Effects of Inuit Drum Dancing on Psychosocial Well Being and Resilienc - Productivity and Cultural Competence in an Inuit Settlement

This book explores the sociocultural context surrounding two forms of traditional Inuit drum dancing in Ulukhaktok, an Inuit settlement in the Canadian Northwest Territories.

List of contents

List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction: An Old Tool with a New Purpose
Chapter 1: Ulukhaktok: Historical Background and Cultural Context
Chapter 2: How We Go Here: Metacommunication and the Optics of Productivity
Chapter 3: Drum Dancing, Social Boundaries, and a Strategic End by Tactical Means
Chapter 4: Performing Cultural Productivity and the Adapting Taskscape
Appendix A: Glossary of Inuinnaqtun Terms
References

About the author

Tim Murray holds a PhD and an M.A. in ethnomusicology from the University of Florida, where he is also currently an adjunct professor of music.

Summary

This book explores the sociocultural context surrounding two forms of traditional Inuit drum dancing in Ulukhaktok, an Inuit settlement in the Canadian Northwest Territories.

Product details

• Authors: Tim Murray, Murray Tim
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2023
• EAN: 9781793609779
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-977-9
• No. of pages: 128
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous; MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Percussion, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Theory of music & musicology, Social and cultural anthropology, Theory of music and musicology, Percussion instruments