{"title":"Sounding Carnival","authors":"R. Dirksen","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780190928056.003.0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190928056.003.0001","url":null,"abstract":"Carnival is the biggest musical event of the year in Haiti, in terms of musicians involved, crowds gathered, and money spent. It is also caught up in a complex web of political, economic, and social maneuverings, and thus creates an ideal space for venting against power alongside the various acts of play associated with the festival. This chapter introduces both carnival history in Haiti and the sonic environment that shapes this study, while establishing a conceptual frame for the book. This theoretical frame is built around two major avenues of inquiry that underline the entire text: a view of sounding as sonified mobility that can be studied through musical cartography, and a consideration of carnival and the carnivalesque in terms of vagabondage. Both avenues lead to broader discussions about performing citizenship and defending national sovereignty.","PeriodicalId":179420,"journal":{"name":"After the Dance, the Drums Are Heavy","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128398940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Epilogue 2","authors":"R. Dirksen","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780190928056.003.0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190928056.003.0011","url":null,"abstract":"I promised a story that does not end, and find myself caught up in that very spiral. Travay la pa janm fini; istwa pa kanpe nan wout. The work is never finished; history does not stop in the middle of the road. The wisdom in this proverb was made evident when, on January 11, 2018, US President Donald Trump evidently dismissed Haiti, El Salvador, and nations of Africa as “shithole countries” while arguing with the US Congress over immigration policy. The remark was unceremoniously delivered one day prior to the eight-year anniversary of the January 12, 2010, earthquake. It was a deeply wounding ...","PeriodicalId":179420,"journal":{"name":"After the Dance, the Drums Are Heavy","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132212378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Epilogue 1","authors":"R. Dirksen","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780190928056.003.0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190928056.003.0010","url":null,"abstract":"In mid-February 2016, mere days after Michel Martelly stepped down from the presidency, an advertisement began circulating online in Kompa Magazine announcing Sweet Micky’s appearance on May 19, 2016, at the Café Iguana in Miami. The publicity enthuses, “The President of Kompa [sic] is back!” Online poster Neg Timid assessed the situation:...","PeriodicalId":179420,"journal":{"name":"After the Dance, the Drums Are Heavy","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130573999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}