Sonic ethnography : : identity, heritage and creative research practice in Basilicata, Southern Italy / / Lorenzo Ferrarini, Nicola Scaldaferri.

Through a combination of text, colour photographs and sound recordings, Sonic ethnography explores the role of sound in the performance of local identities in the southern Italian region of Basilicata. The book makes a compelling argument for taking sound seriously as a crucial component of social l...

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Superior document:Anthropology, creative practice and ethnography
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Place / Publishing House:Manchester : : Manchester University Press,, 2020.
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Anthropology, creative practice and ethnography.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 224 pages) :; illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1 When the trees resound: towards a sonic ethnography of the <i>Maggio</i> festival in Accettura
  • 2 Soundmasks in resounding places: listening to the <i>Campanaccio</i> of San Mauro Forte
  • 3 Sonic devotion and sonic control: struggles for power over a festival soundscape
  • 4 Sounds and images of nostalgia: the revival of Lucanian wheat festivals
  • 5 Voices across the ocean: recorded memories and diasporic identity in the archive of Giuseppe Chiaffitella
  • 6 Doing research in sound: music-making as creative intervention
  • 7 Photographing as an anthropologist: notes on developing a photo-ethnographic practice in Basilicata
  • Afterword by Steven Feld
  • Listening guide
  • Audio tracks:Soundscape composition
  • Accettura 2005
  • Tuesday (17 May) by Steven FeldSound-chapters:1 The saint and the tree2 Rhythms in the dark3 'We came a long way ... '4 Dancing with wheat5 Memories from a loyal companion6 A musical journey with my <i>zampogna</i>
  • References
  • Index.