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SUMMARY:The Politics and Aesthetics of Choral Singing in Alentejo\, Portug
 al - Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco - Instituto de Etnomusicologia – Cen
 tro de Estudos em Música e Dança\, Universidade Nova de Lisboa\, Portuga
 l 
DTSTART:20150306T170000Z
DTEND:20150306T183000Z
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DESCRIPTION:This presentation discusses the ideological and political unde
 rpinnings of the patrimonialization of the repertoire and performance mode
 l of a polyphonic genre named cante in southern Alentejo (Portugal) and th
 eir impact on its aesthetics and meaning. Taking a diachronic perspective\
 , it will briefly examine the ideologies\, policies\, and performance mode
 ls that contributed to configuring and projecting two-part singing by chor
 al groups as the predominant musical style in the region and as a signifie
 r of its identity. It will also examine the process of folklorization impl
 emented by the totalitarian regime that ruled Portugal from 1933 up to 197
 4 and its appropriation and resignification on the local level following t
 he establishment of democracy in 1974. The talk will end with a few though
 ts on the process leading to cante’s inscription in UNESCO’s represent
 ative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage and the need to study its impac
 t within the framework of current multidisciplinary critical debates on UN
 ESCO’s ICH convention and heritage as cultural practice.\n\nSalwa EL-Sha
 wan Castelo-Branco. Professor of Ethnomusicology\, Director of the Institu
 to de Etnomusicologia – Centro de Estudos em Música e Dança\, Universi
 dade Nova de Lisboa\, Portugal and President of the International Council 
 for Traditional Music. She received her doctorate from Columbia University
 \, taught at New York University (1979-1982)\, and was visiting professor 
 at Columbia University\, Princeton University and Chicago University. Carr
 ied out field research in Portugal\, Egypt and Oman resulting in publicati
 ons on: cultural politics\, musical nationalism\, identity\, music media\,
  modernity and music and conflict. Recent publications include: “The Pol
 itics of Music Categorization in Portugal” in Philip Bohlman (ed.) The C
 ambridge History of World Music. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (20
 13)\;  Enciclopédia da Música em Portugal no Século XX (4 vols) (ed.). 
 Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores/Temas e Debates (2010)\; Music and Conflict. 
 (co-editor with John O’Connell and author of the Epilogue)\, Urbana:  Il
 linois University Press (2010)\; Traditional Arts in Southern Arabia: Musi
 c and Society in Sohar\, Sultante of Oman  (with Dieter Christensen). Berl
 in: VWB Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung (2009). Past academic respons
 ibilities and awards include: Vice President of the Society for Ethnomusic
 ology (2007 – 2009) and of the International Council for Traditional Mus
 ic (1997-2001 and 2009-2013)\; Vice Chancellor of the Universidade Nova de
  Lisboa (2007-2009). Recipient of the Glarean Award for music research of 
 the Swiss Musicological Society (2013)\, the Gold & Silver Medals for Cult
 ural merit of the City Halls of Lisbon and Cascais\, respectively (2012 & 
 2007)\, and the Pro-Author Award of the Portuguese Author’s Society (201
 0).
LOCATION:Recital Room\, Faculty of Music
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