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Régions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut

étiquettes: social sciences, anthropology, identity clarification, music, Inuit, modernization impacts, ethnomusicology

Objectif(s): The goal of the projected field work is collecting data about new music styles and its socio-cultural context among the Inuit. Information will be sought about the impact of Western music on native music traditions, the ways in which Inuit have reacted musically to the presence of kabloonait music in the north, the economic and socio-cultural context in which such reactions take place, and the role of mass media in the dissemination of Western and Inuit music styles.

Description du projet: As a consequence of contact between kabloonait and kabloona music, the younger generation of Inuit have begun inventing new song styles. I am investigating how these songs relate to questions of Inuit identity, what impressions all Inuit have of the songs, what groups sing the songs (and on what occassions), what are the lyrics, and to what extent have the songs been distributed (i.e., forms of distribution and technology used to listen).