspired the Heart of the City Piano Program, a volunteer driven community piano program, in the fall of 1995. Aboriginal individuals, who have too often been silenced in education and in society (Giroux, 1997; Freire, 1989; Fine, 1987; Greene, 1995 & 1998; Grumet, 1999), were provided with a voice in this research.<p>Because of the voices of my research participants, I chose to use the Medicine Wheel and Tipi Teachings (Lee, 2006; Kind, Irwin, Grauer, & de Cosson, 2005) as a lens (Greene, 1995) rather than situating my research in a traditional Eurocentric body of literature. Along this journey, I reflected inwards and outwards, backwards and forwards on how my past storied experiences (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000) shaped my teaching practices and way of being in the world today. To better understand the hurt I observed and which was described by research participants as present in the lived lives and circumstances of many Aboriginal people, I moved backward in time as I reviewed the literature on the Residential School experience and gained a deeper sense of the impact of colonialism on generations of Aboriginal people. This inquiry foregrounded how hearing and playing the Northern Spirit Flute impacted the emotional and spiritual aspects of students� being, and contributed to a process of healing. When participants heard the music, �it [sounded] so eloquent and so spiritual. It [was] almost like the flute [was] weeping,� (Onawa Gaho, Recorded conversation, March 17, 2006, p. 5) bringing about �a calmness to the anger that some [Aboriginal students] have� (Sakima Qaletaqa, Recorded conversation, March 15, 2006, pp. 25-26). <p>The research findings indicate that the �Songs of the Spirit� curriculum, in honoring the holistic nature of traditional First Nations cultures and teachings, invites Aboriginal students functioning in �vigilance mode� to attend to their emotional and spiritual needs. They speak to a need for rethinking curricula in culturally-responsive ways, for attending to the importance of the arts in education, and for reforming teacher education. Sound files of the Northern Spirit Flute and selected research conversations have been embedded within the electronic version of this thesis to allow the reader to walk alongside me and share in my research journey.

This narrative inquiry explores how the �Songs of the Spirit� Native American Flute curriculum, a culturally-responsive curriculum which involves learning to make and play a PVC version of the Native American Flute while learning the cultures and histories of this First Nations instrument, impacted spiritual and emotional aspects of the learning and lives of Aboriginal students, their families, their parents, and their school community. My research took place at an urban Aboriginal high school in Saskatchewan from January to March, 2006. I conducted recorded conversations with three students, two parents, two teachers, two administrators, two Elders, a former principal, a former school caretaker, an artistic director, and the young woman who inspired the Heart of the City Piano Program, a volunteer driven community piano program, in the fall of 1995. Aboriginal individuals, who have too often been silenced in education and in society (Giroux, 1997; Freire, 1989; Fine, 1987; Greene, 1995 & 1998; Grumet, 1999), were provided with a voice in this research.<p>Because of the voices of my research participants, I chose to use the Medicine Wheel and Tipi Teachings (Lee, 2006; Kind, Irwin, Grauer, & de Cosson, 2005) as a lens (Greene, 1995) rather than situating my research in a traditional Eurocentric body of literature. Along this journey, I reflected inwards and outwards, backwards and forwards on how my past storied experiences (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000) shaped my teaching practices and way of being in the world today. To better understand the hurt I observed and which was described by research participants as present in the lived lives and circumstances of many Aboriginal people, I moved backward in time as I reviewed the literature on the Residential School experience and gained a deeper sense of the impact of colonialism on generations of Aboriginal people. This inquiry foregrounded how hearing and playing the Northern Spirit Flute impacted the emotional and spiritual aspects of students� being, and contributed to a process of healing. When participants heard the music, �it [sounded] so eloquent and so spiritual. It [was] almost like the flute [was] weeping,� (Onawa Gaho, Recorded conversation, March 17, 2006, p. 5) bringing about �a calmness to the anger that some [Aboriginal students] have� (Sakima Qaletaqa, Recorded conversation, March 15, 2006, pp. 25-26). <p>The research findings indicate that the �Songs of the Spirit� curriculum, in honoring the holistic nature of traditional First Nations cultures and teachings, invites Aboriginal students functioning in �vigilance mode� to attend to their emotional and spiritual needs. They speak to a need for rethinking curricula in culturally-responsive ways, for attending to the importance of the arts in education, and for reforming teacher education. Sound files of the Northern Spirit Flute and selected research conversations have been embedded within the electronic version of this thesis to allow the reader to walk alongside me and share in my research journey.

The purpose of this research is to understand the senses of the sound practice called “música propia” (own music) in the ontology of Misak amerindian collective, that inhabits the southwest of Colombia, through an ethnography. The central concerns were triggered during a dialogic relationship in a participant observation that was modulated by the visual and auditory perceptions. These are the main two points: what do the Misaks call “música propia”, and what do they mean with the frequent claim that “música propia” differs from the "chirimía". The latter consists of a type of musical ensemble that has been associated with festive and catholic practices which manifests itself in different variations, common near the Misak territory and in other regions of the country. The sonority of the “música propia” comes from the mixing of two flutes timbres and two or more drums, whose sounds refer to the presence of non-human alterities performed in public and ritualized events within what Misaks call the “Ciclo de Vida” (Life Cycle). Drawing from performance studies, and on the discussion of epistemologies of sound in ethnomusicology and anthropology of music (Seeger, Feld, Bastos), I propose that the idea of cosmo-sonic (Stein) is a possibility to understand the música propia. Sonoro-performatic categories, socio-cosmological conceptions and the ideal principles of being Misak are all articulated within the Misak’s cosmo-sonic. In this sense, the Misak cosmo-sonic is a sonic ontology that enters cosmopolitical scene when disputing with other worlds its existence. One of these worlds is in the process of patrimonialization of the type of ensemble of “chirimía caucana” that is underway and intendes to include in it the música propia. Here I interpret this attempt of patrimonialization as a state’s mechanism of simplification supported by global policies that tries to incorporate the música propia within a standardized logics. It is a hegemonic form of the ontology of modernity that is not detached from the coloniality of power, and which is revealed in the effects of the interactions of subjects. Faced with this process, some Misak musicians have reacted and, based on the field of cosmopolitics, these reactions are taken in here as an indicator of an ontological conflict. / El objetivo de esta investigación es, mediante una etnografía, comprender los sentidos de la práctica sonora de la “música propia” en la ontología del colectivo amerindio misak, que habita en el sudoeste de Colombia. Las inquietudes centrales fueron provocadas durante la relación dialógica en la observación participante, modulada por lo visual y lo auditivo, concretándose en las dos siguientes: qué es lo que los misak llaman música propia y a qué se refiere el frecuente esclarecimiento de que la música propia se diferencia de la “chirimía”. Esta última consiste en un tipo de conjunto musical que ha estado relacionado con prácticas festivas y católicas, y que se manifiesta en diferentes variaciones, comunes en las proximidades del territorio misak y en otras regiones del país. La sonoridad de la música propia surge del trenzado tímbrico de dos flautas y dos o más tambores, cuyos sonidos remiten a la presencia de alteridades no humanas performadas en eventos públicos y ritualizados dentro de lo que los misak llaman el Ciclo de Vida. Basado en los estudios de performance, y en la discusión sobre epistemologías sonoras en la etnomusicología y en la antropología de la música (Seeger, Feld, Bastos) planteo que la idea de cosmosónica (Stein) es una posibilidad de entender la música propia. En la cosmosónica misak se articulan categorías sonoro-performáticas, las concepciones sociocosmológicas y los principios ideales del ser misak. En este sentido, la cosmosónica misak es una ontología sonora que entra en escena cosmopolítica (De la Cadena, Blaser) al disputar con otros mundos su existencia. Uno de estos mundos es el proceso de patrimonialización del conjunto de chirimía caucana que está en curso y pretende incluir en él a la música propia. Aquí interpreto esta tentativa de patrimonialización como un mecanismo de simplificación del estado apoyado en políticas globales, que intenta incorporar a la música propia dentro de unas lógicas estandarizadas. Se trata de una forma hegemónica de la ontología de la modernidad que no se desliga de la colonialidad del poder, y que se revela en los efectos de las interacciones de los sujetos. Frente a este proceso, las reacciones por parte de algunos músicos misak se revelan en el campo de la cosmopolítica como un conflicto ontológico.

The purpose of this research is to understand the senses of the sound practice called “música propia” (own music) in the ontology of Misak amerindian collective, that inhabits the southwest of Colombia, through an ethnography. The central concerns were triggered during a dialogic relationship in a participant observation that was modulated by the visual and auditory perceptions. These are the main two points: what do the Misaks call “música propia”, and what do they mean with the frequent claim that “música propia” differs from the "chirimía". The latter consists of a type of musical ensemble that has been associated with festive and catholic practices which manifests itself in different variations, common near the Misak territory and in other regions of the country. The sonority of the “música propia” comes from the mixing of two flutes timbres and two or more drums, whose sounds refer to the presence of non-human alterities performed in public and ritualized events within what Misaks call the “Ciclo de Vida” (Life Cycle). Drawing from performance studies, and on the discussion of epistemologies of sound in ethnomusicology and anthropology of music (Seeger, Feld, Bastos), I propose that the idea of cosmo-sonic (Stein) is a possibility to understand the música propia. Sonoro-performatic categories, socio-cosmological conceptions and the ideal principles of being Misak are all articulated within the Misak’s cosmo-sonic. In this sense, the Misak cosmo-sonic is a sonic ontology that enters cosmopolitical scene when disputing with other worlds its existence. One of these worlds is in the process of patrimonialization of the type of ensemble of “chirimía caucana” that is underway and intendes to include in it the música propia. Here I interpret this attempt of patrimonialization as a state’s mechanism of simplification supported by global policies that tries to incorporate the música propia within a standardized logics. It is a hegemonic form of the ontology of modernity that is not detached from the coloniality of power, and which is revealed in the effects of the interactions of subjects. Faced with this process, some Misak musicians have reacted and, based on the field of cosmopolitics, these reactions are taken in here as an indicator of an ontological conflict. / El objetivo de esta investigación es, mediante una etnografía, comprender los sentidos de la práctica sonora de la “música propia” en la ontología del colectivo amerindio misak, que habita en el sudoeste de Colombia. Las inquietudes centrales fueron provocadas durante la relación dialógica en la observación participante, modulada por lo visual y lo auditivo, concretándose en las dos siguientes: qué es lo que los misak llaman música propia y a qué se refiere el frecuente esclarecimiento de que la música propia se diferencia de la “chirimía”. Esta última consiste en un tipo de conjunto musical que ha estado relacionado con prácticas festivas y católicas, y que se manifiesta en diferentes variaciones, comunes en las proximidades del territorio misak y en otras regiones del país. La sonoridad de la música propia surge del trenzado tímbrico de dos flautas y dos o más tambores, cuyos sonidos remiten a la presencia de alteridades no humanas performadas en eventos públicos y ritualizados dentro de lo que los misak llaman el Ciclo de Vida. Basado en los estudios de performance, y en la discusión sobre epistemologías sonoras en la etnomusicología y en la antropología de la música (Seeger, Feld, Bastos) planteo que la idea de cosmosónica (Stein) es una posibilidad de entender la música propia. En la cosmosónica misak se articulan categorías sonoro-performáticas, las concepciones sociocosmológicas y los principios ideales del ser misak. En este sentido, la cosmosónica misak es una ontología sonora que entra en escena cosmopolítica (De la Cadena, Blaser) al disputar con otros mundos su existencia. Uno de estos mundos es el proceso de patrimonialización del conjunto de chirimía caucana que está en curso y pretende incluir en él a la música propia. Aquí interpreto esta tentativa de patrimonialización como un mecanismo de simplificación del estado apoyado en políticas globales, que intenta incorporar a la música propia dentro de unas lógicas estandarizadas. Se trata de una forma hegemónica de la ontología de la modernidad que no se desliga de la colonialidad del poder, y que se revela en los efectos de las interacciones de los sujetos. Frente a este proceso, las reacciones por parte de algunos músicos misak se revelan en el campo de la cosmopolítica como un conflicto ontológico.

Black choral music composers in South Africa, inspired by the few opportunities available to them until recent times, have nonetheless attempted to establish, perhaps subconsciously, some choral tradition and, in doing so, incorporate African musical elements in their works. My research traces the foundations and historical development of choral music as an art amongst Vhavenda, and the contributions made thereto by a number of past and present Venda composers that this researcher could manage to identify and trace, to the music of the people. The selected composers are Stephen Maimela Dzivhani, Matthew Ramboho Nemakhavhani, Derrick Victor Nephawe, Joseph Khorommbi Nonge, Israel Thinawanga Ramabannda and Fhatuwani Hamilton Sumbana. Through the application of multiple methodological lenses, the study sets out to analyse, describe, and interpret Venda choral music. Of particular interest is the exploration of the extent to which the ”formal” education that was brought by the Berlin Missionaries influenced Venda choral musicians, particularly the selected Venda choral music composers. Also crucial to this research is the exploration and identification of elements peculiar to indigenous Venda traditional music in the works of these composers. The question is whether it was possible for these composers to realize and utilize their potentials fully in their attempt to evoke traditional Venda music with their works, given the very limiting Western tonic sol-fa notational system they were solely working with. The project also briefly traces the place of Venda choral music within the South African music context and its role within the search for cultural identity. The research has found that the majority of Venda choral music written so far has generally not been capable of evoking indigenous Venda traditional music. Whilst these composers choose themes that are akin to their culture, social settings, legend and general communal life, the majority of the music they set to these themes does not sound African (Venda in particular) in terms of the rhythms and melodies. The majority of the compositions under scrutiny have inappropriate settings of Venda words into the melodies employed. This can be attributed to the limitations imposed by the tonic sol-fa notational system, which was the only system they were taught in the missionary schools established around Venda and which, itself, was flawed as well as the general lack of adequate music education on the part of the composers themselves. Despite these limitations and the very few opportunities available to them, Venda choral music composers nonetheless managed to lay a foundation for choral music as an art amongst their people (Vhavenda). / Art history, Visual Ars and Musicology / D. Mus