Sustaining Tiwi Song Practice through Kulama
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12117806 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Genevieve Campbell (0000-0002-3826-1543, The University of Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 237-252 |
| Publication date | 2013-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Musicology Australia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0814-5857 • E-ISSN: 1949-453X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08145857.2013.844504 |
| OpenAlex | W2017862641 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 7 |
Tiwi traditional song practice is defined by the improvisation of occasion-specific song within an intricate linguistic and musical framework. Historically the Kulama ceremony (part of a graded system of ritual instruction) was the main locus of song learning and performance by both men and women. The Tiwi language and way of life have undergone massive changes in the last sixty years. With a rapidly dwindling number of old Tiwi men and women who have any knowledge of the old language or the skills of song composition and performance, Kulama ceremonies are falling out of practice and new Kulama songs are no longer being composed. In an attempt to keep these skills alive, elders are using repatriated ethnographic recordings as a teaching tool; not only to preserve the cultural and spiritual knowledge held in the old song texts, but also as linguistic and melodic source material for new ways of composing
Art · Ceremony · Ethnography · Improvisation · Linguistics · Literature · Melody · Musical · Sociology · Visual arts · African history and culture analysis · Anthropology · Diverse Musicological Studies · History · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0.42 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2019 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |