[KS] Conference announcement - Soundscapes and Folklore in East Asia

[James Grayson]

 FROM:  Emeritus Professor James H. Grayson
School of East Asian Studies
The University of Sheffield (UK)


*Please announce this conference to any interested staff or students.
Thank you. *

Soundscapes and Folklore in East Asia
Date:  Thursday 24 October, 2024
Time:  10.00am to 5.00pm
Location: 50 Fitzroy Street,  London W1T 5BT, and online via Zoom

The series ‘Folklore and Anthropology in Conversation’ encourages empirical
and conceptual dialogue between the two related disciplines of folklore and
anthropology and is jointly hosted by the Royal Anthropological Institute
and The Folklore Society.

The symposium is a one-day event held both online and at the offices of the
Royal Anthropological Institute and The Folklore Society at 50 Fitzroy
Street, London on Thursday 24 October 2024. Presentations will mostly be
given in-person, but *conference attendees may attend either in person, or
online via Zoom*.

In this year’s conference, we will explore a range of topics in the areas
of folk music studies, ethnomusicology, oral folklore, ritual, and
performance with presentations covering aspects of soundscapes in China,
Korea, Japan and Northeast Asia with comparative presentations drawing on
material from Saudi Arabia and Nepal (see programme below).

*Tickets are Free*

*Book to Attend:*

*In Person at 50 Fitzroy Street: *book a seat via
https://buytickets.at/royalanthropologicalinstituteofgreatbritain/1358017.

Refreshments and a light lunch will be provided free of charge.

Seats at 50 Fitzroy Street are limited and bookings will be 'first come,
first served'

*Online via Zoom: *Register via
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsdOyrrjssH9SGpqX9NAHDwvuSTczm34Ae



*Programme*

10:00 – 10:15: Welcome and Introduction to the Day

10:15 – 11:45: *China *

   - *Igor Chabrowski* (University of Warsaw): ‘Reading Folklore for Social
   History: Cases and Reflections from Late-Qing and Republican China’.
   - *Yuan Zhang* (University of Oxford): ‘Divine Resonances: Soundscapes
   and Spatial
   Hierarchies in the Pan-Spiritual Homes of Rural China’.
   - *Li Mingming *(Northwest Minzhu University, China. )*: *‘Cultural
   Interpretation of the Multi-voice Phenomenon of Shadow Play in Gansu and
   Qinghai Provinces in China’. (Via Zoom).

11:45 – 12:15: Break

12:15 – 12:45: *Northeast Asia *

   - *István Sántha* (Hungarian Research Network, Budapest):  ‘The
   ShamanicSoundscape of the Russian Far East’. (Via Zoom).

12:45 – 13:30: Lunch break

13:30-14:30: *Korea and Japan*

   - *Niki Alsford* (University of Central Lancashire): ‘Haenyeo Sirens: A
   Sonic Window into Jeju’s Female Divers’ Sumbisori Soundscapes’.
   - *Luca Proetti *(SOAS University of London): ‘Resounding Buddhism and
   Shinto in Japanese Noise Music’.

14:30-15:00: Break

15:00-15:30:* A Comparison*

   - *Rawan Alfuraih *(University of Oxford): ‘The Space of Tales:
   Ecologies of Bodily Movement in the Performance of Najdi sibaheen Folktales
   in Saudi Arabia’.

15:30-16:15: *Audio-Visual Session*

   - *Anna Sowa* (Chouette Films):  ‘Gũlā – Music for a Sacred Time’. Film.

16:15-17:00:* Plenary Discussion *


-- 
James H. Grayson
25, Whitfield Road
Sheffield S10 4GJ
0114 230-5171
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