New perspectives on the Kalahari debate
A Tale of Two ‘Genomes’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8092778 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Victor Grauer (5559 McCandless Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 2007 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 1-14 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hunter Gatherer Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1476-4253 • E-ISSN: 2056-3264 |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3828/bfarm.2007.2.4 |
| OpenAlex | W2269330302 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 11 |
While the ‘Great Kalahari Debate’ hinged almost exclusively on the interpretation of sparse and confusing archaeological and historical data, abundant and convincing genetic evidence from the realm of biological anthropology has been largely ignored, while equally compelling cultural evidence drawn from the musical traditions of the populations in question has been overlooked entirely. In this paper, I attempt to demonstrate how genetic and musicological research can be combined to provide a compelling case for the ‘traditionalist’ position in this ongoing controversy. To this end, I draw upon an important but little known musical ‘genome’, the Cantometric database, compiled under the direction of the late Alan Lomax, at the Columbia University Bureau of Applied Social Research
Archaeology · Art · Epistemology · Ethnomusicology · Genetic data · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Literature · Musical · Population · Realm · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Diverse Musicological Studies · History · Music History and Culture · Philosophy
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Concept, Style, and Structure in the Music of the African Pygmies and Bushmen
Alan Lomax's Cantometrics Project
Universals in the world's musics
Evolution of tonal organization in music mirrors symbolic representation of perceptual reality. Part-1
An Archaeological Contribution to the Kalahari Debate from the Middle Limpopo Valley, Southern Africa
Music, Meaning and Culture
Hunters and gatherers past and present
Folk song style and culture
Paradigmatic History of San-Speaking Peoples and Current Attempts at Revision [and Comments and Replies]
Foragers, Genuine or Spurious
Anthropological and Ethnomusicological Implications of a Comparative Analysis of Bushmen and African Pygmy Music
Cantometrics
Some Song-Style Clusters--A Preliminary Study
Song Structure and Social Structure
Land Filled with Flies
Folk Song Style
Kalahari Archaeology and the Bushman Debate
Foragers, Genuine or Spurious
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,47 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2021 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |