MUSIC / Indigenous

Current paper · Semantic Scholar

Research on music’s aesthetic and economic dimensions has expanded, yet little is known about how musical value is generated and negotiated across Indigenous, diasporic, and mainstream traditions at a moment when digital circulation and cultural sovereignty debates are reshaping global cultural life. This study addressed that gap by examining how music functioned as cultural currency within and across these communit…

Reference · Wikidata

music of Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

Indigenous music of Australia comprises the music of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia, intersecting with their cultural and ceremonial observances, through the millennia of their individual and collective histories to the present day. The traditional forms include many aspects of performance and musical instrumentation that are unique to particular regions or Aboriginal Australian group…

Image · Europeana

Book · DOAB

This chapter describes an interdisciplinary and intercultural method for writing about historical performances of music and dance by Aboriginal people, and to inform collaborative performances with Aboriginal musicians. It discusses an approach of listening to history through current Indigenous knowledges, and interrogates how seeking to understand the continuities and disruptions of culture through the experiences …

Full text · Open Library

An interdisciplinary discussion of popular music performed and created by American Indian musicians, providing an important window into history, politics, and tribal communities as it simultaneously complements literary, historiographic, anthropological, and sociological discussions of Native culture.

Image · DPLA

Photograph of a poster board presentation from UNT Native American Student Association. The poster presentation is on Indigenous musical artists and the type of music genres they're interested in. This photograph was taken during Indigenous Peoples Day, celebrated on October 12, 2021.