SAM Talks

Saturday University—Myanmar and Its Many Peoples Performing Ethnicity in Myanmar, Gavin Douglas October 20, 2012 9:30–11 am Stimson Auditorium

Gavin Douglas, Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Intriguing musical ensembles of tuned drums and gongs in great variety are an enormous cultural wealth and a major expression of ethnic identity among the diverse peoples of Myanmar. Between the Burman lowlands and the Shan highlands in the north is a transitional zone, where several ethnic groups assert an identity in contrast to their neighbors through music performance. Prof Douglas’s talk is based on fieldwork conducted between 1999 and 2010 among the Danu, Pa-O, Taungyo and Intha communities of the southern Shan State

Other lectures in this series:
Sept 22 : Myanmar in 2012
Sept 29: Imagining Myanmar: Conquest, Collapse, and the Struggle for Community
Oct 6: People of Myanmar in the Pacific Northwest: Strength, Struggle and Spirit
Oct 13 : Buddhist Art and Architecture of Myanmar
Oct 20: Performing Ethnicity in Myanmar
Oct 27: Buddhist Activism in Myanmar
Nov 3: The Upland Peoples of Southeast Asia: Evading States for More Than Two Millennia
Nov 10: Journalism in Myanmar
Nov 17: From the Field: Conversations with Partners Asia
Dec 1: TBA

Members: $5.00
Adults: $10.00

SAM member series: $43
Nonmember series: $86