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Resisting The Historical And Geographical “Other”: The Role Of Expertise In Video Game Music, Tommy Dainko
Resisting The Historical And Geographical “Other”: The Role Of Expertise In Video Game Music, Tommy Dainko
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Video games create rich, virtual worlds for players to explore. Game developers have often utilized exoticism, allowing players to experience the “Other” from the comfort of home. Music is a powerful tool to evoke Otherness and can reinforce stereotypes about the past and different cultures. This thesis looks at recent games where developers have collaborated with expert musicians either from the culture depicted or with expertise in historical performance practices. I document two purposes these collaborations can serve. First, the use of expert musicians creates a veneer of authenticity allowing developers to market the games as “authentic” experiences. Second, these …
Ethics In Kakadu (1988): Finding Djilile’S “True Tracks”, Natasia T. Boyko
Ethics In Kakadu (1988): Finding Djilile’S “True Tracks”, Natasia T. Boyko
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Tasmanian-born Peter Sculthorpe (1929 – 2014) was one of Australia’s most iconic modernist classical composers of the twentieth century. Kakadu (1988) seems to have sparked the most controversy of Sculthorpe’s works and has become one of his most well-known pieces. In the program notes provided in the score’s foreword, Sculthorpe asserts that “the melodic material in Kakadu, as in much of my recent music, was suggested by the contours and rhythms of Aboriginal chant.” Sculthorpe attributed this melodic material to the Arnem Land chant, Djilile. Consequently, Sculthorpe has been criticized for extracting Djilile from its authentic context as …