Gaelic-, French-, but mostly English-speaking ethnomusicologist researching disaster songs, Gaelic songs, and step dance. Nothing else about me is as cool.
Sydney, NS
Joined March 2010
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Happy new year!
Come along for our first Wednesday Seminar of 2024 on January 17th, when Dr Heather Sparling @CBFraoch will join us to talk about her fascinating research into Canadian Atlantic Disaster songs.
Zoom link & more info here: musicmedicinehistory.org/
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Oh my goodness, we are EXCITED! On Saturday, May 27th, come join us and learn all about how to incorporate "Puirt à beul - Tunes from the Mouth" into your classroom with Heather Sparling. For more information or to register, please visit the main page at orffnovascotia.com
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Here's a statue of my dad trying to enter the wifi password without his glasses on.
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A brilliant, lucid, and complex argument from my friend in the CBU English department in today's @capebretonpost. Stay tuned for online version! @cbufa
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Good employers pay their employees fair wages.
#SMUStrike #StandWithSMUFU
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4. As with every strike, the richest people accuse the workers of being greedy. And at CBU, the bosses are the 1% of the 1%.
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3. The CBU admin guy who said he is overpaid because "that's how she goes" also CBU faculty are among the highest paid in NS. It's a baffling statement.
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2. In recent yas, CBU's admin has been on steroids. Faculty growth is anemic by comparison.
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CBU's Board of Governors meeting today. Student reps/faculty excluded. Students also told they can't hold protest in hall outside... or **anywhere inside** CBU b/c of 'safety concerns'. [Funny didn't apply to other student gatherings, e.g., job fair last year, performances.]
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Students who planned a SILENT and PEACEFUL protest outside the CBU Board of Governors meet today have been BANNED from corridors--effectively banning the protest.
It is a disgrace.
Our job is to educate the next generation of leaders, and admin's job is to cower from them.
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I’ve watched a lot of live hits today, but this might be the best demonstration of the Magdalen Islands winds so far 😂 Posted by Sven Meier, reposted with his permission.
The Society for Ethnomusicology has just published a website documenting US music-making and the lives of musicians during the pandemic. semmusicianscovid.com
Did you miss my talk, "Death Culture, Vernacular Memorialization, and Atlantic Canadian Disaster Songs," back in March? It's available on YouTube! youtu.be/dON5aiKgFTs
For Black history month, Valerie MacDonald tells the story of her experience as an Afro-Nova Scotian growing up in Springhill, NS, and about her father, Maurice Ruddick, who miraculously survived the 1958 Springhill mining disaster.
youtu.be/DcG4Q47SBCU
Looking to disaster management research to figure out how to help the cultural industries to recover from Covid-19.
theconversation.com/how-to-h…
Dr. Andrew Lynk writes songs to cope with the stress of his job. It's not so different from the reasons that many people write songs in response to disasters. #disastersongs cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scot…
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Maritime music traditions seek to comfort after Nova Scotia shootings theconversation.com/maritime…
Thanks, @Laura_Estill, Canada Reseach Chair in Digital Humanities, for calling attention to the Language in Lyrics blog posts about databases!
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Well-known authors' writing about WWI helped the world to grieve and process the trauma. #disastersongs function similarly. ow.ly/TvDe30mxPjC