Trevor Wiggins
Biographic Data
| ID | 102738 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Trevor Wiggins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Trevor |
| FAMILY NAME | Wiggins |
| SIGNATURE | WIGGINS T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Darlington College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mauretanien
Mauretanien: Nouakchott & Chinguetti. 2015. BENKADI e.V. benkadi fóli serie I, Volume 9 (CD); benkadi fóli serie III, Volume 2 (DVD). Recorded by Edda Brandes and Petra Buda. Annotated by Edda Brandes. 32-page booklet with notes in German, French and English. German and French translation by Edda Brandes. English translation by Kelly McCormick. Colour photographs. CD, 14 tracks (52:44); DVD, 15 chapters (33:39). Recorded in Nouakchott and Chingue…
Kakube has come to stay
In Ghana, cultural festivals, usually initiated and organized by the chiefs, provide public arenas where local and regional political elites voice demands vis-à-vis central government, and where national politicians canvass for support. Festivals offer commercial opportunities, forums to promote 'development', and occasions for entertainment. Yet advocating for 'our own culture' stands out as their very raison d'être, offering a frame for cultura…
Music and Dance as Icons of Cultural Identity
Ethnomusicological studies of cultural change frequently focus on either the fortunes of one particular group of people – observing the factors that seem to effect change, or they study strategies and actions at state level – considering the motivations and edicts of government and its associated QANGOs. With a focus on the town of Nandom in northern Ghana, this article sets out to explore parallel narratives around the creation, preservation and…
Nii Otoo Annan and Steven Feld
The Oxford handbook of children's musical cultures
The Time of Bells 3
The Time of Bells 3: Musical Bells of Accra, Ghana. 2005. VoxLox 205. Recorded by Steven Feld and Nana Agazi. Annotated and produced by Steven Feld and Nii Noi Nortey. 12-pp. foldout booklet with notes in English. 13 colour, 3 b/w photographs. 1 compact disc, 6 tracks (57:35). Recorded in the field in 2004. - Volume 43
Gérer le passage de la tradition à la modernité
J. H. Kwabena Nketia naquit a Mampong, au Ghana, le 22 juin 1921. Apres avoir recu une formation d’enseignant dans son pays, il se rendit a Londres en 1944 pour etudier la linguistique et la musique. De retour au Ghana en 1949, il enseigna dans les ecoles avant de devenir charge de recherches a l’Institut universitaire d’etudes africaines et d’acceder graduellement a la chaire professorale dans la nouvelle Universite du Ghana, en 1963. A partir d…
Recordings
Akom: the art of possession. Village Pulse VPU‐1009, 1999. 72 mins. Recordings and booklet (24pp.) by Scott Kiehl in English. Soungalo Coulibaly: Dengo. Ethnomad ARN 64544, 2001 (recorded in 1995). 51 mins. Booklet (16pp.) in French, English. Serbie: antholagie de la musique populaire serbe / Serbia: an anthology of Serbian folk musk. VDE‐GALLO, CP 945/ AIMP LX, 1999. 72.22 mins. Recordings (1975–96) and accompanying notes in French and English (…
Western Sisaala Music from Lambussie, Ghana
Bewaare--They Are Coming
Techniques of variation and concepts of musical understanding in Northern Ghana
This article examines one piece of music, Nεporo, performed by women from the town of Lambussie in the Upper West region of Ghana The piece, I was told, is “always the same”. This article attempts to define what is meant by this statement through an examination of the techniques and apparent principles of performance. It is based on the detailed observation of a number of performances which were recorded over a period of about 30 months
Globalisation
Depuis une dizaine d’annees, l’interet pour les musiques du monde s’est considerablement developpe en Europe et aux Etats-Unis notamment. En meme temps, les pressions et la manipulation du monde industrialise ont touche les societes et les cultures les plus lointaines. Il y a dix ans, l’interet pour la musique des autres peuples se limitait a la recherche ethnomusicologique sur les musiques traditionnelles des autres cultures. Aujourd’hui beaucou…
Kakube has come to stay
In Ghana, cultural festivals, usually initiated and organized by the chiefs, provide public arenas where local and regional political elites voice demands vis-à-vis central government, and where national politicians canvass for support. Festivals offer commercial opportunities, forums to promote 'development', and occasions for entertainment. Yet advocating for 'our own culture' stands out as their very raison d'être, offering a frame for cultura…
Globalisation
Depuis une dizaine d’annees, l’interet pour les musiques du monde s’est considerablement developpe en Europe et aux Etats-Unis notamment. En meme temps, les pressions et la manipulation du monde industrialise ont touche les societes et les cultures les plus lointaines. Il y a dix ans, l’interet pour la musique des autres peuples se limitait a la recherche ethnomusicologique sur les musiques traditionnelles des autres cultures. Aujourd’hui beaucou…
Globalisation
Depuis une dizaine d’annees, l’interet pour les musiques du monde s’est considerablement developpe en Europe et aux Etats-Unis notamment. En meme temps, les pressions et la manipulation du monde industrialise ont touche les societes et les cultures les plus lointaines. Il y a dix ans, l’interet pour la musique des autres peuples se limitait a la recherche ethnomusicologique sur les musiques traditionnelles des autres cultures. Aujourd’hui beaucou…
Techniques of variation and concepts of musical understanding in Northern Ghana
This article examines one piece of music, Nεporo, performed by women from the town of Lambussie in the Upper West region of Ghana The piece, I was told, is “always the same”. This article attempts to define what is meant by this statement through an examination of the techniques and apparent principles of performance. It is based on the detailed observation of a number of performances which were recorded over a period of about 30 months
Western Sisaala Music from Lambussie, Ghana
Bewaare--They Are Coming
Recordings
Akom: the art of possession. Village Pulse VPU‐1009, 1999. 72 mins. Recordings and booklet (24pp.) by Scott Kiehl in English. Soungalo Coulibaly: Dengo. Ethnomad ARN 64544, 2001 (recorded in 1995). 51 mins. Booklet (16pp.) in French, English. Serbie: antholagie de la musique populaire serbe / Serbia: an anthology of Serbian folk musk. VDE‐GALLO, CP 945/ AIMP LX, 1999. 72.22 mins. Recordings (1975–96) and accompanying notes in French and English (…
Gérer le passage de la tradition à la modernité
J. H. Kwabena Nketia naquit a Mampong, au Ghana, le 22 juin 1921. Apres avoir recu une formation d’enseignant dans son pays, il se rendit a Londres en 1944 pour etudier la linguistique et la musique. De retour au Ghana en 1949, il enseigna dans les ecoles avant de devenir charge de recherches a l’Institut universitaire d’etudes africaines et d’acceder graduellement a la chaire professorale dans la nouvelle Universite du Ghana, en 1963. A partir d…
The Time of Bells 3
The Time of Bells 3: Musical Bells of Accra, Ghana. 2005. VoxLox 205. Recorded by Steven Feld and Nana Agazi. Annotated and produced by Steven Feld and Nii Noi Nortey. 12-pp. foldout booklet with notes in English. 13 colour, 3 b/w photographs. 1 compact disc, 6 tracks (57:35). Recorded in the field in 2004. - Volume 43
The Oxford handbook of children's musical cultures
Nii Otoo Annan and Steven Feld
Music and Dance as Icons of Cultural Identity
Ethnomusicological studies of cultural change frequently focus on either the fortunes of one particular group of people – observing the factors that seem to effect change, or they study strategies and actions at state level – considering the motivations and edicts of government and its associated QANGOs. With a focus on the town of Nandom in northern Ghana, this article sets out to explore parallel narratives around the creation, preservation and…
Mauretanien
Mauretanien: Nouakchott & Chinguetti. 2015. BENKADI e.V. benkadi fóli serie I, Volume 9 (CD); benkadi fóli serie III, Volume 2 (DVD). Recorded by Edda Brandes and Petra Buda. Annotated by Edda Brandes. 32-page booklet with notes in German, French and English. German and French translation by Edda Brandes. English translation by Kelly McCormick. Colour photographs. CD, 14 tracks (52:44); DVD, 15 chapters (33:39). Recorded in Nouakchott and Chingue…
Kakube has come to stay
In Ghana, cultural festivals, usually initiated and organized by the chiefs, provide public arenas where local and regional political elites voice demands vis-à-vis central government, and where national politicians canvass for support. Festivals offer commercial opportunities, forums to promote 'development', and occasions for entertainment. Yet advocating for 'our own culture' stands out as their very raison d'être, offering a frame for cultura…
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