scholarly journals Algunas manifestaciones actuales de la música indígena en Sonora, México

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (12) ◽  
pp. 20-28
Author(s):  
Marybel Ferrales Nápoles
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Short Description ◽  
The State ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Historical Process ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
Musical Tradition ◽  
Indigenous Music ◽  
Metric Analysis ◽  
Visual Evidence

La riqueza de la tradición musical indígena de Sonora estriba en su variedad y significados constituyendo un factor importante en la identidad de sus pueblos. Sin embargo, las investigaciones sobre la música de las culturas autóctonas de la región son escasas; por ello, se hace necesario un estudio enfocado a su significación como fenómeno cultural colectivo y a su análisis musical. El objetivo de este  trabajo es dar a conocer como se manifiesta actualmente la música de algunas etnias del estado de Sonora mediante la trascripción y análisis de obras representativas. Se inició recogiendo las evidencias auditivas y visuales de la música indígena que ha llegado a nuestros días como producto de un largo proceso histórico en diferentes etnias del Estado de Sonora. Se seleccionaron cinco obras extraídas de grabaciones propias o facilitadas por Lutisuc (2007), las cuales fueron transcritas y acompañadas con una breve descripción del contexto donde se interpretan y su análisis melódico, armónico, formal y métrico, así como los procesos de acompañamiento, entonación y timbre de voces. Se concluye que la música indígena contemporánea interpretada en el territorio sonorense es trasmisora de los pensamientos actuales de las etnias; en muchos casos, reconstruyendo parámetros antiguos para moldear las generaciones actuales y no interpretándose fuera del contexto local. Abstract The richness of the indigenous musical tradition in Sonora lies in the variety and meanings constituting an important factor in the identity of their towns. However, the research about the music of the native cultures on the region are only a few; therefore, it is necessary a study focusing the meaning as a collective cultural phenomenon and his musical analysis. The objective of this work is releasing information of how music is currently manifested today in some ethnic groups of Sonora through transcriptions and analysis of representatives works. It began by collecting auditory and visual evidence of indigenous music that has reached our days as a product of a historical process in different ethnic groups in the State of Sonora. Five works were selected from own recordings or provided by Lutiscu (2007), which were transcribed and accompanied with a short description of the context where they are interpreted and its melodic, harmonic, formal and metric analysis; as well as the accompaniment, intonation and timbre of voices. It concludes that contemporary indigenous music performed in the Sonoran territory it is a transmitter of the actual thoughts of the ethnic groups; in many cases, rebuilding old parameters to shape current generations and not interpreting itself outside the local context.

Of Nils and Nation: Selma Lagerlöf'sThe Wonderful Adventures of Nils

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
BJÖRN SUNDMARK
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
School System ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
State School ◽  
Linguistic Differences ◽  
Vested Interests ◽  
National Ideology ◽  
Selma Lagerlof

Recently past its centenary, The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1906–7), by Selma Lagerlöf, has remained an international children's classic, famous for its charm and magical elements. This article returns to read the book in its original contexts, and sets out to demonstrate that it was also published as a work of instruction, a work of geography, calculated to build character and nation. Arguing that it represents the vested interests of the state school system, and the national ideology of modern Sweden, the article analyses Nils's journey as the production of a Swedish ‘space’. With a focus on representations of power and nationhood in the text, it points to the way Lagerlöf takes stock of the nation's natural resources, characterises its inhabitants, draws upon legends and history, and ultimately constructs a ‘folkhem’, where social classes, ethnic groups and linguistic differences are all made to contribute to a sense of Swedish belonging and destiny.

Afars of Ethiopia in the system of ethnic federalism

2018 ◽  
pp. 126-146
Author(s):  
Roza Ismagilova
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Fundamental Principle ◽  
Ethnic Relations ◽  
The State ◽  
Political Crisis ◽  
The Political ◽  
Horn Of Africa ◽  
State Structure ◽  
Ethnic Federalism

The article pioneers the analyses of the results of ethnic federalism introduced in Ethiopia in 1991 – and its influence on Afar. Ethnicity was proclaimed the fundamental principle of the state structure. The idea of ethnicity has become the basis of official ideology. The ethnic groups and ethnic identity have acquired fundamentally importance on the political and social levels . The country has been divided into nine ethnically-based regions. The article exposes the complex ethno-political and economic situation in the Afar State, roots and causes of inter- and intra-ethnic relations and conflicts with Amhara, Oromo, Tigray and Somali-Issa, competition of ethnic elites for power and recourses. Alive is the idea of “The Greater Afar”which would unite all Afar of the Horn of Africa. The protests in Oromia and Amhara Regions in 2015–2017 influenced the Afar state as welll. The situation in Ethiopia nowadays is extremely tense. Ethiopia is plunging into serious political crisis. Some observers call it “the beginning of Ethiopian spring”, the others – “Color revolution”

Pseudomorphosis as a Historical and Cultural Phenomenon

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
С.И. Сулимов
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
Social Segregation ◽  
Philosophical Consideration ◽  
German Philosopher ◽  
State Language

статья посвящена социально-философскому рассмотрению такого историко-культурного явления как псевдоморфоза. Под данным термином понимается господство развитого в культурном плане общества над более молодым соседом, находящимся на более низкой ступени общественного развития. Опираясь на исследования немецкого философа О. Шпенглера и многочисленные исторические примеры, автор выделяет такие агенты эффективного создания псевдоморфозы как государственный язык, импортная модель образования и социальная сегрегация. the work is devoted to the socio-philosophical consideration of such a historical and cultural phenomenon as pseudomorphosis. This term refers to the dominance of a culturally developed society over a younger and more primitive neighbor. Based on the research of the German philosopher O. Spengler and numerous historical examples, the author identifies such agents for the effective creation of pseudomorphs as the state language, the import model of education and social segregation.

A Legitimacy Crisis of Representative Democracy?

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques Thomassen ◽  
Carolien van Ham
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Short Description ◽  
The State ◽  
Political Support ◽  
Systematic Fashion ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Established Democracies ◽  
Legitimacy Crisis

This chapter presents the research questions and outline of the book, providing a brief review of the state of the art of legitimacy research in established democracies, and discusses the recurring theme of crisis throughout this literature since the 1960s. It includes a discussion of the conceptualization and measurement of legitimacy, seeking to relate legitimacy to political support, and reflecting on how to evaluate empirical indicators: what symptoms indicate crisis? This chapter further explains the structure of the three main parts of the book. Part I evaluates in a systematic fashion the empirical evidence for legitimacy decline in established democracies; Part II reappraises the validity of theories of legitimacy decline; and Part II investigates what (new) explanations can account for differences in legitimacy between established democracies. The chapter concludes with a short description of the chapters included in the volume.

Inter-Ethnic Dynamics in the Wake of Terrorist Attacks: Evidence from the 2015 Baga Massacre

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Belmonte
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Natural Experiment ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
The State ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Boko Haram ◽  
Far North ◽  
North East

AbstractThis paper investigates the consequences for inter-group conflicts of terrorist attacks. I study the 2015 Baga massacre, a large scale attack conducted by Boko Haram at the far North-East state of Borno, Nigeria, as a quasi-natural experiment and examine a set of attitudes in the aftermath of the event of Christians and Muslims throughout the country. Comparing individuals, outside the region of Borno, interviewed by Afrobarometer immediately after the massacre and those interviewed the days before within same regions and holding fixed a number of individual characteristics, I document that the informational exposure to the event rendered Christians less amiable to neighboring Muslims and Muslims less likely to recognize the legitimacy of the state. Nonetheless, Muslims increased their view of the elections as a device to remove leaders in office, event that took place 2 months later with the election of the challenger, Muhammadu Buhari. My findings indicate that terrorist attacks may generate a relevant and heterogeneous backlash across ethnic groups.

‘This Romish business’ - Ritual Innovation and Parish Life in Later Nineteenth-Century Lincolnshire

1999 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 384-395
Author(s):  
R. W. Ambler
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Church Of England ◽  
The State ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Holy Communion ◽  
Parish Church ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church ◽  
Mixing Water

In February 1889 Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln, appeared before the court of the Archbishop of Canterbury charged with illegal practices in worship. The immediate occasion for these proceedings was the manner in which he celebrated Holy Communion at the Lincoln parish church of St Peter at Gowts on Sunday 4 December 1887. He was cited on six specific charges: the use of lighted candles on the altar; mixing water with the communion wine; adopting an eastward-facing position with his back to the congregation during the consecration; permitting the Agnus Dei to be sung after the consecration; making the sign of the cross at the absolution and benediction, and taking part in ablution by pouring water and wine into the chalice and paten after communion. Two Sundays later King had repeated some of these acts during a service at Lincoln Cathedral. As well as its intrinsic importance in defining the legality of the acts with which he was charged, the Bishop’s trial raised issues of considerable importance relating to the nature and exercise of authority within the Church of England and its relationship with the state. The acts for which King was tried had a further significance since the ways in which these and other innovations in worship were perceived, as well as the spirit in which they were ventured, also reflected the fundamental shifts which were taking place in the role of the Church of England at parish level in the second half of the nineteenth century. Their study in a local context such as Lincolnshire, part of King’s diocese, provides the opportunity to examine the relationship between changes in worship and developments in parish life in the period.

The State and Democratization: The United States in Comparative Perspective

2004 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANCISCO E. GONZÁLEZ ◽  
DESMOND KING
Keyword(s):  
American Exceptionalism ◽  
The United States ◽  
The State ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Third Wave ◽  
Liberal Democracies ◽  
Historical Process ◽  
American Experience ◽  
The Common ◽  
Spatio Temporal

In this article we defend the importance of the concept of ‘stateness’ in scholarly understanding of political democratization. We argue that because processes of political democratization in different spatio-temporal settings often share important similarities they are therefore comparable. We investigate this proposition by comparing the process of American political democratization with those of other liberal democracies, old and new. We review extant accounts of the historical process of American democratization – including those addressing American exceptionalism, class structures, multiple traditions, social movements, and international pressures – before presenting an alternative comparative account based on the idea of stateness. Attention to stateness problems defined along legal, bureaucratic and ideological dimensions and derived from both the classic Weberian perspective on the state and the more recent ‘third wave’ of democratization theory help to place the long American experience of democratization in comparative perspective. This finding illuminates some of the common political challenges in the construction of liberal democracies, old and new.

scholarly journals Modalidades productivas artesanales: expresiones de “lo local” en un mundo globalizado?

2003 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mónica B. Rotman
Keyword(s):  
Structural Adjustment ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
The State ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
Current Stage ◽  
The Way

Esbozamos en este trabajo algunas consideraciones respecto de las relaciones entre la globalización y el tema artesanal, así como analizamos de que manera se expresa en el universo de las artesanías la dicotomía globallocal. La etapa actual de globalización se ha traducido en nuestro país en procesos de ajuste estructural; éstos suponen la reducción de los ámbitos de incumbencia pública, la retracción del estado, políticas de privatizaciones y aperturas de fronteras. La pauperización del país afecta más fuertemente a los sectores productivos más débiles. La modalidad productiva de los artesanos y sus condiciones de inserción en el mercado los hace sumamente vulnerables a los cambios estructurales que se producen en la actualidad. La producción artesanal, frecuentemente considerada como una expresión privilegiada de ‘lo local’ constituye un interesante fenómeno económico-cultural desde donde pensar las cuestiones planteadas. Abstract This article offers some considerations regarding the relationships between the phenomena of globalization and craftsmanship, analyzing the way the latter universe expresses the global-local dichotomy. The current stage of globalization has been translated in Argentina in processes of structural adjustment, which implied the reduction of the environments of public incumbency, the retraction of the state, privatization policies, and so on. This pauperization of the country affects the productive sectors. The productive modality of the artisans and the specific conditions they participate in the market turn them extremely vulnerable to the structural changes that take place at the present time. The production of craftsmen, frequently considered a privileged expression of the “local””, constitutes an interesting economic-cultural phenomenon from where to think the outlined questions.

scholarly journals The ideas of civil religion in the works of Mykola Kostomarov

2016 ◽  
pp. 79-85
Author(s):  
Timofiy Zinkevich
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Civil Religion ◽  
Religious Language ◽  
National State ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
Social Doctrine ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of

T. Zinkevich. "The ideas of civil religion in the works of Mykola Kostomarov." The author based on the fact that a civil religion - it is a social and cultural phenomenon in which the light of a kind of religious language and the specific practices of the necessity of finding and approval of the national state, which has its roots in the community needs to find the sacred in the work, which is inherent in the transcendent, eternally linear in nature and which is rooted in the history of the territory. According to N. Kostomarov, the main provisions of national faith as follows: God is one, He is the creator of all things, the seat of comfort and happiness, belief in which is the key statements in the freedom society, equality, and fraternity; social ideals of Ukrainians, which is the expression of Christian Cossack republic and the social doctrine of the early, truthful Christianity coincide; Ukraine, in contrast to other ethnic groups, is a carrier and protector of the true social and Christian values, which makes it possible immortality Ukrainians, his primacy in  the social liberation and unification of the Slavic community, in which Ukraine will take place eludes Rzeczpospolita.

scholarly journals Nós, o outro e os outros: a constituição multiétnica capixaba no caldeirão cultural do Espírito Santo, Brasil

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Cristina Dadalto ◽  
Luis Fernando Beneduzi
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
The State ◽  
Espírito Santo ◽  
European Immigrants ◽  
The Government ◽  
Espirito Santo ◽  
Lebanese Immigrants ◽  
Political Actions

This paper aims to analyse the multiethnic constitution of Espírito Santo starting from the report book Encontro das Raças, published in 1997 by the journalist Rogério Medeiros. The book presents interviews with narratives of European immigrants and descendants – Pomeranians, Dutch, Italians, Polish, German, Tyrolean, and Swiss. During its historical, socio-cultural and demographic constitution, Espírito Santo also counted with the participation of Syrian and Lebanese immigrants – in the 19th and early 20th centuries – and Asians, as well as national migrants. Medeiros also discusses and presents narratives of the descendants of Africans, Indians and Portuguese who constitute the first matrix of miscegenation of the capixaba people. The purpose of the present study is to reflect on this relationship that Medeiros calls the “Meeting of the Races” from a perspective of the sense of belonging and power relations established between these various ethnic groups settled in the state from 1847, when the government of the province sought alternatives to transform Espírito Santo economically and initiated, through political actions, the process of installing European immigrants in its lands.

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