Sensing the music: oral mnemonics as a technique of affective sensitization in Japanese “court music”
Sensing the music: oral mnemonics as a technique of affective sensitization in Japanese “court music”
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感知音乐:口语记忆术作为日本“宫廷音乐”中情感敏化的技术
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10.1080/1683478x.2019.1629472
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2019
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Giolai Andrea
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Giolai Andrea
Inspired by a broader “sensory turn” in anthropology, research on Japanese traditional performing arts has recently acknowledged the intense physicality of doing fieldwork with actors and musicians. Moving from the similarly situated perspective of ethnographic apprenticeship, this article shows howshōga, the oral mnemonic system used in Japanese court music (gagaku), can function as a technique of affective sensitization. While past studies have successfully explained the efficacy of similar “acoustic-iconic mnemonic systems,” untangling their concealed logic, this research highlights the ways in whichshōgaoperates on the level of affect, enabling practitioners to feel with each other. Analyzing how members of the group Nanto Gakuso use it to detect resonances between the kinaesthetic qualities of playing and dancing, the article maintains thatshōgais employed not only as a mnemonic device, but also as a sophisticated means of embodied music transmission.