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Why Sámi Sing : Knowing Through Melodies in Northern Norway

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Why S mi Sing is an anthropological inquiry into a singing practice found among the Indigenous S mi people, living in the northernmost part of Europe. It inquires how the performance of melodies, with or without lyrics, may be a way of altering perception, relating to human and non-human presences, or engaging with the past. According to its practitioners, the S mi "yoik" is more than a musical repertoire made up by humans: it is a vocal power received from the environment, one that reveals its possibilities with parsimony through practice and experience. Following the propensity of S mi singers to take melodies seriously and experiment with them, this book establishes a conversation between Indigenous and Western epistemologies and introduces the "yoik" as a way of knowing in its own right, with both convergences and divergences vis- -vis academic ways of knowing. It will be of particular interest to scholars of anthropology, ethnomusicology, and Indigenous studies.

*Honourable Mention - International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance Book Prize 2024*

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  • ISBN-13: 9781032328690
  • ISBN-10: 103232869X
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publish Date: December 2022
  • Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.96 pounds
  • Page Count: 168

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