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Topic: Songs, Singing and Society

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music and other media (comics, literature, performing arts), interactions/collaborations and transpositions

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The Song Studies Network wishes to establish a multi- and interdisciplinary forum for academic research and creative practice on song. The SSN aims to bring together researchers from various disciplines who investigate the multi-modal medium of song in diverse formats. In bringing together researchers and performers from varied backgrounds, the SSN hopes to facilitate multi- and intercultural dialogues on the phenomenon of song worldwide and across historical periods.

The SSN thinks about 'song' from a multitude of perspectives, acknowledging both form and function. We propose that song can be defined as vocal expression -- incorporating elements such as pitch, rhythm, repetition, language -- that is both a composition and a practice. In practice, song is inseparable from the performing body. By performing a song, feeling and experience are embodied, affecting the body in multiple ways. As song can be an individual and collective at the same time, it is a complex, expressive practice that leverages the diverse physical and imaginative capacities of individuals and communities for various purposes.

The SSN has outlined four initial streams along which dialogue can take place: Transmission, Embodiment, Performance, and Situatedness. We invite researchers to identify areas in which their research falls and also join with those working on other themes to continually shape and develop the emerging field of song studies.

The SSN considers these four streams as interconnected. They can function as a starting point for dialogue, or can help to expand current understandings of song. The streams are meant to act as a foundation to encourage development in the emerging field of Song Studies.

Based upon these streams, the SSN has articulated some key questions:

What is song? How can we define song as a multimodal genre and productive source for research?

Can song studies enhance the understanding of the relationship between the body, memory and feeling?

Can an international methodology of historical analyses be developed for song and singing practices? Can we use cultural and historical differences to reveal commonalities?

What can song studies gain from and contribute to different and diverse understandings of contemporary discourses and practices in society, politics, education and art?

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The Song Studies Network wishes to establish a multi- and interdisciplinary forum for academic research and creative practice on song. The SSN aims to bring together researchers from various disciplines who investigate the multi-modal medium of song in diverse formats.

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Intersection between material song culture and oral song culture

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Positioning of Song and Singing in Society 

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Positioning of Song and Singing in Society 

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By Emilio, Chapt 23 of http://library.lol/main/E26169E4CA44321C2FA5434436F2C9AC

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Book Description

In this work Tim Ingold offers a persuasive approach to understanding how human beings perceive their surroundings. He argues that what we are used to calling cultural variation consists, in the first place, of variations in skill. Neither innate nor acquired, skills are grown, incorporated into the human organism through practice and training in an environment. They are thus as much biological as cultural.

The twenty-three essays comprising this book focus in turn on the procurement of livelihood, on what it means to 'dwell', and on the nature of skill, weaving together approaches from social anthropology, ecological psychology, developmental biology and phenomenology in a way that has never been attempted before. The book revolutionises the way we think about what is 'biological' and 'cultural' in humans, about evolution and history, and indeed about what it means for human beings - at once organisms and persons - to inhabit an environment.

Reissued with a brand new preface, The Perception of the Environment is essential reading not only for anthropologists but also for biologists, psychologists, archaeologists, geographers and philosophers.

Table of Contents

1. Livelihood 2. Dwelling 3. Skill

Reviews

'Tim Ingold's rigorous and imaginative approach to modes of perception as practices involving entire organisms in relations with others is unmatched in contemporary anthropology. 　This work, drawing on scholarship from across the arts and sciences, addresses foundational questions within and well beyond anthropology's four fields. 　His new preface outlining some of the ways he has since developed these ideas is inspirational.'

- Gillian Feeley-Harnik, University of Michigan, USA

'The Perception of the Environment is a formidable work in terms of its intellectual breadth ... its sheer volume ... and methodical consistency and clarity.' - The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

' ... this is an extremely significant book and quite possibly lives up to its promise "to revolutionize the way we think". The book's power lies in its ability to push readers to places previously unimagined ... it is imperative that this book be read by as many people from as broad an audience as possible.' - Anthropological Forum

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The Perception of the Environment: Essays on Livelihood, Dwelling and Skill

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In this work Tim Ingold offers a persuasive approach to understanding how human beings perceive their surroundings. He argues that what we are used to calling cultural variation consists, in the first place, of variations in skill. Neither innate nor acquired, skills are grown, incorporated into the human organism through practice and training in an environment.

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regulary "light" shorter discussion rounds online

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regulary "light" shorter discussion rounds online

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https://emsoundscapes.co.uk/

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Welcome to 'Soundscapes in the Early Modern World', an AHRC-funded international research network that examines how sonic interaction shaped identities c. 1500-1800. It aims to develop new approaches to hearing the sounds of the early modern world, reflect on how we engage with historical soundscapes, and consider the multifaceted relationship between meaning and hearing.

The network will extend understanding of the contexts and spaces in which sounds were heard. We are interested in how sounds shaped the lives of people and their communities, and also with the conceptual issues associated with studying past soundscapes.

In 2019 and 2020, we will organise three workshops and an international conference.

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Early Modern Soundscapes - AHRC-Funded international research network "Soundscapes in the Early Modern World"

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Welcome to 'Soundscapes in the Early Modern World', an AHRC-funded international research network that examines how sonic interaction shaped identities c. 1500-1800. It aims to develop new approaches to hearing the sounds of the early modern world, reflect on how we engage with historical soundscapes, and consider the multifaceted relationship between meaning and hearing.