Japan (shakuhachi and noise musics) and the culture of the Kaluli

In our second and third course units we have encountered a range of ideas and discourses which shape the meanings, definitions, and experience of music and sound in both Japan (shakuhachi and noise musics) and the culture of the Kaluli. These include, among others, those related to: – Tradition/ modernity – underground/ popular/ national / transnational – sacred/ secular – myth/ history – music/ sound/ voice of the sacred/ voice of nature – theory / practice / ethnography – performer/ audience/ listener (participatory and presentational) – recorded/ live/ mediated – local/ global For you second essay, I ask that you focus on one or two of these networks of discourse as they relate to one of our areas of focus in this course: shakuhachi, noise musics, and Kaluli song. You do not need to address all of these fields and may of course elect to focus on one in depth or relevant points of comparison between them.