Ruby Erickson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4894974 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruby Erickson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruby |
| FAMILY NAME | Erickson |
| SIGNATURE | ERICKSON R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brown University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Sometimes You Can Just Sing Free”: Vocal Transmission, Intradiasporic Diversity, and Belonging in Cabo Verdean New England
In this article, I explore narratives of vocal transmission among Cabo Verdeans and Cabo Verdean Americans in New England, teasing out the threads of diasporic relationality—gathering, musical participation, and kinship—woven into my interlocutors’ stories about musical learning. Such narratives of transmission, I argue, are nuanced by divergent life histories among Cabo Verdean / Americans, which vary according to generation, island origin, and …
Kriolu voices sounding: Tending to epistemic justice and conflict in collaboration
This article explores how community‐engaged programme planning offers ethnographic insight. Co‐written by an ethnomusicologist and a Cabo Verdean community leader, its conversational form aligns with the multivocal nature of collaboration. The piece describes university‐community collaboration leading to ‘Kriolu voices sounding’ (January‐February 2024), a series of public‐facing panels and workshops aimed at amplifying Cabo Verdean music and acti…
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Sometimes You Can Just Sing Free”: Vocal Transmission, Intradiasporic Diversity, and Belonging in Cabo Verdean New England
In this article, I explore narratives of vocal transmission among Cabo Verdeans and Cabo Verdean Americans in New England, teasing out the threads of diasporic relationality—gathering, musical participation, and kinship—woven into my interlocutors’ stories about musical learning. Such narratives of transmission, I argue, are nuanced by divergent life histories among Cabo Verdean / Americans, which vary according to generation, island origin, and …
Kriolu voices sounding: Tending to epistemic justice and conflict in collaboration
This article explores how community‐engaged programme planning offers ethnographic insight. Co‐written by an ethnomusicologist and a Cabo Verdean community leader, its conversational form aligns with the multivocal nature of collaboration. The piece describes university‐community collaboration leading to ‘Kriolu voices sounding’ (January‐February 2024), a series of public‐facing panels and workshops aimed at amplifying Cabo Verdean music and acti…
Ethnography (2 works) · Music History and Culture (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Cultural transmission in animals (1 works) · Diaspora (1 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (1 works) · Diverse Musicological Studies (1 works) · Economic Justice (1 works) · Musical (1 works) · Musical instrument (1 works)