HMU111H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Inuit Throat Singing, Marius Barbeau, Christos Hatzis
1 Apr 2016
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Visual representation of native north americans: tribal stereotype, staged and constructed reality for a particular purpose. Tribal culture preserved and maintained to prevent homogenization of culture by western influences. Western woman in charge of the technology, assuming native americans don"t have command over technology, she is playing music for him (playing horn) rather than recording him with a recording horn. Save our sounds: new photo used to salvage cultural legacy. Marius barbeau went to b. c. to capture indigenous artifacts and way of life. Wanted macmillan to transcribe (music notation) the music he found. Barbeau learned it himself to perform it. Macmillan arranged it for voice and piano, art folk song. Visually: new instruments (guitars, drums), with indigenous clothing to set them apart culturally. Government helped aboriginals to resolve relationships with other groups. Many boarding schools for children were under-resourced, physical abuse. Canada"s past needed to be addressed, so survivors of the boarding schools shared their experiences (idle no more)
