Tuesday, October 30, 2007

101. Music of the Great Tradition -- 3

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The narrative I'm about to relate is admittedly speculative. However, it is rooted in a premise that, as far as I'm concerned, is ro...

100. Music of the Great Tradition -- 2

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If my last post was a bit over- exuberant , it's because I am truly excited about the possibilities opened up by all the revolutionary n...
Sunday, October 28, 2007

99. Music of the Great Tradition

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No not THAT tradition. If you're into classical music you've heard all about the "Great Tradition," starting I suppose wit...
Wednesday, October 24, 2007

98. Did the Pygmies Ever Have a Language of Their Own?

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Sorry for the sudden change of pace, but a thought occurred to me the other day that won't let me alone. I've been thinking a lot ab...
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

97. Is Money the Problem?

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In the last installment I briefly described three very different examples of what can happen when dedicated people work together to support ...
Tuesday, October 9, 2007

96. The Lesson for Today -- Carried Over from Last Week

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I see that it's almost a week since my last post. Sorry, but I've been really busy for some time now, with various responsibilities ...
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Thursday, October 4, 2007

95. The Lesson For Today -- Continued

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I think the most important recommendation I could offer with regard to the whole issue of cultural "equity" (assuming anyone with ...
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...