Songs, Discos and Dancing in Kiryandongo, Uganda

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3638166
AutoresTania Kaiser
Año2006
Volumen32
Número2
Páginas183-202
Fecha de publicación2006-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNew Community (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691830500487399
OpenAlexW2065062494
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas16
Referencias citadas6

Anthropological study of musical and dance forms in the Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement allows us to understand some of the ways that material and aesthetic categories are employed to express and negotiate identity, social transformation and political upheaval in ways that are active dynamic and contribute to the creation of new social relations and norms. Song lyrics are found to deal with a range of issues of concern to the group, including the Sudanese conflict that led to displacement and insecurity in northern Uganda. Dancing is discussed in relation to a visual and behavioural aesthetic that provides insights into the changing roles and social relations of women in particular. Following on from this, the final section of the paper on discos suggests that these social events have become a contested domain, in which inter-generational conflict and concerns about inter-ethnic relations within the settlement are played out. The paper concludes that music and dance have been used by the residents of Kiryandongo to negotiate competing and overlapping identities. As such, they provide a forum in which both a specifically Acholi identity, as well as a more inclusive Sudanese identity, can be asserted and explored

Aesthetics · Art · Dance · Identity (music · Literature · Lyrics · Negotiation · Political science · Refugee · Relation (database · Settlement (finance · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · Diverse Musicological Studies · Music History and Culture · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Gender Studies · Law