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SNAKLAB Regensburg Southeastern Europe Research Seminars
November 12 | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Prof. as. dr Mikaela Minga (Institut of Anthropology, Albanian Academy of Sciences) will give a talk on…
“Voices of the city: Music, urban life and memory”
Time: 4-6 pm
Venue: University Regensburg, VG 0.24
Abstract: In this presentation, I would like to focus on voices: those voices that have distinguished my research on urban music in two Albanian cities: Korça (situated in the southeastern part) and Elbasan (central Albania). Among the most important has been that of Spanja Pipa (singer and actress of Korça’s song) with whom I did also an independent musical project. I will discuss repertoires and genres departing from this voice presence in my work and then proceed with the implications that the past, memory, and acts of remembering exert within forms music making and music listening. The communist past of Albania and the post-totalitarian “present” are also an integral part of these voice narratives. In the last part then, I would like to open up the discussion on the interconnection between these voices and those of other urban geographies.
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