Rudge, A;
(2019)
Flexibility and egalitarianism: musical insights from hunter-gatherers.
Ethnomusicology Forum
, 28
(2)
pp. 163-183.
10.1080/17411912.2019.1683875.
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Abstract
Among egalitarian hunter-gatherer groups across the African continent, musical practices and egalitarian socialities are argued to be mutually implicated with one another. Southeast Asian hunter-gatherers also practice egalitarianism, however, and their musical practices represent a seeming anomaly alongside those of many African hunter-gatherer groups. Discussion of ‘hunter-gatherer musics’ that includes Southeast Asian perspectives has therefore been absent, even though cross-cultural, continent-spanning research with hunter-gatherers is common on topics such as politics, economics, and subsistence. Insights into egalitarianism can be gained through attention to the diversity in hunter-gatherer musical practices. This discussion of Ju|'hoan (Namibia) and Batek (Malaysia) musical practices demonstrates that egalitarianism can be understood in terms of its flexibility.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Flexibility and egalitarianism: musical insights from hunter-gatherers |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17411912.2019.1683875 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/17411912.2019.1683875 |
| 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: | Hunter-gatherer, egalitarianism, polyphony, aesthetics, diversity, flexibility |
| 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/10087351 |
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