Date of Award
5-2-2018
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Anthropology
First Advisor
Dr. Steven Patrick Black
Second Advisor
Dr. Kathryn A. Kozaitis
Third Advisor
Dr. Emanuela Guano
Fourth Advisor
Dr. Louis A. Ruprecht
Abstract
This ethnography examines Orfean Harmony, a non-profit and voluntary Greek musical ensemble located in Thessaloniki, Greece, to illustrate how the production of sound and musical aesthetics contributes to the sustainability of this ensemble in the context of Greece’s crisis. Drawing on Actor-network theory, Orfean Harmony is analyzed as a network of performing artists who study and re-imagine parts of ancient Greek heritage and culture producing particular sound-time-space frameworks through the recreation of ancient Greek musical aesthetics. This research argues that ‘sound,’ ‘time,’ and ‘space’ form altogether a single entity, the sonic-chronotope, which acts as a dynamic force on the subject’s feelings and experiences in ways that contribute to the re-formation of musical ensembles in times of crisis.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/11968683
Recommended Citation
Grigoriadou, Aikaterini, "Orfean Harmony: An Ensemble's Creation Of Ancient Greek Music As Ode To The Resilience Of Modern Greece." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2018.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/11968683