Knowing Pandora in sound: acoustemology and ecomusicological imagination in Cameron's Avatar
Knowing Pandora in sound: acoustemology and ecomusicological imagination in Cameron's Avatar
Author
MacDonald, Michael B.
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
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