Artistic Research and African Musical Performance: Listening Beyond Euro-American Canons
Date
2020-07
Authors
Pyper, Brett
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Publisher
Arts Research Africa, The Wits School of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand
Abstract
Are certain forms of African music-making inherently advantaged or disadvantaged through engagement with artistic research? How does the quest to advance decoloniality factor into such efforts? What does such belated recognition mean for African musics and more general African arts practice outside academia?
Description
Are certain forms of African music-making inherently advantaged or disadvantaged through engagement with artistic research? How does the quest to advance decoloniality factor into such efforts? What does such belated recognition mean for African musics and more general African arts practice outside academia?
Keywords
artistic research, arts research, decolonisation, arts pedagogy,
Citation
Are certain forms of African music-making inherently advantaged or disadvantaged through engagement with artistic research? How does the quest to advance decoloniality factor into such efforts? What does such belated recognition mean for African musics and more general African arts practice outside academia?