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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"Oral Traditions"”.
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Comparing literate and oral cultures with a view to improving understanding of students from oral traditions: an autoethnographic approach
<p>In his book Orality and Literacy, Walter Ong describes the difference between cultures that have never been exposed to literature and those that have been highly influenced by literature and literacy. He suggests that such learners have a different “consciousness” as a result of their life …
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'Kōrero Tuku Iho': Reconfiguring Oral History and Oral Tradition
The studies of oral history and oral tradition each have their own distinctive bodies of literature and preferred methodologies, yet share significant overlaps that make them difficult to differentiate. For many indigenous peoples, oral histories and traditions are key to their their past, present, …
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Performance practice in Hungarian folk music and its relationship to the Style Hongrois
… style and performance practice within the oral traditions of Hungarian folk music, and explores intersections with the nineteenth-century idiom style hongrois. Interviews, lessons, and workshops were undertaken as part of a practice-based immersive research experience, and comparisons with …
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Rap music as protest: A rhetorical analysis of Public Enemy's lyrics
… as an extension of Black African and American oral traditions, and analyzes the lyrics of Public Enemy, one of the most powerful protest rap artists. Although Public Enemy's music does not function in a social movement as previous protest songs, a comparison of Public Enemy's lyrics to …
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My name is Afrika: Setswana genealogies, trans-atlantic interlocutions, and NOW-time in Keorapetse Kgositsile's life and work
… upbringing, his encounter with Afro-American oral and literary traditions, the styles and poetics of Drum writers, the outpouring of African literature he received from the Makerere conference of Uganda, and anti-colonial critical thinkers from Africa and its diaspora. At age twenty three, …
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Oli Aenaguri’ai: An ethnography of socio-ecological relations and contemporary change in Baelelea, Solomon Islands.
… religious orientation to the environment, oral traditions and spiritual beliefs, and conceptualisation of livelihood sustainability and natural resource management in the face of encroaching externalities of christianity, colonialism and capitalism or globalisation. The studied community of …
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Transcending the oral roots of screenwriting practices in the Nigerian cinema
… built on principles and techniques derived from oral heritage. Thus the oral and the performative dominate Nigerian film language. The core research problems and questions of this project revolve around how screenwriting practices can be evolved, given the strong influence of oral traditions. The …
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I'm not going back to the Township; Re-imagining 'trauma' as tragedy.
… considered. The research focuses on how African oral traditions, modern poetics and music might be used as a process of re-imagining the tragic form and utilising it to better understand how theatre making can hold space and safely lead the process of healing without re-traumatizing the …
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The Evolution of Marie de France's Lanval
… present. These elements, stemming from Celtic oral traditions and finding their way across the often unnavigable barriers of time, culture, language, re-adaptation, and genre, establish Marie's Lanval as timeless.
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Theurgy and the Snake: The Yoga Kalandar and Bengali Sufism
… 17th century Yoga Kalandar text as well as Bāul oral traditions deeply influenced by this text’s cosmology. This book aims therefore to fulfill three key objectives: 1) to historically situate the Yoga Kalandar text and its practitioners; 2) to describe the distinctly yogic and tantric aspects of …
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Poetry and the State: The Politics of Nabat Tradition in Kuwait
… between the practice of an old tribal Bedouin oral tradition (Nabat poetry) and the politics of the nation-state in Kuwait. The historical context of this tradition, its development within modern state boundaries, and its current role in the politico-cultural exchange are all examined. …
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From Tiervlei to Ravensmead: Tracing heritage in a place of continuity and dispossession - a place of both in-situ and ex-situ displacement during apartheid
… and previously neglected research into our rich oral traditions and customs.”1 This study considers whether the NHRA promotes and facilitates research into ‘new and previously neglected oral traditions and customs' with regard to the part of Tiervlei, which has been renamed Ravensmead. The …
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Post-Pandemic Theatre: The Transformation of the Literary Form Through the Digital Landscape
… to technology has enabled the revival of oral traditions in literature, bringing a new level of immersion and engagement to the reading experience. This thesis explores the impact of the digitized productions on the performance of various Western writers, such as Shakespeare, Euripides, …
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Sonora’s Sacred Soundscapes --Sones Sagrados Sonorenses—
… insight into sacred soundscapes and oral traditions rooted in spiritual practice. Ultimately, this research reframes sacred soundscapes through an environmental and collaborative lens, mapping a path of academic, spiritual, and cultural resonance across the landscapes and coastlines …
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Thaba-Bosiu, the birthplace of the Basotho nation: a historical archaeological study
… study combines archival and desktop studies with oral traditions and excavations to understand the lifeways of people who lived in this revered place. A variety of material culture, primarily beads, local and foreign ceramics, faunal remains and other foreign material were uncovered and analysed. …
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My Brother, My Slave: The Social and Cultural Role of Slavery among the Navajo
… particularly through the use of American Indian oral tradition and stories. This has been accomplished through the use of a comparative slavery analysis with another global indigenous culture. Further, through the use of Navajo oral tradition, language and cultural philosophical concepts; this …
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One Love : Collective Consciousness in Rap and Poetry of the Hip-Hop Generation
… analysis, as well as studies of vernacular and oral traditions, has allowed me to explore these concepts and theories from a wider spectrum, and with regard to the work of the poets, an original perspective. Providing a deeper understanding of artists, their identities, places, and dreams within …
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Legend and landscape: convergence of oral and scientific traditions with special reference to the Yukon territory, Canada
The paper examines two distinct intellectual traditions in the north, Native oral tradition and western scientif~c research. It begins by discussing my own anthropological field research in the southern Yukon Territory, Canada, the present interest of natural scientists in oral tradition, and the …
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Fear Then and Now: The Vampire as a Reflection of Society
… fears. Society has gone from speaking of them in oral traditions to watching them on a screen in more recent decades, but the written works of these monstrosities have occurred in the multitudes across multiple eras. The globalized monster I have chosen to focus on here is the <em>vampire</em>. …
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