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How to Charge a Voice with Power, Bernd Brabec de Mori

Séminaire du CREM

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Monday 14 January 2013 14:00 - 16:00
Salle 308F du LESC (3e étage)
MSH Mondes (bât. Ginouvès)
21, allée de l’Université, Nanterre

Présentation

Avec Bernd Brabec de Mori (Zentrum für Systematische Musikwissenschaft, Université de Graz).

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The performance of magical songs for healing or sorcery is a common practice among the Shipibo-Konibo, an indigenous group dwelling on the shores of the Ucayali River in the Peruvian lowlands. Such songs are different from other genres of vocal music in the same community in a variety of ways (e.g. they may be performed in closed rituals, under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs; they are usually much longer than other genres, and can only be performed by trained specialists), especially in the quality of the voice. Performers of magical singing are thought to wield a powerful voice (boman) which is obtained through arduous training called ‘dieting’ (samá) and is responsible for the songs’ effects and efficiency. Even during daily life, these specialists (yobé or meráya) have to be careful e.g. not to get angry lest they would unleash their voice’s power in uncontrolled ways. In rituals for curing or sorcery they apply techniques for additionally charging their voice with power. They undergo transformation into non-human entities or use their contacts to such entities in order to sing more efficiently during ritual. In this lecture, I will present background information, recorded examples and approaches how to theorize and explain this phenomenon.

LESC CREM Picto C webThe CREM (Centre for Research in Ethnomusicology) seminar takes place on two Mondays per month, from 10:00 to 12:00. Members of the CREM (doctoral students included) and invited researchers present their ongoing work. The presentations last 50 minutes, and are followed by a coffee break and discussion hour.

Occasionally, the seminar takes the form of a workshop which brings together several researchers around a common theme. In these cases, the seminar takes place over an afternoon, or sometimes an entire day.

Participation in the seminar is open to everyone. It is also integrated into the Master’s degree in ethnomusicology at the Universities of Paris Nanterre and Paris Saint-Denis.

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