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Theory and practice in contemporary Central Asian Maqām traditions: the Uyghur On Ikki Muqam and the Kashmiri Sufyana Musiqi (2017)
Book Chapter
Harris, R. (2017). Theory and practice in contemporary Central Asian Maqām traditions: the Uyghur On Ikki Muqam and the Kashmiri Sufyana Musiqi. In R. Harris, & M. Stokes (Eds.), Theory and Practice in the Music of the Islamic World: Essays in Honour of Owen Wright (217-237). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315191461-11

This chapter considers the problem of theory and practice in Central Asian maqām traditions with reference to two distinct traditions: the Kashmiri Sūfyāna Musīqī and the Uyghur On Ikki Muqam. I speculate that the imposition of different forms of mu... Read More about Theory and practice in contemporary Central Asian Maqām traditions: the Uyghur On Ikki Muqam and the Kashmiri Sufyana Musiqi.

'Tezeta' (Nostalgia): Memory and Loss in Ethiopia and the Diaspora (2016)
Book Chapter
Webster-Kogen, I. (2016). 'Tezeta' (Nostalgia): Memory and Loss in Ethiopia and the Diaspora. In R. Harris, & R. Pease (Eds.), Pieces of the Musical World: Sounds and Culture (227-244). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315857879-24

In an imagined canon of Ethiopian songs, the undisputed top position goes to “Tezeta,” a song that evokes feelings of sadness and affection for country, friends, and relations. The song’s performance practice has changed over time as Ethiopian musici... Read More about 'Tezeta' (Nostalgia): Memory and Loss in Ethiopia and the Diaspora.

The Changing Uyghur Religious Soundscape (2015)
Journal Article
Harris, R. (2015). The Changing Uyghur Religious Soundscape. Performing Islam, 3(1-2), 93-114. https://doi.org/10.1386/pi.3.1-2.93_1

Recent studies in the anthropology of Islam have called for a new understanding of the relationship between global forms of Islam and local priorities, new ideologies and everyday religious experience. This article addresses these concerns in the con... Read More about The Changing Uyghur Religious Soundscape.

Introduction: Sounding Islam in China (2015)
Journal Article
Harris, R., & Jaschok, M. (2015). Introduction: Sounding Islam in China. Performing Islam, 3(1-2), 3-13. https://doi.org/10.1386/pi.3.1-2.11_2

This introduction to a journal special issue draws together an interdisciplinary group of international scholars interested in the ethnographically grounded, historically informed study of local Islamic practices within Muslim communities across Chin... Read More about Introduction: Sounding Islam in China.

"Grande Mestre": Longing and celebration in Capoeira Angola (Brazil) (2015)
Book Chapter
Marriage, Z. (2015). "Grande Mestre": Longing and celebration in Capoeira Angola (Brazil). In R. Harris, & R. Pease (Eds.), Pieces of the Musical World: Sounds and Cultures. Routledge

This recording opens with a melancholy solo song about being enslaved and forcibly transported to Brazil. It then passes through a praise section in which the chorus joins in, before moving to the more up-beat call-and-response songs that accompany t... Read More about "Grande Mestre": Longing and celebration in Capoeira Angola (Brazil).

Pieces of the Musical World: Sounds and Cultures (2015)
Book
Harris, R., & Pease, R. (Eds.). (2015). Pieces of the Musical World: Sounds and Cultures. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315857879

Pieces of the Musical World: Sounds and Cultures is a fieldwork-based ethnomusicology textbook that introduces a series of musical worlds each through a single "piece." It focuses on a musical sound or object that provides a springboard from which to... Read More about Pieces of the Musical World: Sounds and Cultures.

“Song of Akuac”: Audio-letters from South Sudan: Tracing Dinka Networks, Connections, and Intimacies beyond the war zone. (2015)
Book Chapter
Impey, A. (2015). “Song of Akuac”: Audio-letters from South Sudan: Tracing Dinka Networks, Connections, and Intimacies beyond the war zone. In R. Harris, & R. Pease (Eds.), Pieces of the Musical World. Sounds and Culture (195-207). Routledge

This chapter explores the practice of song-making and sharing in the
culture of the Dinka people of South Sudan. It focuses in particular
on the global circulation of songs in the form of cassette audio-letters
which pass between South Sudan and t... Read More about “Song of Akuac”: Audio-letters from South Sudan: Tracing Dinka Networks, Connections, and Intimacies beyond the war zone..

The Oil is Sizzling in the Pot’: Sound and Emotion in Uyghur Qur'anic Recitation (2014)
Journal Article
Harris, R. (2014). The Oil is Sizzling in the Pot’: Sound and Emotion in Uyghur Qur'anic Recitation. Ethnomusicology Forum, 23(3), 331-359. https://doi.org/10.1080/17411912.2014.956774

How do Muslims in different parts of the world recite and how do they hear the sound of the Qur'an? What are the purposes of their recitation, and what meanings do they associate with it? In this article I analyse one ritual performance of Qur'anic r... Read More about The Oil is Sizzling in the Pot’: Sound and Emotion in Uyghur Qur'anic Recitation.

Gender in Chinese Music (2013)
Book
Harris, R., Pease, R., & Tan, S. E. (Eds.). (2013). Gender in Chinese Music. University of Rochester Press

Village ritualists, international classical pianists, pop idols, and professional mourners -- whether they perform in temples, on concert stages, or in TV shows, Chinese musicians continually express and negotiate their gendered identities. Gender in... Read More about Gender in Chinese Music.

The Uyghur Muqam (2012)
Book Chapter
Harris, R. (2012). The Uyghur Muqam. In T. Levin, & E. Kuchumkulova (Eds.), Music of Central Asia: an Introduction (251-260). Aga Khan Trust for Culture and University of Central Asia

This pioneering textbook is the first in any language to offer a comprehensive introduction to Central Asia’s strikingly varied musical landscape. With contributions by 21 authors from 12 countries and over 130 audio and video examples compiled on an... Read More about The Uyghur Muqam.

The Geographies of Ritual Practice in Rural Uyghur Society (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harris, R. (2012, May). The Geographies of Ritual Practice in Rural Uyghur Society. Presented at Musical Geographies of Central Asia, SOAS, University of London

This preliminary case study calls attention to need for a more systematic understanding of local Islamic practices across Central Asia and China, and suggests that a focus on sound and style can provide important insights into the global flows of Isl... Read More about The Geographies of Ritual Practice in Rural Uyghur Society.

Borderlands: Wu Man and Master Musicians from the Silk Route (2012)
Digital Artefact
Harris, R. (2012). Borderlands: Wu Man and Master Musicians from the Silk Route. [DVD/CD]

Wu Man, an internationally renowned virtuoso of the pipa (a pear-shaped, short-necked lute dating back to the 7th century), and Central Asian master musicians embark on an unprecedented collaboration between Chinese classical, Uyghur, and Tajik tradi... Read More about Borderlands: Wu Man and Master Musicians from the Silk Route.

Tracks: temporal shifts and transnational networks of sentiment in Uyghur song (2012)
Journal Article
Harris, R. (2012). Tracks: temporal shifts and transnational networks of sentiment in Uyghur song. Ethnomusicology, 56(3), 450-475. https://doi.org/10.5406/ethnomusicology.56.3.0450

This paper explores constructs of memory and history through music in the transnational networks maintained by Central Asian Muslim Uyghurs. The paper is based on fieldwork with the Uyghur diaspora in Kazakhstan in 2003, and also direct involvement i... Read More about Tracks: temporal shifts and transnational networks of sentiment in Uyghur song.

Invitation to a mourning ceremony: perspectives on the Uyghur internet (2011)
Journal Article
Harris, R. (2011). Invitation to a mourning ceremony: perspectives on the Uyghur internet. Inner Asia, 13(1), 27-49. https://doi.org/10.1163/000000011797372832

This paper offers a historically located and sociopolitical reading of the Uyghur internet, focusing on Uyghur language sites which were legally operating within China and active in the run-up to the July 2009 protests. Whilst Chinese media argued th... Read More about Invitation to a mourning ceremony: perspectives on the Uyghur internet.