Feb 17th: The Global and the Contemporary

Update your blog with 2 entries tagged “Global Sound Cultures”. Refer to some of the material shared in class or found in the research resources. Reflect on how these practices relate to notions of global/contemporary culture or to sonic practices that you know through your own experience. 

Fausto Carlos, Takumã Kuikuro & Leonardo Sette The Hyperwomen (2011)

the material shared in class 

The film with Portuguese and English subtitles that towards globalisation with the film. Also that the was created by indigenous peoples with filmmaking equipment and training. This video can be seen as the cultural preservation though a crucial element, which an elderly woman was afraid of dying and wanted to pass on the traditional festival songs. As the result, this video seems like a cultural preservation to spread time cultures.

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