Music 1170A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Carolina Chocolate Drops, West End Blues, Central African Republic
11 Dec 2016
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Intertribal performance event that is focused around (at least 3) drum groups and dancing (different types: cultural creative event (new music, new dances; accepting to change); a living tradition. Originated in the plains region: started spreading and becoming popular by the late 20th c. Dances are rooted in tradition and culture. Ethnomusicology: (cid:498)the study of music in culture [and] as culture(cid:499) titon, xvii. Cultural anthropology"s definition culture: a set of beliefs, values, behaviours, ^ there are many definitions, but we"ll be focused around this one. Why is culture important? material objects, and technologies. What we need to know and do to function in a society. What we need to know to function in a society: allows people to live their lives, interpret their environments, and. Affects everything we think and do communicate with others in their group: don"t forget biology and environment (cid:523)ex. people in the artic vs. people in the tropics the clothing, the housing, the animals etc.
