Navigating and reshaping socio-cultural boundaries through sonic examinations into intersections between Chinese and British cultures

通过对中英文化交集的声波检查来探索和重塑社会文化界限

• 批准号: 2244690
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Royal College of Music
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2244690
• 关键词: Navigating; reshaping; socio; cultural; boundaries

My compositional research is primarily concerned with investigating cross-cultural spaces to explore diasporic narratives. The aim is to shed light on the fluid relationships between diasporic identity and the society in which they are located, emphasizing particularly how they are constantly reimagining, reinventing and reinvigorating each other. As a British-Chinese with parents from Hong Kong, I am looking to shed further light on the unique and ever-fluid relationship between Hong Kong, China, and the UK in the hope of affording for a deeper understanding of what it can mean to be British-Chinese in today's society.My theoretical framework is based on Su Zheng's 'Claiming Diaspora'. The book assesses the socio-cultural impact of musical spheres in 'Chinese America', interrogating their roles in forming diasporic identity and culture. My research will extend Zheng's investigation of 'diaspora' as an effective means of "illustrating...[the] past and present social and cultural experiences and [the] structures of feelings, memories and imaginations" of multi-cultural individuals and communities (Zheng 2011:11). This raises questions regarding the perception of sounds within a cultural context. Indeed, the synergy of Chinese and western musical elements has remained enigmatic for listeners looking to describe such music and its creators. Tan Dun has found, "In Europe... everyone thinks I'm an American composer....But in America, I'm a Chinese composer" (Yang & Saffle 2017:272). This paradox seemingly reveals a liminal space that sits uncomfortably with the desire to definitively locate the unfamiliar, suggesting that diasporic cultures can unlock new sounds, ideas, identities, and cultures. Nancy Rao and Zheng have begun exploring this notion, and I intend to examine this further in the realm of composition.

我的作曲研究主要涉及调查跨文化空间以探索流散叙事。其目的是揭示侨民身份与他们所处社会之间的流动关系，特别强调他们如何不断地重新想象、重新发明和重振彼此。作为一名父母来自香港的英籍华人，我希望进一步阐明香港、中国和英国之间独特且不断变化的关系，希望能让人们更深入地了解作为英籍华人在当今社会意味着什么。我的理论框架基于苏正的《声称侨民》。该书评估了“美国华人”音乐领域的社会文化影响，探讨了他们在形成侨民身份和文化方面的作用。我的研究将扩展郑对“侨民”的调查，将其作为“说明……过去和现在的社会和文化经验以及多元文化个人和社区的情感、记忆和想象的结构”的有效手段（Zheng 2011：11）。这引发了有关文化背景下声音感知的问题。事实上，对于想要描述此类音乐及其创作者的听众来说，中西音乐元素的协同​​作用仍然是个谜。谭盾发现，“在欧洲……每个人都认为我是美国作曲家……但在美国，我是中国作曲家”（Yang & Saffle 2017：272）。这一悖论似乎揭示了一个阈限空间，它与明确定位陌生事物的愿望感到不舒服，这表明散居文化可以释放新的声音、想法、身份和文化。饶南希和郑已经开始探索这个概念，我打算在构图领域进一步研究这个概念。