Rudge, A;
(2019)
The sounds of people and birds: music, memory, and longing among the Batek of Peninsular Malaysia.
Hunter Gatherer Research
, 4
(1)
pp. 3-23.
10.3828/hgr.2018.2.
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Abstract
Through combining ethnography of human-bird interactions with analysis of Batek discourses on musical instrument playing, this paper describes the emotional entanglements between human and non-human persons in the Batek’s forest. The argument is made that sound-making and listening are privileged means of deepening the relationships between people and birds, and that these relationships then come to be part of what defines people’s sense of being Batek. Ways of understanding how sound, environment, memory and emotion intertwine are presented, speaking to broader debates surrounding the role of ‘music’ in hunting and gathering societies.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The sounds of people and birds: music, memory, and longing among the Batek of Peninsular Malaysia |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3828/hgr.2018.2 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3828/hgr.2018.2 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Batek, music, birds, Peninsular Malaysia, memory, emotion |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Anthropology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10064678 |
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