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Transpacific Tones: Musical Diplomacy of Sound Confusion between China and The Andes
Abstract
This article presents an investigation into the sound confusion between China and the Andes as a resource for musical diplomacy. Traditionally, relations between China and Chile have focused on cultural and geographical differences. However, this research is based on the register, exploration and analysis of a musical phenomenon in which listeners from both regions confused traditional pieces. In this way, this research proposes to explore the sound similarities and the conditions that explain this confusion. Using analytical autoethnography and the reconstruction of material networks, this musical phenomenon is traced on a transnational scale. Therefore, a conceptual framework is proposed to understand how distant communities generate similar sonorities and are confused in their sonorous identification. From this perspective, it will be shown how this phenomenon does not refer to an archaic cultural identity, but arises in a contemporary global context, in folkloric festivals where folklore artists from all over the world meet. Finally, this research proposes a framework for understanding the sound confusion in terms of its potential as a tool for musical diplomacy, highlighting the conceptual elements that configure the phenomenon of sound confusion, its associated material networks and the actors involved in the process.
Keywords:
Folkloric Artist, Sound Confusion, Musical Diplomacy, Transpacific Studies, SinoandeanReferences
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