The first thing that want to share is photographer Zig Jackson's website. He is of Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara descent. Some of his work touches on his heritage, but a large part of his photographs have a more political basis. He points out the spectacle of being a Native American in modern day society and the amount of infiltration contemporary American culture has had on his peoples' traditions.
http://www.zigjackson.com/index.html
I decided to look up something that related to the Cherokee Indian tribes. My great great grandmother was full blooded Cherokee, so this culture has always interested me. This is a clip from a Cherokee war dance. Just as a side note, you have to love the irony of the guy in the backpack that just walked right through a war dance.
I was looking into some traditional African instruments that we had discussed in class. While watching some videos of people playing thumb pianos, I stumbled across this video. i think its great because it shows a variety of instruments and the music itself i great!
The sound on this next video is great too. I'm still baffled as to how one person can make all these sounds simultaneously on the same instrument. Not only is this song great, but the way the inside of this instrument looks is amazing!
Miranda, I greatly enjoyed scrolling through Zig Jackson's website! I particularly enjoyed the irony he used in some of the projects; "Indian photographing tourists photographing famous sites" was probably my favorite. What a great find!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it amazing, how fast they move their thumbs while playing the Mbira!? My mind is still baffled by it. I'm glad I'm not the only one.
Great blog!
These are good, Miranda. I really enjoyed wandering through the photography website--some really interesting stuff. And the videos are good too--could you hear the buzzing on the last mbira? Cool.
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