Kira Van Deusen
Biographic Data
| ID | 457219 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kira Van Deusen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kira |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Deusen |
| SIGNATURE | VAN DEUSEN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Film Independent |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Kiviuq: An Inuit Hero and His Siberian Cousins
After decades exploring Siberian cultures, Kira Van Deusen turned to the Canadian north to ask many such questions, looking at them through the versions of one of their most respected legends - that of hero/shaman Kiviuq, an Inuit counterpart to Homer's Odysseus - told by forty Inuit elders. The elders' voices engage us directly, inviting us to look at the unique qualities of arctic heroism and its application to present-day concerns. Rich detail…
Singing Story, Healing Drum: Shamans and Storytellers of Turkic Siberia
Seals and mountain spirits: Making tri-lingual folktale books
For political and economic reasons, oral storytelling has lagged behind other art forms in the Siberian cultural revival. The deep spiritual philosophy found in ancient tales can clarify and unite viable approaches to today's political, artistic and ecological concerns. Since most Siberian indigenous languages are considered to be threatened, if not almost extinct, and since languages are basic to stories, perhaps revival of storytelling can faci…
Music and Storytelling in the Tuvan Shamanic World
This article discusses the interaction of music and storytelling with shamanism in Tuva, when practiced by shamans, and also by other people. The arts form an important layer of the shamanic context, which is today out of balance in part because outsiders focus so strongly on shamans and throat-singing, ignoring other cultural areas. Important aspects of storytelling are imagery, spiritual geography, the soul journey, and the persona of the telle…
Seals and mountain spirits: Making tri-lingual folktale books
For political and economic reasons, oral storytelling has lagged behind other art forms in the Siberian cultural revival. The deep spiritual philosophy found in ancient tales can clarify and unite viable approaches to today's political, artistic and ecological concerns. Since most Siberian indigenous languages are considered to be threatened, if not almost extinct, and since languages are basic to stories, perhaps revival of storytelling can faci…
Music and Storytelling in the Tuvan Shamanic World
This article discusses the interaction of music and storytelling with shamanism in Tuva, when practiced by shamans, and also by other people. The arts form an important layer of the shamanic context, which is today out of balance in part because outsiders focus so strongly on shamans and throat-singing, ignoring other cultural areas. Important aspects of storytelling are imagery, spiritual geography, the soul journey, and the persona of the telle…
Singing Story, Healing Drum: Shamans and Storytellers of Turkic Siberia
Kiviuq: An Inuit Hero and His Siberian Cousins
After decades exploring Siberian cultures, Kira Van Deusen turned to the Canadian north to ask many such questions, looking at them through the versions of one of their most respected legends - that of hero/shaman Kiviuq, an Inuit counterpart to Homer's Odysseus - told by forty Inuit elders. The elders' voices engage us directly, inviting us to look at the unique qualities of arctic heroism and its application to present-day concerns. Rich detail…
Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Diverse Musicological Studies (2 works) · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Indigenous (2 works) · Indigenous Studies and Ecology (2 works) · Literature (2 works)