scholarly journals Imagined Engagements: Interpreting the Musical Relationship with the Canadian North

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-104
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Van den Scott ◽  
Lisa-Jo K. Van den Scott
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Imagined Communities ◽  
Musical Language ◽  
The West ◽  
Meeting Point ◽  
Canadian North ◽  
Musical Cultures ◽  
Interaction Order

In this article, we extend Benedict Anderson’s notion of imagined communities to examine the idea of an “imagined engagement” between or among people and groups that have not met. These imagined engagements include a blurring of temporal lines, as one group “interacts” with another’s past, present, or future. Imagined engagements are a form of failed interaction, and, as such, have their place in Goffman’s interaction order. We argue that musical language can comprise a meeting point of these engagements. We then demonstrate how two composers—one historic and one contemporary—have used the musical cultures of an Othered people, with a focus on Indigenous America, in an attempt to create a sense of community and common ties between the West and these Others—a sense of community in which the Othered have no part.

Citizens of Empire: Some Comparative Observations on the Evolution of Creole Nationalism in Colonial Indonesia

2004 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 656-681 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulbe Bosma
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Western Hemisphere ◽  
Imagined Communities ◽  
Berlin Wall ◽  
The West ◽  
Western Education ◽  
French And English ◽  
Political Realities

An imaginary Berlin Wall stands between nationalist trajectories of the Western hemisphere and those of the East. While the nationalism of the West is generally associated with Enlightenment, the Eastern version is usually referred to as dormant cultural or linguistic nationalism stirred up by Western education. It is an old academic canon that gained new respectability through Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities. But even if political realities in the postcolonial world apparently vindicated this academic canon, the same realities might trap us into writing history retrospectively. A pertinent case in point is the narrative of the emergence of the Indonesian nation in which the notion of a slumbering national identity has been central. A concomitant of that is the almost complete isolation of Indonesian historiography from important discussions in other postcolonial societies. This article proposes a heterodox perspective on the emergence of Indonesian nationalism, which is informed by literature on Senegal and Bengal. This choice is not coincidental, as these locations were the heartlands of the former French and English colonial empires.

Communications in the Canadian north

Polar Record ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 16 (104) ◽  
pp. 675-682 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. S. Loftus
Keyword(s):  
The West ◽  
Canadian North

The “Canadian north” in the terms of communications means those parts of Canada not enjoying telephone, radio, and television services presently available in the populated-southern belt. Generally this is the area above lat 55 °N in the west and above 52°N in the provinces east of Ontario.

scholarly journals Вопрос национального единства в современной России: возможен ли единый национальный миф?

2021 ◽  
pp. 187-194
Author(s):  
Artem Barynkin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Imagined Communities ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Short Term ◽  
National Unity ◽  
The West ◽  
National Myth ◽  
Syrian Crisis ◽  
Ukrainian Crisis

The author, relying on the concept of nations as imagined communities, sharing the existence of the scientific concepts of “ethnic” and “civil” nations, considers the possibility of the emergence of a single national myth, which could become the most important construct in the formation of national unity in a multinational country. Based on various legislative initiatives, amendments to the Constitution of Russia, considering certain aspects of historical policy in Russia, the author concludes that after 2014, on the background of the Ukrainian crisis, the Syrian crisis, US and European Union’s sanctions pressure and political confrontation with the West, the Russian authorities situationally started the mobilisation of public opinion. This policy is capable of producing results only in the short term. Achievement of national unity based on the single national myth, acceptable to most of the Russian society, will require more thorough work and delicate inclusion in the information space, as well as in the educational programs of secondary and higher education.

scholarly journals The Last Great Revolution

2001 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 120-124
Author(s):  
Zeynep Akbulut
Keyword(s):  
Iranian Revolution ◽  
Colonial Power ◽  
The West ◽  
Meeting Point ◽  
Radical Shift ◽  
Three Phases ◽  
The Revolution

Robin Wright's The Last Great Revolution reflects her 27 years of studyand observations of Iran's cultural and political transformations.She interviews thinkers, parliamentarians, administrators, and averagepeople on the streets as she portrays the radical shift in Iran since the 1979Islamic revolution.Wright starts with her "Personal Odyssey" as an introduction. Shedescribes her first encounter with Iran after the revolution at the airplane ina detailed way. Indeed, she wants her book to "help outsiders to see what isthere not just what [they] want to see." She distinguishes this book fromher previous ones, because this time, instead of giving only her ownimpressions, she lets Iranians "speak for themselves about their ideas,experiences, dreams, and frustrations." After the introduction, she providesbrief information about the geography, religion, and population of Iran.The first chapter analyzes the revolution as the Last Great Revolutionof the modem era, that will stand along with the French and Russianrevolutions. Wright explains the reasons which made the Iranian revolutionsuitable and unique. First, the Shi'ite character of Islam demands afaithful fight against injustice and tyranny. Secondly, Iran has a longpolitical experience that has not come under any colonial power. Thirdly,Iran is heir to a great civilization that had a role in shaping the wqrld.Finally, it is between the West and the East as a meeting point of cultures,which gives the opportunity for revolutionary ideas to reach the peoplefrom both directions. To sum up, Wright makes it clear that quest forempowerment in Iran did not ascend from heaven unpredictably in 1979.She notes that everything was already set for an upheaval.Wright's important analysis in this chapter is inspired by Brinton'sclassic work, The Anatomy of Revolution. Brinton argues that "Revolutionsare like fevers". Wright examines the Iranian revolution in three phases ...

History From Linguistics: The Case of the Tana River

1983 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 207-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek Nurse
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
The West ◽  
Comparative Linguistics ◽  
Meeting Point ◽  
The North ◽  
Tana River ◽  
Similar Distance ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Regular Contact ◽  
Detailed Picture

It is the purpose of this article to investigate certain aspects of the Pokomo (P) language, and thereby to present a more detailed picture of Pokomo history than is currently available. Pokomo is an ideal laboratory for comparative linguistics. Whereas much as been written about most adjacent peoples, such as Orma, Somali, Mijikenda (MK), and Swahili, little has been said on the Pokomo, or their neighbors, the Dahalo; virtually no archeological work has been done along the Tana river, while Pokomo (and Dahalo) traditions are scantily recorded.Further, the Tana represents more or less the extreme northeast border of the Bantu-speaking area, and it the meeting point for northern pastoralists and southern farmers. It is surrounded on all sides by speakers of Cushitic languages, from Ogaden Somali near Garissa, through Orma and Waata (all Eastern Cushitic), to Dahalo (Southern Cushitic) and Boni (Eastern Cushitic), on the Indian Ocean. At the same time, it is fairly remote from other Bantu-speaking groups. The nearest Kamba communities are nearly 100 miles as the crow flies to the west, across semi-desert, and the nearest sizeable Giriama settlement a similar distance south of Garsen across comparable terrain. The main Swahili communities of the Lamu Archipelago, north of the mouth of the river, have--at least today--little regular contact with the Pokomo. The relatively small Pokomo population--between 40,000 and 50,000--lives huddled along the banks of the Tana from Garissa in the north to the northern bank of the Indian Ocean estuary, a stretch of some 150 miles, although, if we exclude Malankote, the Pokomo territory is only some 100 miles long. They are primarily agricultural, although fishing and some hunting are also practiced.

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