Sembapatrimonioimaterial.com: local performances, imagined national narratives, dialogue from the field

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-3123.gis.2021.174219

Keywords:

Semba in Angola, Cultural heritage, Imagined communities and communities of practices, Collaborative ethnography

Abstract

Developments in semba in Angola, from "live" to "online" performances, and its heritagization, have provoked much discussion among its communities of practice (Wenger-Trayner and Wenger-Trayner 2015) and other imagined communities (Anderson 1983). This article concerns on-going research, based on collaborative work with key interlocutors on the compilation of the website sembapatrimonial.com as a methodological approach. Based on a series of collaborative posts, the interlocutors discuss dissensus (Rancière and Corcoran 2010) in the various visions and versions of heritage in the present, a process of “past-presencing” (Macdonald 2013).

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Author Biography

  • Andre Castro Soares, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

    He was born in Gaia and lives in Lisbon, Portugal. He has worked as a culture journalist for radio and television. He has a Masters in Anthropology from ISCTE-IUL and has developed research around cultural performance including music and dance, such as kizomba, samba, semba and fado. He is PhD candidate in Anthropology: Politics and Display of Culture and Museology researching semba as intangible cultural heritage in Angola. E-mail: andrecastrosoares@gmail.com

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Published

2021-01-21

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Dossier Local Musicking

How to Cite

Soares, Andre Castro. 2021. “Sembapatrimonioimaterial.com: Local Performances, Imagined National Narratives, Dialogue from the Field”. GIS - Gesture, Image and Sound - Anthropology Journal 6 (1): e-174219. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-3123.gis.2021.174219.