Knowing Pandora in sound: acoustemology and ecomusicological imagination in Cameron's Avatar
Author
Faculty Advisor
Date
2013
Keywords
Avatar, acoustemology, ethnomusicology, indigenous peoples, environmental activism
Abstract (summary)
Using the music in James Cameron's Avatar, and drawing upon four case studies on ethnomusicology, this chapter reflects upon a way of knowing-through-sound called acoustemology.
Publication Information
MacDonald, Michael B. "Knowing Pandora in Sound: Acoustemology and Ecomusicological Imagination in Cameron's Avatar." In Avatar and Nature Spirituality, edited by Bron Taylor, 261-276. Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2013.
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Item Type
Book Chapter
Language
English
Rights
All Rights Reserved