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Keeping Time

Dialogues on music and archives in honour of Linda Barwick

Nick Thieberger Amanda Harris Sally Treloyn Myfany Turpin

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English
Sydney University Press
02 December 2024
Keeping Time: Dialogues on music and archives in Honour of Linda Barwick explores current issues in ethnomusicology and the archiving and repatriation of ethnographic field recordings.

The 19 chapters by 36 authors consider archiving practices as a site of interaction between researchers and cultural heritage communities; cross-disciplinary approaches to understanding song; and the role of musical transcription in non-Western music.

This volume is international in scope with case studies with Indigenous and minority peoples from Papua New Guinea, China, India, the Torres Strait and mainland Aboriginal Australia; the latter being the focus of the majority of chapters.

Topics include the revival of songs from early written sources, creation of new songs based in old genres, the concept of “sing” in other languages, spirits as the origin of song knowledge, and how to manage ethnographic records over time. Keeping Time approaches Indigenous practices from a range of disciplines, including linguistics, history and performing arts, as well as Indigenous Studies, cultural revitalisation (including reclamation of Indigenous languages), Indigenous knowledge and application to climate change.

Offered in honour of Emeritus Professor Linda Barwick, the founder of the Indigenous Music, Language and Performing Arts series, Keeping Time offers a diverse range of opinions on ethnographic research practices and their value to society.

There are 3 audio examples available to be listened to here: https://open.sydneyuniversitypress.com.au/keeping_time.html
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Imprint:   Sydney University Press
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 254mm,  Width: 187mm, 
ISBN:   9781743329504
ISBN 10:   1743329504
Series:   Indigenous Music, Language and Performing Arts
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  ELT Advanced ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Nick Thieberger is an Associate Professor in Linguistics at the University of Melbourne, and the Director of PARADISEC. Amanda Harris is an ARC Future Fellow at Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney and Director of the Sydney Unit of PARADISEC. Sally Treloyn is an Associate Professor in ethnomusicology and intercultural research in the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development at the University of Melbourne. Myfany Turpin is an Associate Professor in ethnomusicology and linguistics at Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney.

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