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Call for papers
Forthcoming International Workshop: 3-4 February 2006
School of Oriental and African Studies
London University, UK
Music of the Turkic-speaking world and the phenomenon of "Master- Apprentice" oral transmission
Keynote Speaker: Hiromi Lorraine Sakata
The culture of the wide area of the Turkic-speaking world, stretching from South Siberia to the shores of the Mediterranean and increasingly in diasporic locations elsewhere, comprises the art and music of numerous different ethnicities (among them Yakuts, Tuvans, Hakassyans, Kirghizs, Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Uyghurs, Turkmens, Karakalpaks, Azerys, Tatars, Bashkirs, and Turks). Much music within this vast area is based on the phenomenon of oral transmission and the particular setting of the master-apprentice relationship, which provides for the learning of performance skills through long hours of individual tutorial sessions.
This two-day international workshop (3-4 February 2006, SOAS) will focus on master-apprentice training system and its interface with oral transmission in music of the Turkic speaking world such as:
1. Is the master-apprentice training a formal technical training phenomenon
or the "heart and soul" of cultural heritage?
2. Does it exhibit limitations or is there boundless freedom for cultural
preservation? What stages does it have?
3. Is it a timeless or a temporary phenomenon? Will it survive in the future
despite technical developments and globalisation?
Abstracts should be submitted by 1st November 2005 to Razia Sultanova to the address below to be evaluated by a small panel. We hope this would be one of the series of meetings leading towards the establishment of ICTM Study Group "Music and Dance of the Turkic Speaking world".
Dr Razia Sultanova
Music Department
SOAS, London University
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square,
London WC1H OXG
Tel: 44-207-898-4564
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