Music 000001

Contemplating the history of music from the year 000,001 to the present (which according to this "calendar" would be somewhere between 100,001 and 200,001)

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...
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