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SUMMARY:Valente Lecture: Marié Abe\, “The Politics and Poetics of Mishearing and South-South Imaginaries”
DESCRIPTION:May 1\, 2025 – 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm\n\n\nRoom 266\, Everson Hall\n\n\nHow might we understand the potentialities of sound when it is misheard? What do we make of hearing when it generatively transcends the limits of aural intelligibility? This paper is a preliminary exploration of the phenomenon of aural apophenia—error of perception\, a kind of mishearing—to theorize the potentialities of sound to confuse\, allure\, and bring to life yet-to-exist\, imagined affinities across difference. I pursue this inquiry by tracing two case studies: the unlikely musical affinities between Japan and Ethiopia through the circulation of musical sounds of enka\, a sentimental popular music genre from 1950s Japan\, and an idiosyncratic Okinawan musicologist Yamanouchi Seihin’s theories of musical affinities between Okinawa and indigenous peoples of South America. What kinds of political imaginaries might emerge by taking these idiosyncratic mishearings seriously within the historical contexts of multiple imperialisms and U.S. militarism? Through this speculative exercise\, I am interested in exploring how mishearing\, taken as a generative practice of sonic equivocation\, enables the temporal and geographical otherwise that signals towards the south-south connections that were\, that could have been\, and could be. \n\nAbout Abe\nMarié Abe is Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology in the Department of Music at UC Berkeley. She is a scholar of music and sound with ongoing ethnographic commitments in Japan\, Okinawa\, Ethiopia\, and the US. Broadly speaking\, her research explores the political and affective affordances of (musical) sounds in contexts ranging from everyday life to social movements\, primarily in contemporary Japan. Her publications include the ethnographic monograph Resonances of Chindon-ya: Sounding Space and Sociality in Contemporary Japan (2018\, Wesleyan University Press) as well as a number of articles and chapters in journals and edited volumes including Ethnomusicology\, the Journal of Popular Music\, and the Oxford Handbook of Protest Music. \nPublic-facing work and performance are integral to Abe’s scholarship. She is committed to public ethnomusicology through curatorial practice\, media\, and community engagement. In 2008\, Abe co-produced the Peabody Award-winning National Public Radio program “Squeezebox Stories\,” an audio documentary on the social histories of the accordion in multicultural California\, funded by the California Council for the Humanities. As a curator and artistic director\, she founded and organized the BU Global Music Festival in Boston (2018–23)\, an annual music festival that is offered free of charge\, open to the public\, and accessible to all ages on the university campus. She firmly believes in equitable redistribution of resources from university campuses to artists and community members through fostering sustained relationships. \nMarié holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from the University of California\, Berkeley\, and a bachelor’s degree in sociology\, anthropology\, and ethnomusicology from Swarthmore College. Prior to joining the Berkeley faculty in 2023\, Abe taught at Boston University (2011 to 2023) and Harvard University (2010 to 2011\, 2016). She has held fellowships at the Reischauer Center for Japanese Studies\, Harvard University (2010–11)\, the Newhouse Center for the Humanities at Wellesley College (2013–14)\, and the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto\, Japan (2018–19).
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/valente-lecture-marie-abe-the-politics-and-poetics-of-mishearing-and-south-south-imaginaries/
LOCATION:Everson Hall\, Room 266
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SUMMARY:Alaskan Indie Music: Ashley Young with Heart Machine @ The Blue Rose
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a house concert with traveling indie bands from Alaska in our beautiful backyard in Woodland! Just below the Arctic Circle\, in the heart of her Ancestral land in Alaska\, songwriter Ashley Young captivates with her fiery\, lush vocals. From whispered confessions to powerful\, soaring belting\, her dynamic performances are best described as “journal rock\,” where every note tells a personal story. Her melodies can silence a room\, while her laughter fills it with life. The Blue Rose is proud to be a stop on her fourth west coast tour. Ashley is the 2023 winner of the LIFT Award from the Native Arts & Cultures Foundation. She and her band have shared the stage with acclaimed acts like Australian future soul band Hiatus Kaiyote\, Grammy Award-winners Portugal. The Man\, and Medium Build. They’ve also graced the main stages of Áak’w Rock Indigenous Music Festival and Sundown Solstice Festival. With every performance\, Ashley continues to shine a spotlight on Alaska’s vibrant independent music scene. More about Ashley’s music here: https://ashleyyoungmusic.com/music/. Ashley will be joined by the acoustic Alaskan band Heart Machine. This is a rare opportunity to see these artists perform in a very intimate and comfortable setting in our backyard. As always\, ticket includes a complimentary light meal. Wine and beer for guests over 21. It’s basically just a party at our house where we chip in to support great music. Come on over! \n  \n$25 general donation\, $15 students
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/alaskan-indie-music-ashley-young-with-heart-machine-the-blue-rose/
LOCATION:The Blue Rose\, WOODLAND\, CA\, 95616\, United States
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