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Voice Consciousness in the Music of the Ryukyu Archipelago

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26370108
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Aesthetics and studies on art
Research InstitutionInternational Christian University

Principal Investigator

GILLAN Matthew  国際基督教大学, 教養学部, 上級准教授 (50468550)

Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords声 / 琉球 / 沖縄 / 音楽学 / 身体 / アイデンティティ / ジェンダー / 伝承 / 琉球音楽 / 民族音楽学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project aimed to investigate the concept of ‘voice consciousness’ in the music of the Ryukyu islands in the south of Japan using recordings, written records and ethnographic fieldwork. Over the course of the 3-year project research was undertaken with informants and performers of Ryukyuan classical music, kumiodori, folk music (min’yo) of Okinawa and Amami, and Okinawan pop music. The project investigated the ways in which the voice was theorized, conceptualized and transmitted, as well as the ways in which performers used vocal technique as a way of negotiating cultural identities. The research results led to 7 conference presentations and 4 academic papers.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report

Research Products

(8 results)

All 2016 2015 2014

All Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Invited: 3 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Presentation] Constructing the Singing Voice - vocal style, aesthetics, and the body in Okinawan Music2016

    • Author(s)
      Matt Gillan
    • Organizer
      ICTM Study Group for the Musics of East Asia
    • Place of Presentation
      Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-27
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Listening to the voice in Kumiudui - between speech, song and prosody2016

    • Author(s)
      Matt Gillan
    • Organizer
      British Forum for Ethnomusicology Annual Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Kent, Chatham, UK
    • Year and Date
      2016-04-15
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 越境する音楽、芸能、言語2016

    • Author(s)
      マット・ギラン
    • Organizer
      世界に広がる琉球芸能
    • Place of Presentation
      早稲田大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-26
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 沖縄の伝統音楽における「声」の伝承と変容2015

    • Author(s)
      Matt Gillan
    • Organizer
      沖縄文化協会
    • Place of Presentation
      沖縄国際大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-04-27
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Visualising Vocal Technique – understanding Okinawan classical vocal terminology through digital analysis2015

    • Author(s)
      Matt Gillan マット・ギラン
    • Organizer
      1st International Forum for Digita Musicology
    • Place of Presentation
      寧波大学芸術学院(中国)
    • Year and Date
      2015-04-18
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 組踊の「声」の概念 - 唱えと言語・ジェンダー・階級について2014

    • Author(s)
      マット・ギラン
    • Organizer
      東洋音楽学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      四天王寺大学
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-23
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 琉球古典音楽・組踊の声の概念2014

    • Author(s)
      マット・ギラン
    • Organizer
      日本文化学科研究公演
    • Place of Presentation
      沖縄国際大学
    • Year and Date
      2014-08-15
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Book] 言語復興の未来と価値(第9章 Chapter11 Songs, Language and Culture: Ryukyuan Languages in the Okinawan uta-sanshin tradition)2016

    • Author(s)
      桂木隆夫・ジョン・ C ・マーハ編、Matt Gillan 他
    • Total Pages
      340
    • Publisher
      三元社
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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