In Their Own Voices: Immigrant Musickers in a Changing City
The following paper is drawn from a larger research project undertaken during2008-2009, in which I closely examined the immigrant music community inSt. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. To this end, I interviewed overtwenty-!ve people, most of them immigrant musicians, and in some cases view...
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ftthaijo:oai:https://tci-thaijo.org:article/20509 2023-05-15T17:21:58+02:00 In Their Own Voices: Immigrant Musickers in a Changing City Pollock, Tiffany 2014-08-06 application/pdf https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JUCR/article/view/20509 https://doi.org/10.14456/jucr.2012.9 eng eng Chulalongkorn University, Thailand and Osaka City University, Japan https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JUCR/article/view/20509/17817 https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JUCR/article/view/20509 doi:10.14456/jucr.2012.9 Copyright (c) 2014 Journal of Urban Culture Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 CC-BY-NC-ND Journal of Urban Culture Research; Vol 5: July - December 2012; 54-68 2408-1213 2228-8279 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2014 ftthaijo https://doi.org/10.14456/jucr.2012.9 2019-10-14T08:23:54Z The following paper is drawn from a larger research project undertaken during2008-2009, in which I closely examined the immigrant music community inSt. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. To this end, I interviewed overtwenty-!ve people, most of them immigrant musicians, and in some cases viewedperformances and rehearsals, created jam sessions, and participated in variousmusic-making activities over an eight-month period. Here, I will present portraitsof some of my consultants from that time, whose negotiations in their musicmakingactivities demonstrate the diverse ways they see themselves in the Canadianmulticultural milieu and the issues faced in relocation. I will highlight someof their experiences that provide insight into the social integration process andlater, explore the limitations of certain culturally-integrative activities that thecity of St. John’s supports. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland Thai Journals Online (ThaiJO) Newfoundland Canada |
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The following paper is drawn from a larger research project undertaken during2008-2009, in which I closely examined the immigrant music community inSt. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. To this end, I interviewed overtwenty-!ve people, most of them immigrant musicians, and in some cases viewedperformances and rehearsals, created jam sessions, and participated in variousmusic-making activities over an eight-month period. Here, I will present portraitsof some of my consultants from that time, whose negotiations in their musicmakingactivities demonstrate the diverse ways they see themselves in the Canadianmulticultural milieu and the issues faced in relocation. I will highlight someof their experiences that provide insight into the social integration process andlater, explore the limitations of certain culturally-integrative activities that thecity of St. John’s supports. |
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In Their Own Voices: Immigrant Musickers in a Changing City |
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Chulalongkorn University, Thailand and Osaka City University, Japan |
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