Organonscape, geography, and aural spaces of kemence in and around Trabzon

Aslan U., Karahasanoğlu S.

ETHNOMUSICOLOGY FORUM, cilt.31, sa.2, ss.260-282, 2022 (AHCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/17411912.2022.2058577
  • Dergi Adı: ETHNOMUSICOLOGY FORUM
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Index Islamicus, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Music Index, Music Periodicals Database, RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.260-282
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Organonscape, kemence, Eastern Black Sea, nonrepresentational theory, MUSICAL-INSTRUMENTS, CULTURAL-GEOGRAPHY, SOUND, CLASSIFICATION
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The kemence instrument is a crucial part of daily life in the Eastern Black Sea region's culture. Besides the performance of the kemence, other instruments, dances, and the ideological discourses associated with the instrument show us how local people interact with the landscape of the Eastern Black Sea region. This study examines the space of kemence by considering its complex cultural relations in and around the province of Trabzon. We use the concept of organonscape to analyse the space of the kemence through considering the geography and spatial features of the instrument. This concept shows that instruments are important determinants of performance and are created to mark a fluid space in relation to landscape. As a result, the organonscape of the kemence contains musical practices and shapes the ideological construction of landscapes as spaces where the kemence is performed.