Saturday, September 29, 2007

94. The Lesson for Today

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The United Nations has recently adopted an important declaration regarding indigenous rights, which Peter Jones is now discussing on his blo...
Sunday, September 23, 2007

93. The Double Standard -- continued

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Please don't misunderstand. I am not advocating for the maintenance of the status quo in our own society. On the contrary, I firmly bel...

92. The Double Standard

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In his essay "The Astonished Ethno-Muse" (see post 83), David McAllester registered his sudden awakening to the fact that the youn...
Wednesday, September 19, 2007

91. Brave New World

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So, what is to be done with indigenous children? Is it fair to simply permit them to be raised by their families, as indigenes, to be indoct...
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Thursday, September 13, 2007

90. Two Sides to the "Rabbit Proof Fence" -- Or: Every Child's Right to be Educated/Indoctrinated

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In the last post, I quoted with approval Peter's characterization of me as "an ethnomusicologist who is interested in all forms of ...

89. Music and Commodification

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Peter Jones' latest contribution to our dialogue moves our discussion forward in a meaningful way, but also contains some misunderstandi...
Monday, September 10, 2007

88. Are Indigenous Cultures Frozen in Time?--Part 2

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So, to answer the question as succinctly as possible: no, indigenous cultures are not frozen in time -- at least not any more than "ou...

87. Are Indigenous Cultures Frozen in Time?

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Toward the end of his most recent post , Peter Jones cautions against seeing indigenous cultures as "frozen in time, locked in some rom...

86. Should Some Cultures Have More "Equity" Than Others?

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I'm pleased to see that Peter Jones is continuing our dialogue in his latest blog post: Cultural Equity, Indigenous Peoples, and Homogen...
Thursday, September 6, 2007

85. Globalization, Cultural Inequity, and Academic Complicity

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The promised collaboration is under way! Peter Jones has responded to post 82 on his own Blog, Indigenous Issues Today , mainly with some (q...
Monday, September 3, 2007

84. Prelude to a Collaboration

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Peter N. Jones is a social scientist based in Boulder Colorado, with a strong interest in advocating for the rights of indigenous peoples. I...
Friday, August 31, 2007

83. Cultural Equity

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As I mentioned last time, I'm planning at least one post, or maybe a series, as a collaboration. The idea was to do some writing on cult...
Tuesday, August 28, 2007

82. Back

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OK, finally, after a really nice vacation visiting with friends and family, and a suitable period of recovery, I'm back. There are sever...
Wednesday, August 8, 2007

81. Taking a break

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I'll be out of town for a week or so, taking a hard earned break from my blog madness. I'll have access to computers, so if anyone w...
Tuesday, August 7, 2007

80. The Power of Cantometrics: 5

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Let's now examine the table presented at the end of the last post, on the distribution of interlock and yodel in Africa . Again, I'l...
Monday, August 6, 2007

79. The Power of Cantometrics: 4

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At this point, you should have a pretty good idea of how Cantometrics works. Now I'd like to show you how the encoded data can be put to...
Sunday, August 5, 2007

78. The Power of Cantometrics: 3

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I'll now describe two more Cantometric parameters, lines 4 and 5, each of which present somewhat different problems. Line 4, labeled ...
Saturday, August 4, 2007

77. The Power of Cantometrics: 2

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This is what a Cantometrics coding sheet looks like: If you click on it you'll see an enlarged version you can actually read. Better sti...
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Thursday, August 2, 2007

76. The Power of Cantometrics: 1

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Still not convinced? I can't blame you. Because it's not enough to simply identify similarities between one group and another. To es...
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Wednesday, August 1, 2007

75. The Power of Music -- 3. The Kalahari Debate Resolved

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What the genetic evidence does to establish a genealogical "pedigree" for Kalahari Bushmen, the musical evidence would appear to d...