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Crossing Paths: Musical And Ritual Interactivity Between The Ḥamadsha And Gnawa In Sidi Ali, Morocco, Christopher J. Witulski

Yale Journal of Music & Religion

The processions occurring in Moroccan pilgrimages--such as those in Sidi Ali, a small town situated in the mountains outside of Meknes and Fez--are important sites that instigate an aesthetic negotiation within nearby possession ceremonies. The many musical groups that punctuate the cacophonous atmosphere during the annual pilgrimage are affiliated with a many of the country’s diverse mystical brotherhoods, including the gnawa, ḥamadsha, and ʿīsāwa. Through a detailed ethnographic description of processions and rituals from two of these groups, this article outlines ways in which musical tastes flow between the different events, informing the aesthetics of both outdoor …

War Of The Worlds: Music And Cosmological Battles In The Balinese Cremation Procession, Michael B. Bakan

Yale Journal of Music & Religion

Abstract

This article explores processional action as a form of cosmological intervention in Hindu-Balinese cremation processions, focusing on the multiple and intersecting functions of a particular type of Balinese instrumental music ensemble: the gamelan beleganjur. It explores the alternately “enlivening and protective aspects” (DeVale 1990, 62) that underlie the use of beleganjur music in the ngaben, or cremation ritual, showing how beleganjur’s sonic power and rhythmic drive serve to combat malevolent spirit beings, strengthen and inspire processional participants in their efforts to meet challenging ritual obligations, and grant courage to the souls of deceased individuals embarking on their …

Pilgrimage And Audience On The Maharashtrian Vārī, Jaime Jones

Yale Journal of Music & Religion

Abstract.

Each year during the monsoon season, devotees of the Hindu Vārkarī sect take to the streets of the cities and towns of Maharashtra, to go on the vārī, a massive annual pilgrimage lasting twenty-one days. The procession of hundreds of thousands of pilgrims is not only seen but heard, as the songs written by the singer-saints of the tradition occupy nearly every moment of the journey. In this article, I examine the relationship between music and pilgrimage procession by focusing on the idea of audience - defined as both the listening public and the act of hearing itself. Rather …

Editorial, Suzel A. Reily

Yale Journal of Music & Religion

Guest editor's introduction to the issue.

Anthropology Alum Is Passionate About Wildlife Rehabilitation And Conservation, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Sociology Alum Leaves Recruiter Role To Enter Doctoral Program, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Sociology Criminology Alum Developing Data-Driven Strategies, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Try A Mock Interview At The Career Center, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Tusker Power: Informal Science Education At The State Museum, Sarah Feit

SciComm 2016 - Lincoln, Nebraska, September 23-24, 2016

Museum Mission:

Research Divisions – University of Nebraska

Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park

Trailside Museum of Natural History

Morrill Hall

Mueller Planetarium in Morrill Hall

Accreditation and Affiliation

Sunday with a Scientist

Investigate: Second Saturday Science Lab

Science Café

Museum NU – Virtual Field Trips

Portal to the Public Network

Terman Probes Identity Issues Facing Young Adults In Rural Appalachia, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Beyond Child-Centered Constructivism: A Call For Culturally Sustaining Progressive Pedagogy, Alisa Algava

Occasional Paper Series

Algava argues that twentieth-century constructivist pedagogies are not sufficient to fulfill progressive education's inherently political, activist and democratic potential. She calls for a culturally sustaining progressive pedagogy that critically engages questions of power with both children and teachers.

They’Re Lovin’It: How Preschool Children Mediated Their Funds Of Knowledge Into Dramatic Play, Anne E. Karabon

Teacher Education Faculty Publications

The funds of knowledge framework promotes connecting community contexts with curriculum aimed to activate children’s prior knowledge. Typically, teachers determine what knowledge sources harmonise best with their existing programming, potentially omitting particular resources that may not align. Young children, on the other hand, can act as agents when integrating knowledge for themselves into play. This article explores how children mediated their cultural knowledge into dramatic play and what factors were key to empowering children to naturally incorporate funds of knowledge across contexts. Grounded in critical sociocultural theory, findings reveal that children use mediation as a form of power and agency …

Myatt, Jerry (Fa 895), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Collection 895. Project titled: “Farm Tools.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of non-mechanized farm implements in Monroe County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, terms, informant’s name, and a photo of the tool.

Boswell, Robert H. (Fa 894), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 894. Project titled: “Italian-American Folklore.” Includes survey sheets with descriptions of traditional Italian stories and tales told by Italian-Americans in New Jersey. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and the motif class.

Conner, John (Fa 891), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Collection 891. Project titled: “Development of Tobacco.” Project includes brief descriptions of different types of tobacco, terms, beliefs, and implements used in its cultivation in McLean County and Shelby County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description; when discussing implements, an illustration is included.

Mitschele, Jeff (Fa 892), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 892. Project titled: “[Ghost Stories]” Project includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of ghost stories. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and the motif index number.

Dick, Martha (Fa 893), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 893. Project titled: “Proverbs.” Project includes Survey index cards with brief descriptions of proverbs. Copies include a brief description, informant’s name, and the motif index number.

Silhouettes Of A Silent Female’S Authority: A Psychoanalytic And Feminist Perspective On The Art Of Kara Walker, Angelica E. Perez

The Kennesaw Journal of Undergraduate Research

The focus of my research centers on the contemporary work of Georgia-based artist, Kara Elizabeth Walker. In conducting extensive research on the life of the artist as well as three select artworks which recall the antebellum slave era within the south, I argue the explicit presence of the power of the enslaved prepubescent girl and young woman. The three select works that I intend to analyze are Burn, a cut-paper silhouette on canvas created in 1998, The Invisible Beauty, a mixed media piece made in 2001, and Cut, a paper cut-out silhouette made in 1998.

In a …

The Setonian, September 22, 2016, Seton Hall University

2016

No abstract provided.

Minutes, College Of Liberal Arts Faculty Meeting, Thursday, September 22, 2016, Rollins College

The College of Liberal Arts Faculty Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Utah Statesman, September 22, 2016, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Challenges And Potential Solutions To Communication Problems Faced By International Students At Arkansas State University, Ashutosh Pal

Student Theses and Dissertations

International students face difficulties after landing in different soil, climatic condition, environment, and socio-economic settings. There exist a mismatch between the conventional teaching methods and strategies back home and state of the art techniques employed in the United States. Through understanding, class discussion, participation and in-depth analysis of subject matter is possible only with two way communication medium, which happens to be English language for inside and outside of the classroom environment. English is a second language for many countries, however, lacks effectiveness due to less understanding of phonetics, accents, vocabulary, phrases and idioms, and localized slangs. An international student …

Introduction: The Gentrification Game, Barbara Lewis

Trotter Review

In real estate talk, there are only three things that matter, and they are location, location, location. The same is true in dispossession, which translates into the freeing up of location so that it can be possessed by others. Another term that has cropped up fairly recently, much in use in the crossover between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, is gentrification, which has a benign face as well as one that is not so kindly, like the paired tragic and comic masks of classic drama.

In this issue of the Trotter Review, we explore gentrification and its alternate, dispossession, …

Gruszka, Joseph (Fa 890), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 890. Title: “Lithuanian Beliefs and Christmas Ornaments.” Includes note cards with brief descriptions of Lithuanian customs and beliefs by Cook County, Illinois residents and illustrations of Christmas customs. Note cards include a brief description of the belief and informant’s name.

Phillips, Gary (Fa 887), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 887. Title: “Ghost in Human Form Guards Treasure.” Includes motif sheets with brief descriptions of each variation and constant trait of the parent form of the ghost story distinguished in the lists of traits and variable forms. Sheets include a description of the tale variation and corresponding motif index number.

Harrison, Annette B. 1950 (Fa 889), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 889. Title: “Our Goodman.” Includes sheets with brief descriptions of each variation of the ballad “Our Goodman” and the constant trait of the ballad’s archetype in the lists of traits and variable forms used in Ohio County, Kentucky. Sheets include a text of the ballad variation and corresponding motif index number.

Early, Laura (Fa 888), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folkilfe Archives Project 888. Title: “Spirit of the Ohio.” Project includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of buildings in Meade County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description of each building.

Hester, Rhodes (Fa 886), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 886. Title: “Collection of Information on Old Farm Machinery.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of non-motorized farm machinery and tools used in the Pennyroyal Region of Kentucky. Sheets include a term or name, brief description, informant’s name, and a photo of the implement.

Community-Based Participatory Research And The Co-Construction Of Community Knowledge, Karie Jo Peralta, John W. Murphy

The Qualitative Report

From a community-based perspective, all that is known about a community is obtained through intersubjective engagement. But how, exactly, is knowledge socially constructed and revealed in community-based projects? This article addresses this question by focusing on the use of narratives to understand a community. First, the importance of stories for gaining insight into a community’s reality is presented, followed by an examination of how this information should be accessed and engaged. The principles of Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) that are consistent with this narrative approach are then discussed. Next, reflexivity is described to be the key for reading properly a …

The Inkwell, Armstrong State University

The Inkwell

No abstract provided.