Perspectives in Motion

Brian Diettrich is Associate Professor in Ethnomusicology at Victoria University of Wellington. A specialist in Oceania, his work has appeared in numerous publications about music and culture, including Ethnomusicology, Yearbook for Traditional Music, and the Journal of Pacific History.

• List of illustrationsForewordNanasipauʻu TukuʻahoAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Engaging the Visual in Dance and MusicBrian Diettrich and Kendra StepputatPart I: Gaining Insights through Dance VisualizationsChapter 1. Kinetic Songscapes: Intersensorial Listening to Hula Kuʻi SongsKati SzegoChapter 2. Using Motion Capture to Access Culturally Embedded and Embodied Movement Knowledge: A Case Study in Tango ArgentinoKendra StepputatChapter 3. Transcription and Description: Tasks for Dance ResearchEgil BakkaChapter 4. Moving into Someone Else’s Research Project: Issues in Collaborative ResearchJudy Van ZilePart II: Reconsidering Movement StructuresChapter 5. The Dancer's Voice: The Dancing Body as Sound Made VisibleJane Freeman MoulinChapter 6. From Tonga to Malaysia: Utlilising Adrienne Kaeppler’s Analysis of Dance Structure to Understand Igal of the Sama-Bajau in East MalaysiaMohd Anis Md NorChapter 7. Courting as Structured Movement in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New GuineaDon NilesPart III: Music and Dance as Agency in Power StrugglesChapter 8. Disturbing Bodies: Danced Resistance and Imperial Corporeality in Colonial MicronesiaBrian DiettrichChapter 9. Greek Politicians' Dancing: Theatrical Representations of Political PowerIrene LoutzakiChapter 10. Lalåi: Somatic Decolonisation and Worldview-Making through Chant on the Pacific Island of GuåhanOjeya Cruz BanksPart IV: Significance of the TangibleChapter 11. Intangible Dancing as Tangible Museum ExhibitsElsie Ivancich DuninChapter 12. Creativity and Ceremony in the Repatriation of King Ng:tja’Kirsty GillespieChapter 13. The Weave Within: Being, Seeing and Sensing in Barasili – Solomon IslandsIrene Karongo HundlebyPart V: Perspectives from Adrienne L. KaepplerInterview with Adrienne L. Kaeppler: A Conversation with the KupunaRicardo D. Trimillos and Adrienne L. KaepplerPublications by Adrienne L. KaepplerJess Marinaccio (compiler)Index

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