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Music and dance cannot be easily dissociated in the culture of Afro-Brazilian samba. Together, these experiences convey a sort of unified gesture, or cross-modal gesture, which is acquired and performed through sound, movement and other... more
Music and dance cannot be easily dissociated in the culture of Afro-Brazilian samba. Together, these experiences convey a sort of unified gesture, or cross-modal gesture, which is acquired and performed through sound, movement and other modalities. In this study, we investigate how this gesture is modeled through sound and movement and how the interdependence between these modalities has influenced samba music and samba dances.
Starting from commercial audio excerpts and field recordings, we demonstrated that samba is characterized by particular micro-timing deviations, as well as an unclear configuration of periodicities in the metrical structure of music. From motion capture and video recordings of dance, we developed methods that allow the description of gestures in terms of shapes and spatiotemporal reference frames. The applications of these methods to data-sets of motion capture recordings of samba dances show that the musical meter is indeed strongly represented in the gestures and in the dance space. In addition, we argue that the metric signature of samba music may actually be dependent on the metric structure of dance.
The research shows that the sounding structure of samba cannot be fully understood without taking into consideration the role of the human body and the structure of dances. However, characteristic models of samba dances and music are beyond invariant properties of repetitive gestures or rhythm motives. More research is needed in order better understand the involvement of cultural factors in the structure of dances and music forms.
Starting from commercial audio excerpts and field recordings, we demonstrated that samba is characterized by particular micro-timing deviations, as well as an unclear configuration of periodicities in the metrical structure of music. From motion capture and video recordings of dance, we developed methods that allow the description of gestures in terms of shapes and spatiotemporal reference frames. The applications of these methods to data-sets of motion capture recordings of samba dances show that the musical meter is indeed strongly represented in the gestures and in the dance space. In addition, we argue that the metric signature of samba music may actually be dependent on the metric structure of dance.
The research shows that the sounding structure of samba cannot be fully understood without taking into consideration the role of the human body and the structure of dances. However, characteristic models of samba dances and music are beyond invariant properties of repetitive gestures or rhythm motives. More research is needed in order better understand the involvement of cultural factors in the structure of dances and music forms.
- by Luiz Naveda
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- Music, Gesture, Dance, Samba
Abstract: The objective of this article is to analyze the processes of establishing activist social communication networks by black social movements in Brazil related to Afro-Brazilians’ struggles for citizenship. Recently, these... more
Abstract:
The objective of this article is to analyze the processes of establishing activist social communication networks by black social movements in Brazil related to Afro-Brazilians’ struggles for citizenship. Recently, these struggles have culminated in the approval of the Racial Equality Act and government affirmative action policies for Brazilian university admissions. Within the scope of these processes, we analyze a specific contemporary experiment in networking by the black movement, developed by Afropress news agency. Initially, we review historic processes of inequality, resistance and mobilization of black populations in Brazil, identifying the establishment of social-communication activist networks starting with the uses black movements make of information and communication technology in their struggles for racial equality and citizenship for Afro-Descendents in the country. Second, from a Latin American cultural studies perspective, we analyze a specific case of internet use by Afropress news agency (www.afropress.com.br), which uses network communication as its main strategy for generating communicative flows to build and add visibility to the socio-cultural experiences of Afro-Brazilians and the agendas of struggles for racial equality.
Resumen:
El objetivo de este artículo es analizar los procesos de establecimiento de redes de comunicación social de activistas de los movimientos sociales negros en Brasil, relacionados con la lucha afro- brasileños para la ciudadanía. Recientemente, estas luchas han culminado con la aprobación de la Ley de Igualdad Racial y de las políticas de acción afirmativa del gobierno para la admisión en las universidades brasileñas. Dentro del ámbito de aplicación de estos procesos, se analiza un caso contemporáneo específico en la creación de redes por el movimiento negro, desarrollado por la agencia de noticias Afropress. Inicialmente, se revisan los procesos históricos de la desigualdad, la resistencia y la movilización de las poblaciones negras en Brasil, la identificación del establecimiento de redes de activistas sociales de comunicación que comienzan con los usos que los movimientos negros hacen de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación en su lucha por la igualdad racial y la ciudadanía en beneficio de los Afro-descendientes en el país. En segundo lugar, desde una perspectiva de estudios culturales de América Latina, se analiza el caso concreto del uso de Internet por la agencia de noticias Afropress (www.afropress.com.br), que utiliza la comunicación en red como su principal estrategia para generar flujos comunicativos con lo que se pretende construir y dar visibilidad a las experiencias socio-culturales de los afro-brasileños, así como la agenda de la lucha por la igualdad racial.
The objective of this article is to analyze the processes of establishing activist social communication networks by black social movements in Brazil related to Afro-Brazilians’ struggles for citizenship. Recently, these struggles have culminated in the approval of the Racial Equality Act and government affirmative action policies for Brazilian university admissions. Within the scope of these processes, we analyze a specific contemporary experiment in networking by the black movement, developed by Afropress news agency. Initially, we review historic processes of inequality, resistance and mobilization of black populations in Brazil, identifying the establishment of social-communication activist networks starting with the uses black movements make of information and communication technology in their struggles for racial equality and citizenship for Afro-Descendents in the country. Second, from a Latin American cultural studies perspective, we analyze a specific case of internet use by Afropress news agency (www.afropress.com.br), which uses network communication as its main strategy for generating communicative flows to build and add visibility to the socio-cultural experiences of Afro-Brazilians and the agendas of struggles for racial equality.
Resumen:
El objetivo de este artículo es analizar los procesos de establecimiento de redes de comunicación social de activistas de los movimientos sociales negros en Brasil, relacionados con la lucha afro- brasileños para la ciudadanía. Recientemente, estas luchas han culminado con la aprobación de la Ley de Igualdad Racial y de las políticas de acción afirmativa del gobierno para la admisión en las universidades brasileñas. Dentro del ámbito de aplicación de estos procesos, se analiza un caso contemporáneo específico en la creación de redes por el movimiento negro, desarrollado por la agencia de noticias Afropress. Inicialmente, se revisan los procesos históricos de la desigualdad, la resistencia y la movilización de las poblaciones negras en Brasil, la identificación del establecimiento de redes de activistas sociales de comunicación que comienzan con los usos que los movimientos negros hacen de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación en su lucha por la igualdad racial y la ciudadanía en beneficio de los Afro-descendientes en el país. En segundo lugar, desde una perspectiva de estudios culturales de América Latina, se analiza el caso concreto del uso de Internet por la agencia de noticias Afropress (www.afropress.com.br), que utiliza la comunicación en red como su principal estrategia para generar flujos comunicativos con lo que se pretende construir y dar visibilidad a las experiencias socio-culturales de los afro-brasileños, así como la agenda de la lucha por la igualdad racial.