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Recirculating Songs: Revitalising the singing practices of Indigenous Australia

Recirculating Songs: Revitalising the singing practices of Indigenous Australia

Turpin, Myfany
Wafer, Jim

Paperback

Series: Indigenous Music, Language and Performing Arts

World Music

ISBN10: 1761540254
ISBN13: 9781761540257
Publisher: Sydney University Press
Published: Dec 5 2017
Pages: 426
Weight: 2.18
Height: 1.16 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English

This is the first volume devoted specifically to the revitalisation of ancestral Indigenous singing practices in Australia. These traditions are at severe risk in many parts of the country, and this book investigates the strategies currently being implemented to reverse the damage. In some areas the ancestral musical culture is still transmitted across the generations; in others it is partially remembered, and being revitalised with the assistance of heritage recordings and written documentation; but in many parts of Australia, the transmission of songs has been interrupted, and in those places revitalisation relies on research and restoration. The authors, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, consider these issues across a broad range of geographical locations, and from a number of different theoretical and methodological angles. The chapters provide helpful insights for Indigenous people and communities, researchers and educators and anyone interested in the song traditions of Indigenous Australia.

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