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UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: Steven M. (Steven Michael) Friedson recordings: Healer, Undated
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Friedson, Steven M. (Steven Michael), 1948-
- Title
- UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: Steven M. (Steven Michael) Friedson recordings: Healer
- Dates
- Undated
- Quantity
- 2 videotapes : EC - 2 vcts (VHS, sp, color); Duration: 2:00:00
- Collection Number
- 1992018
- Summary
- Recordings made in Malawi during the course of collector's doctoral research; edited tapes produced in conjunction with collector's dissertation (University of Washington)
- Repository
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University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access is restricted.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Steven Friedson is a research professor of music and anthropology and head of the ethnomusicology program at the University of North Texas. For several decades he has been conducting comparative research on music and ritual in Africa. His initial work in northern Malawi takes a phenomenological approach to musical experience in traditional diagnostics and therapeutics among the Tumbuka-speaking peoples. This was followed by a long-term research project in the Volta Region of Ghana, studying one of the dominant ritual sites on the southern coast, a medicine shrine whose origins lie in the Northern Region of the country.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Archives copy made from UW IMS dubs labelled "Healer #1 A roll" and "Healer -- B roll"; IMS master nos. C66-526 4112-#2965 (tape 1) and C66-525 4111-#2967 (tape 2).
No titles or captions on either tape.
Documentation: See Friedson dissertation in UW Music Library.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Ethnomusicology
Geographical Names
- Africa
- Malawi
- Tumbuka
Form or Genre Terms
- Video recordings