Oxford University Expedition to Northeast India 2010: Traditional Music of the Monpa people of Tawang
These data were created during the Oxford University to Northeast India in 2010, which was undertaken with support of the OU Exploration Council. They were recorded in situ in monasteries, nunneries, and other sites around Tawang District, Arunuchal Pradesh. The majority of data are audio recordings...
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| Language: | Mönpa, Tibetan, Bhutanese, English (field notes only) |
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University of Oxford
2017
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| author | Little, B Motz, T |
| author2 | Krishna, N |
| author_facet | Krishna, N Little, B Motz, T |
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| description | These data were created during the Oxford University to Northeast India in 2010, which was undertaken with support of the OU Exploration Council. They were recorded in situ in monasteries, nunneries, and other sites around Tawang District, Arunuchal Pradesh. The majority of data are audio recordings in .wav format, and they are accompanied by field notes and .jpg images. The Oxford University Expedition to Northeast India 2010 aimed to create a record of traditional culture in Northeast India, focusing on Mönpa musical culture in Tawang District, in Arunachal Pradesh state. This area is almost entirely ethnically Mönpa, and offered excellent opportunities for our research, due to comparatively minimal external influences on its culture, the small amount of research previously carried out, as well as its accessibility compared to nearby districts. The team concentrated on recording the area’s folk and religious music in villages and monasteries, along with the context of each performance; particular attention was given to the songs of the 6th Dalai Lama, who came from Tawang, and the epic of Gesar. Recording sessions were held across the region. Recordings were supplemented with transcriptions/paraphrases of lyrics, interviews and photography as appropriate. Although interviews turned out to be extremely difficult to carry out effectively, even with a local guide and interpreter, they nevertheless provided a crucial source of contextualisation. Using high-quality audio recording methods, the team made a lasting record of this region’s culture; we have deposited, or are in the process of depositing, our results in collections in India, Britain and the United States. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:9b38cc6c-de31-4aed-87c6-8536334a00a32022-09-20T19:17:43ZOxford University Expedition to Northeast India 2010: Traditional Music of the Monpa people of TawangDatasethttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_ddb1uuid:9b38cc6c-de31-4aed-87c6-8536334a00a3AnthropologyEthnomusicologyMönpa, Tibetan, Bhutanese, English (field notes only)ORA DepositUniversity of Oxford2017Little, BMotz, TKrishna, NMotz, TSkenazy, SNorbu, LThese data were created during the Oxford University to Northeast India in 2010, which was undertaken with support of the OU Exploration Council. They were recorded in situ in monasteries, nunneries, and other sites around Tawang District, Arunuchal Pradesh. The majority of data are audio recordings in .wav format, and they are accompanied by field notes and .jpg images. The Oxford University Expedition to Northeast India 2010 aimed to create a record of traditional culture in Northeast India, focusing on Mönpa musical culture in Tawang District, in Arunachal Pradesh state. This area is almost entirely ethnically Mönpa, and offered excellent opportunities for our research, due to comparatively minimal external influences on its culture, the small amount of research previously carried out, as well as its accessibility compared to nearby districts. The team concentrated on recording the area’s folk and religious music in villages and monasteries, along with the context of each performance; particular attention was given to the songs of the 6th Dalai Lama, who came from Tawang, and the epic of Gesar. Recording sessions were held across the region. Recordings were supplemented with transcriptions/paraphrases of lyrics, interviews and photography as appropriate. Although interviews turned out to be extremely difficult to carry out effectively, even with a local guide and interpreter, they nevertheless provided a crucial source of contextualisation. Using high-quality audio recording methods, the team made a lasting record of this region’s culture; we have deposited, or are in the process of depositing, our results in collections in India, Britain and the United States. |
| spellingShingle | Anthropology Ethnomusicology Little, B Motz, T Oxford University Expedition to Northeast India 2010: Traditional Music of the Monpa people of Tawang |
| title | Oxford University Expedition to Northeast India 2010: Traditional Music of the Monpa people of Tawang |
| title_full | Oxford University Expedition to Northeast India 2010: Traditional Music of the Monpa people of Tawang |
| title_fullStr | Oxford University Expedition to Northeast India 2010: Traditional Music of the Monpa people of Tawang |
| title_full_unstemmed | Oxford University Expedition to Northeast India 2010: Traditional Music of the Monpa people of Tawang |
| title_short | Oxford University Expedition to Northeast India 2010: Traditional Music of the Monpa people of Tawang |
| title_sort | oxford university expedition to northeast india 2010 traditional music of the monpa people of tawang |
| topic | Anthropology Ethnomusicology |
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