Doctoral Dissertation Research: Music and Identity in the Sierra Tarahumara, Chihuahua, Mexico

这个项目将调查墨西哥奇瓦瓦州的拉拉穆里（塔拉乌马拉）印第安人如何使用音乐来产生和定义种族群体和身份。拉拉穆里人几乎没有表现出拉拉穆里人的文化凝聚力，而是将自己定义为高度流动的当地社区的成员。旅游业越来越强调当地的民族认同的凝聚力的定义，研究人员认为，音乐是通过它的凝聚力/定义实现的车辆。研究人员将调查音乐如何通过“制定空间和时间的社会结构”来帮助定义身份。“该项目将集中在三个地点制作小提琴音乐。

This project will investigate how the Raramuri (Tarahumara) Indians of Chihuahua, Mexico use music to produce and define ethnic groupings and identities. The Raramuri show little evidence of cultural cohesion as Raramuri, but instead define themselves as members of highly fluid local communities. Tourism is placing increasing stress on local definitions of a cohesive ethnic identity, and the researcher argues that music is the vehicle through which that cohesion/definition is achieved. The researcher will investigate how music helps to define identity by "enacting social constructions of space and time." The project will focus on the production of violin music at three sites.