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Spring 2020
In this dissertation I explore how music can be used to assist in the process of reconciliation between the Sikhs and Muslims of East and West Punjab (respectively), who had exhibited centuries of interdependence - exemplified by the flourishing Sikh Empire, or Khalsa Raj, which encompassed the...
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Fall 2010
In this thesis I consider the role of music in the construction of identity among West African Canadians, focusing on musical taste and performance. Drawing on themes from participant narratives, I look at how music can maintain connections with or reference identities from “home” cultures. ...
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Sounding the Impact: A Case Study on the Social and Cultural Work of Music in the Context of the Edmonton Raga-Mala Music Society
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The Edmonton Raga-Mala Music Society (ERMS) is a volunteer organization that supports Indian classical music, mainly through the act of organizing formal concerts. As a society that is centered on supporting a genre of music that is closely tied to a particular geographical location that is...
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Transcultural Singing Between Continents: A Multimodal Reflection of Hybridity in the Ukrainian-Canadian Vernacular Song Repertoire
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This study investigates the degree of multimodal hybridity observed in the collection of Ukrainian-Canadian vernacular songs. It is grounded in the compilation of songs assembled by Robert Klymasz during his field research in the 1960s, conducted among Ukrainian immigrants residing on the...