BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Paris BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221105T100000 RDATE:20230326T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Paris CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231029T020000 RDATE:20240331T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Paris CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T020000 RDATE:20250330T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Paris CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T020000 RDATE:20260329T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Paris CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261025T020000 RDATE:20270328T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Paris CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20271031T020000 RDATE:20280326T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Paris CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230326T030000 RDATE:20231029T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Paris CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T030000 RDATE:20241027T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Paris CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T030000 RDATE:20251026T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Paris CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T030000 RDATE:20261025T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Paris CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270328T030000 RDATE:20271031T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Paris CEST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9cf4b63606c5b124e2118178d6720951 CATEGORIES:Séminaire du CREM CREATED:20230620T142331 SUMMARY:Elina Seye — African music and dance in Finland: transcultural contacts and collaborations LOCATION:Lesc – salle 308F (3e étage) - 21\, allée de l’Université\, Nanterre\, \, 9 2000\, France DESCRIPTION:Avec Elina Seye*\nThe circumstances of African musics and dances in Finland are quite different from most Western European countries because most of t he African diaspora communities in Finland are relatively young and small. Still, there has been a number of professional African musicians living and working in Finland since the 1980s, but their immigration was more often d ue to their personal connections with Finns rather than general flows of mi gration. Despite the minimal numbers of Africans living in Finland, a livel y scene of African music and dance has developed especially in Helsinki, th e capital, and this scene has been characterized by collaborations between Africans and white Finns.\nThe lecture presents my earlier research on the history of African music and musicians in Finland, with a focus on the firs t generation on African immigrant musicians, and a new research project whe re I will study how traditional West African music and dance styles are tra nsmitted and (re)presented in Finnish contexts. It seems that these traditi ons are more likely to be transmitted in multiethnic and translocal network s of professionals and enthusiasts than from an older generation of African immigrant artists to their offspring or other young people of African desc ent. This destabilizes the conception of music and dance traditions as ‘her itage’ passed on through generations. The plan is to broaden this research later to include also other European countries and the ways in which Africa n traditions are transmitted and possibly transformed through social media representations.\nElina Seye (PhD, habil.) is an ethnomusicologist and danc e researcher affiliated with the University of Helsinki, Finland. Her docto ral thesis Performing a Tradition in Music and Dance (2014, University of T ampere) focused on social relations and interactions in Senegalese sabar da nce events, and her postdoctoral project dealt with sabar dance in differen t performance contexts. She has also conducted research on African music an d musicians in Finland. Currently, her research focuses on women musicians in Senegal and Mali as part of the project World Wide Women – Female Musici ans Crossing Borders and Building Futures that she also leads.\n \n \n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Seminaire Seye2023Avec Elina Seye*

The circumstances of African musics and dances in Finland are quite di fferent from most Western European countries because most of the African di aspora communities in Finland are relatively young and small. Still, there has been a number of professional African musicians living and working in F inland since the 1980s, but their immigration was more often due to their p ersonal connections with Finns rather than general flows of migration. Desp ite the minimal numbers of Africans living in Finland, a lively scene of Af rican music and dance has developed especially in Helsinki, the capital, an d this scene has been characterized by collaborations between Africans and white Finns.

The lecture presents my earlier research on the history of African music and musicians in Finland, with a focus on the first genera tion on African immigrant musicians, and a new research project where I wil l study how traditional West African music and dance styles are transmitted and (re)presented in Finnish contexts. It seems that these traditions are more likely to be transmitted in multiethnic and translocal networks of pro fessionals and enthusiasts than from an older generation of African immigra nt artists to their offspring or other young people of African descent. Thi s destabilizes the conception of music and dance traditions as ‘heritage’ p assed on through generations. The plan is to broaden this research later to include also other European countries and the ways in which African tradit ions are transmitted and possibly transformed through social media represen tations.

Elina Seye (PhD, habil.) is an ethnomusicol ogist and dance researcher affiliated with the University of Helsinki, Finl and. Her doctoral thesis Performing a Tradition in Music and Dance (2014, University of Tampere) focused on social relations and interactions in Senegalese sabar dance events, and her postdoctoral project de alt with sabar dance in different performance contexts. She has al so conducted research on African music and musicians in Finland. Currently, her research focuses on women musicians in Senegal and Mali as part of the project World Wide Women – Female Musicians Crossing Borders and Build ing Futures that she also leads.

 

 

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