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1. musical reflections
of identity
Music in Israel | UC Berkeley | Francesco Spagnolo
—Week 2—
musicinisrael.wordpress.com
Thursday, September 12, 2013

2. WHERE WE LEFT THINGS...
Juggling many identities (Jewish, and not)
Inability to describe music in Israel as ONE
MULTIDIMENSIONALITY of Jewish culture
Thursday, September 12, 2013

3. more on multidimensionality
Space (Diaspora, Exile, Coordinates)
Time (linear, circular, compressed)
Language (expression)
Thursday, September 12, 2013

4. DOES MUSIC
REFLECT IDENTITY?
Thursday, September 12, 2013

5. HOW?
sounds are not words
sounds convey feelings
sounds have and carry history
sounds have power: define space, social
groups, behavior...
Thursday, September 12, 2013

6. IF MUSIC REFLECTS IDENTITY...
THEN...
what kind of music can reflect Jewish (or any
diasporic) identity?
How many musicS?
(Also: is there a plural of “music”?)
Thursday, September 12, 2013

7. Ethnomusicological research
an ESSENTIAL TOOL in investigating Jewish
identity
an important area of research within Jewish
Studies
a supremely under-represented aspect of
Jewish Studies (see Seroussi, Week 1)
Thursday, September 12, 2013

8. Ethnomusicological research
diversity of sounds
diversity of geographical contexts
diversity of languages
MUSICAL ENCOUNTERS among Jewish and
non-Jewish cultures
Thursday, September 12, 2013