This blog was created, as mentioned in our first post, as a part of response to an American Indian Rhetorics course we took at Michigan State University through the CIC-AIS.
I'm a graduate student at Michigan State University, and just finished my first year in a Master's program in Rhetoric & Writing.
What's R&W you ask? Well, I can't begin to explain it and in an effort to make this website accessible to as large of an audience as possible, Gabi and I have decided to never make anything directly about rhetoric, however, it's important for me to note that the underpinnings of this website is largely embedded in rhetoric. However, more importantly, music is ingrained (or, rather, will be) nurtured into existence and hopefully draw a small number of people interested in indigenous music.
Early this summer I was turned on to indigenous music through Dr. Malea Powell and Dr. Kimberli Lee, both professors at Michigan State University. Since music has played such a large part in my life (and saved it for that matter) that I wanted to give back to my community in the way that I found most meaningful. Then Gabi had the idea of a Blog as a medium... and here we are.
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Monday, June 29, 2009
This blog is dedicated to music. Not just any music; we dedicate this blog to talking about indigenous music.
When we were assigned reading homework on music I was immediately interested and the following day, when Dr. Malea Powell, the professor for our class, invited Dr. Kimberli Lee in to speak to us about her research and the possibilities within the field of rhetoric and music that I had an *aha* moment.
I decided then and there that I wanted to, as part of my final project for the class, create a project that focused on music. After talking with Gabi, we decided to start this blog as a way to talk about indigenous music and make a space to talk about music--really talk about it. Not just the gossipy crap you can read or hear, but really talk about the music itself, tell stories, review things, talk about our lives--overall to share with one another. So please, feel free to contribute!
READ ON...
When we were assigned reading homework on music I was immediately interested and the following day, when Dr. Malea Powell, the professor for our class, invited Dr. Kimberli Lee in to speak to us about her research and the possibilities within the field of rhetoric and music that I had an *aha* moment.
I decided then and there that I wanted to, as part of my final project for the class, create a project that focused on music. After talking with Gabi, we decided to start this blog as a way to talk about indigenous music and make a space to talk about music--really talk about it. Not just the gossipy crap you can read or hear, but really talk about the music itself, tell stories, review things, talk about our lives--overall to share with one another. So please, feel free to contribute!
READ ON...
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