Avatar and Nature Spirituality
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Film, History & Criticism, Performing Arts, Religion & Spirituality, Inspiration & Meditation, Spirituality
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781554588817 | |
| Publisher: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press | Publication: | August 14, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781554588817 |
| Publisher: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press |
| Publication: | August 14, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press |
| Language: | English |
Knowing Pandora in Sound: Acoustemology and Ecomusicological Imagination in Cameron's Avatar
Michael B. MacDonald
Musicologist Michael MacDonald examines indigenous music as a way of knowing through sound (acoustemology). He argues that had the film's composers been more directly engaged in relationship and solidarity with indigenous peoples, they could have made a more imaginative, evocative, and moving soundscape for the film while avoiding the ethical problem that often accompanies the colonial attitudes toward indigenous traditions – including sounds – as resources.
Knowing Pandora in Sound: Acoustemology and Ecomusicological Imagination in Cameron's Avatar
Michael B. MacDonald
Musicologist Michael MacDonald examines indigenous music as a way of knowing through sound (acoustemology). He argues that had the film's composers been more directly engaged in relationship and solidarity with indigenous peoples, they could have made a more imaginative, evocative, and moving soundscape for the film while avoiding the ethical problem that often accompanies the colonial attitudes toward indigenous traditions – including sounds – as resources.
