Week8-Xinyu Yang

Week 8
ASA 189
Xinyu Yang

The author of the article "Earth Song as Storywork: Reclaiming Indigenous Knowledges " mentioned: The earth song has a gentle flow that is pleasing to the senses. And also mentioned that European central thinkers regard culture as their abstract property, while indigenous knowledge is only symbolic and conceptual. Is this a denial of the Indigenous philosophy by European scholars?

As we know, early human activities have been inseparable from songs.
For example, shaman music belongs to the category of religious music, originating from the totem worship and witchcraft of the original clan socialization. It is used by people who have the shaman's faith to ask for praying and wishing. Human ritual music can be seen as Earth Song?
Like our current neglect of indigenous culture, we don’t know about earth song. As the author of the second article mentioned, Why is spirituality marginalized in the academy. I think this is because both authors hope that more scholars can study the spiritual world.

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