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Soundscapes and Folklore in East Asia

  • 24/10/2024
  • 10:00-17:00
  • Online and at 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 5BT

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Soundscapes and Folklore in East Asia

The Folklore Society and The Royal Anthropological Institute:

Eighth ‘Folklore and Anthropology in Conversation’ Symposium

Date:  Thursday 24 October, 2024
Time:  10:00 to 17:00
Location: 50 Fitzroy Street,  London W1T 5BT

The seminar series ‘Folklore and Anthropology in Conversation’ encourages empirical and conceptual dialogue between the two related disciplines of folklore and anthropology.

This year’s conference explores a range of topics in the areas of folk music studies, ethnomusicology, oral folklore, ritual, and performance with presentations covering aspects of soundscapes in China, Korea, Japan and Northeast Asia with comparative presentations drawing on material from Saudi Arabia and Nepal (see programme below).

Presentations will mostly be given in person,  but conference attendees may attend either in person at 50 Fitzroy St or online via Zoom.

There is no registration fee. But we will be delighted to receive donations: Click here to Donate to The Folklore Society

Register to Attend:

In Person:  Click here to book a seat. Refreshments and a light lunch will be provided free of charge. Seats at 50 Fitzroy Street are limited, and bookings are ‘first come, first served’.

Online: Click here to register for online participation

Programme (download the programme and abstracts)

10:00 – 10:15: Welcome and Introduction to the Day

10:15 – 11:45: China 

  • Igor Chabrowski (University of Warsaw): ‘Reading Folklore for Social History: Cases and Reflections from Late-Qing and Republican China’.
  • Yuan Zhang (University of Oxford): ‘Divine Resonances: Soundscapes and Spatial Hierarchies in the Pan-Spiritual Homes of Rural China’ (Online via Zoom).
  • Li Mingming (Northwest Minzhu, China): ‘Cultural Interpretation of the Multi-voice Phenomenon of Shadow Play in Gansu and Qinghai Provinces in China’. (Online via Zoom).

11:45 – 12:15: Break

12:15 – 12:45: Northeast Asia 

  • István Sántha (Hungarian Research Network, Budapest): ‘The Shamanic Soundscape of the Russian Far East’. (Online, via Zoom)

12:45 – 13:30: Lunch break

13:30-14:30: Korea and Japan

  • Niki Alsford (University of Central Lancashire): ‘Haenyeo Sirens: A Sonic Window into Jeju’s Female Divers’ Sumbisori Soundscapes’.
  • Luca Proietti (SOAS University of London): ‘Resounding Buddhism and Shinto in Japanese Noise Music’.

14:30-15:00: Break

15:00-15:30: A Comparison

  • Rawan Alfuraih (University of Oxford): ‘The Space of Tales: Ecologies of Bodily Movement in the Performance of Najdi sibaheen Folktales in Saudi Arabia’.

15:30-16:15: Audio-Visual Session

  • Anna Sowa (Chouette Films) and Richard Widdess (SOAS): Gũlā: Music for a Sacred Time’. Film.

16:15-17:00: Plenary Discussion