Notes-

As musicians..

“We seem to have two jobs — to investigate and give credit to the past, on the one hand, and then to encourage new kinds of cultural development on the other. All cultures evolve. And since we’re more and more connected in this global world, we can’t say, well, we’ll keep something separate.” 

-Yoyo Ma

”..a single essentialized and static cultural identity cannot truly represent people of any ethnic background because we are all susceptible to multiple cultural influences, some that take precedence over others at different times of our lives..”

-Robin Kelly & Vijay Prashad

@1 year ago
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Notes-

Anthropological, historical, and musical studies have vividly demonstrated that music is a basic component of culture, and one of the most effective means to project communal and personal identities: music is produced with sonic and non-sonic elements, and consumed in contexts of specific peoples, times, places, and thoughts.

Even though Asia and America are separated by the Pacific Ocean, they are inseparably linked by people, trade, politics, mass media, rapid transportation, and other transnational forces. In this context, Asian American music is both a site and a product of the interactions between Asia and America, and between Americans of Asian and non-Asian ancestries.

-Joseph S.C. Lam

@1 year ago
#Music #LisaLynn #Notes 
Notes-

As musicians..

“We seem to have two jobs — to investigate and give credit to the past, on the one hand, and then to encourage new kinds of cultural development on the other. All cultures evolve. And since we’re more and more connected in this global world, we can’t say, well, we’ll keep something separate.” 

-Yoyo Ma

”..a single essentialized and static cultural identity cannot truly represent people of any ethnic background because we are all susceptible to multiple cultural influences, some that take precedence over others at different times of our lives..”

-Robin Kelly & Vijay Prashad

1 year ago
#music #LisaLynn #Notes #musician 
Notes-

Anthropological, historical, and musical studies have vividly demonstrated that music is a basic component of culture, and one of the most effective means to project communal and personal identities: music is produced with sonic and non-sonic elements, and consumed in contexts of specific peoples, times, places, and thoughts.

Even though Asia and America are separated by the Pacific Ocean, they are inseparably linked by people, trade, politics, mass media, rapid transportation, and other transnational forces. In this context, Asian American music is both a site and a product of the interactions between Asia and America, and between Americans of Asian and non-Asian ancestries.

-Joseph S.C. Lam

1 year ago
#Music #LisaLynn #Notes