1st Edition
Why Sámi Sing Knowing through Melodies in Northern Norway
By Stéphane Aubinet
Copyright 2023
182 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
182 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
182 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Why Sámi Sing is an anthropological inquiry into a singing practice found among the Indigenous Sámi people, living in the northernmost part of Europe. It inquires how the performance of melodies, with or without lyrics, may be a way of altering perception, relating to human and non-human presences, or engaging with the past. According to its practitioners, the Sámi "yoik" is more than a musical... Read more
Part I Introduction
1 Presence | Leahkit
Part II Knowing the Environment
2 Horizon | Luondu
3 Appetition | Geaidit
4 Enchantment | Gierran
5 Score | Luodda
Part III Knowing the Past
6 Echo | Skádja
7 Primordial | Eamifápmu
Part IV Conclusion
8 Recursivity | Gierdu
Appendix A List of place names
Appendix B List of interviews and yoik courses
Biography
Stéphane Aubinet is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Musicology at the University of Oslo, Norway.
