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[Conference] »Embodied Histories – Entangled Communities. Southeast Asian and Western Approaches to Narratives and Performance Art«

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On 13-14 June, I will speak about my recent performance  »Echoing Europe: Postcolonial Reverberations« at the »Embodied Histories – Entangled Communities. Southeast Asian and Western Approaches to Narratives and Performance Art« conference. You can find more information about the event on the conference website. I also include a short summary below…. Continue reading →

Tonaufnahmen als Trophäen

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Echoing Europe © Zé de Paiva

Jamal Tuschick reviewed Echoing Europe – Postcolonial Reverberations on der Freitag. “meLê yamomo zeigt in seinem Soundwerk „Echoing Europe – Postcolonial reverberations“ die europäische Aneignungs- und Kategorisierungsarroganz und ihre wissenschaftlichen Maskierungen im Geist der Traurigen Tropen. Er untersucht die Grenze zwischen „Musik“ und „Geräusch“ als gewaltsame Setzung nicht zuletzt. … Er… Continue reading →

Radio Feature: Sound-Performance „Echoing Europe“ – Der Klang des Kolonialismus

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In time for our premiere, music critic Christoph Möller produced a feature on “Echoing Europe – Postcolonial Reverberations” on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. “Was Musik ist, entscheidet nach wie vor der Westen, meint der Musikwissenschaftler und Performer meLê yamomo. In seiner Sound-Performance „Echoing Europe“ will er koloniale Denkmuster in der Musik offenlegen… Continue reading →

Philippine Book Launch and Lecture

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I will be doing a Philippine launch of my book »Sounding Modernities: Theatre and Music in Manila and the Asia Pacific, 1869-1946« on 21 February at the University of the Philippines Diliman-College of Music! As part of the Musikolokya, I will also give a lecture on the nineteenth-century theatre and… Continue reading →