Informace o kvalifikační práci The meaning of Bele practices for the afro-descendant individuals and their social functioning in today's Martinique - A study of anti-oppressive dance therapy practices
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Hlavní téma
Význam Bele v životě komunit potomků otroků s ohledem na jejich fungování na Martiniku v současnosti - studie antiopresivní terapie tancem
Hlavní téma v angličtině
The meaning of Bele practices for the afro-descendent communities and their functioning in today's Martinique - A study of anti-oppressive dance therapy practices
Název dle studenta
The meaning of Bele practices for the afro-descendant individuals and their social functioning in today's Martinique - A study of anti-oppressive dance therapy practices
Název dle studenta v angličtině
The meaning of Bele practices for the afro-descendant individuals and their social functioning in today's Martinique - A study of anti-oppressive dance therapy practices
Diplomová práce se zaměřuje na význam Bele pro martinické afro-potomky a jejich sociální fungování. Bele je praxe, která kombinuje tanec a hudbu s původem v různých afrických tancích, doprovázených bubny. Bele se vyvíjelo na Martiniku již od dob otroctví, má tedy pro populaci s africkými kořeny na Martiniku významnou historickou hodnotu. V teoretické části se práce zabývá sociálním fungováním, taneční a hudební terapií a jejím použití v sociální a komunitní práci, praxí Bele a jejím kontextem. Výzkumná část přináší vhled do přínosů Bele pro sociální fungování identifikovaných na základě holistického přístupu. Dále pak popisuje význam této praxe jako antiopresivní taneční terapie a její potenciál zlepšit životy jedinců, spolu s životními podmínkami komunity.
Anotace v angličtině
The diploma thesis focuses on the meaning of Bele practices for the afro-descendant Martinicans and their social functioning. Bele is a cultural practice that combines dance and music, with origins in different African dances, accompanied by drums. Bele has been developed in Martinique since slavery era, therefore, it has a great historical value for the afro-descendant population of Martinique. In the theoretical part, social functioning, dance and music therapy practices and its use in social and community work, Bele practices and its context are presented. The practical part of the thesis offers an insight into the benefits of Bele for social functioning, assessed through the holistic approach. Furthermore, it covers the meaning of these practices as an anti-oppressive dance therapy practice and its potential to improve the lives of the individuals along with the community's living conditions.
Klíčová slova
Bele, kulturní praxe, sociální fungování, expresivní terapie, antiopresivní taneční terapie, sociální a komunitní práce, otroctví, Martinik
Klíčová slova v angličtině
Bele, cultural practice, social functioning, expressive therapy, anti-oppressive dance therapy, social and community work, slavery, Martinique
Rozsah průvodní práce
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Jazyk
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Anotace
Diplomová práce se zaměřuje na význam Bele pro martinické afro-potomky a jejich sociální fungování. Bele je praxe, která kombinuje tanec a hudbu s původem v různých afrických tancích, doprovázených bubny. Bele se vyvíjelo na Martiniku již od dob otroctví, má tedy pro populaci s africkými kořeny na Martiniku významnou historickou hodnotu. V teoretické části se práce zabývá sociálním fungováním, taneční a hudební terapií a jejím použití v sociální a komunitní práci, praxí Bele a jejím kontextem. Výzkumná část přináší vhled do přínosů Bele pro sociální fungování identifikovaných na základě holistického přístupu. Dále pak popisuje význam této praxe jako antiopresivní taneční terapie a její potenciál zlepšit životy jedinců, spolu s životními podmínkami komunity.
Anotace v angličtině
The diploma thesis focuses on the meaning of Bele practices for the afro-descendant Martinicans and their social functioning. Bele is a cultural practice that combines dance and music, with origins in different African dances, accompanied by drums. Bele has been developed in Martinique since slavery era, therefore, it has a great historical value for the afro-descendant population of Martinique. In the theoretical part, social functioning, dance and music therapy practices and its use in social and community work, Bele practices and its context are presented. The practical part of the thesis offers an insight into the benefits of Bele for social functioning, assessed through the holistic approach. Furthermore, it covers the meaning of these practices as an anti-oppressive dance therapy practice and its potential to improve the lives of the individuals along with the community's living conditions.
Klíčová slova
Bele, kulturní praxe, sociální fungování, expresivní terapie, antiopresivní taneční terapie, sociální a komunitní práce, otroctví, Martinik
Klíčová slova v angličtině
Bele, cultural practice, social functioning, expressive therapy, anti-oppressive dance therapy, social and community work, slavery, Martinique
Zásady pro vypracování
Main objective: Identify the meaning of Bele practices for (social) functioning of an individual (and afro-descendent communities) in today's Martinique Methods of research: Qualitative research - participative observation, semi-structured interviews Relevance of the topic to the studied program: One of the known community work approaches that we have learned about throughout our studies is a work with communities through arts. Arts can be a powerful tool for people to deal with their difficulties. Through music and dance, Martinican people have been able to to bear with stresses during the slavery era, by expressing what would otherwise be unbearable. Bélé served as an anti-oppressive practice for them, as a sort of rebellion when they could not have done much more. Therefore, Bele has had a special meaning for the dance communities as well as for the whole population in Martinique. (Daniel, 2009; Daniel, 2010; Pham, 20016) And today, it is not only tourist attraction as it could have seemed at a certain moment, but a living tradition that has spread from local practices to the ones popular among the slaves' descendants all around the island. (Bensignor, 2011) Today Bele is said to be a living expression of pain and anxiety from the slavery era. (Pham, 2016) Different authors see dance as a possible way to spiritual experience. Through dance, we experience spirituality and spiritual development (Gerstin, 1998; Cyrille, 2006), which is an important topic discussed at our Faculty as well. Lastly, I will use the method of participant observation (as well as semi-structured interviews) which we have been trained in during our studies, specifically in Cultural and Social Anthropology course. Through this research, I will be able to further develop these methods. Thanks to the opportunity of studying Cultural Studies for one semester in Martinique, I will be able to conduct a research among descendants of slaves that still bear their collective history in mind and remind ourselves of their roots through Bele dancing. I want to study links between slavery in the past with Bele dancing as an anti-oppressive practice, and dance therapy nowadays. Through this research I will be able to contribute to the current literature base focused on fighting inequalities through using different art forms, in this case using Bele dancing, as well as finding therapeutic aspects in these forms, and understanding how people cope with different kinds of difficulties in their lives, under such oppression as in the slavery era as well as nowadays in more or less free world. Zásady pro vypracování: Studentka vypracuje svou diplomovou práci samostatně za použití relevantní literatury a zdrojů. Studentka bude pravidelně konzultovat postup psaní s vedoucí práce. Vedoucí práce bude prostřednictvím pravidelných konzultací studentku provázet během tvorby diplomové práce, bude dohlížet na obsahovou a formální stránku textu, aby odpovídala požadavkům školy na kvalitní diplomovou práci. Studentka bude respektovat požadavky na zpracování diplomové práce - dodržení počtu stran, čerpání z relevantních zdrojů, atd. Studentka i vedoucí práce se zavazují respektovat dohodnutá pravidla spolupráce a termíny konzultací. Studentka zašle konečnou verzi diplomové práce vedoucí práce nejpozději 3 týdny před oficiálním odevzdáním práce.
Zásady pro vypracování
Main objective: Identify the meaning of Bele practices for (social) functioning of an individual (and afro-descendent communities) in today's Martinique Methods of research: Qualitative research - participative observation, semi-structured interviews Relevance of the topic to the studied program: One of the known community work approaches that we have learned about throughout our studies is a work with communities through arts. Arts can be a powerful tool for people to deal with their difficulties. Through music and dance, Martinican people have been able to to bear with stresses during the slavery era, by expressing what would otherwise be unbearable. Bélé served as an anti-oppressive practice for them, as a sort of rebellion when they could not have done much more. Therefore, Bele has had a special meaning for the dance communities as well as for the whole population in Martinique. (Daniel, 2009; Daniel, 2010; Pham, 20016) And today, it is not only tourist attraction as it could have seemed at a certain moment, but a living tradition that has spread from local practices to the ones popular among the slaves' descendants all around the island. (Bensignor, 2011) Today Bele is said to be a living expression of pain and anxiety from the slavery era. (Pham, 2016) Different authors see dance as a possible way to spiritual experience. Through dance, we experience spirituality and spiritual development (Gerstin, 1998; Cyrille, 2006), which is an important topic discussed at our Faculty as well. Lastly, I will use the method of participant observation (as well as semi-structured interviews) which we have been trained in during our studies, specifically in Cultural and Social Anthropology course. Through this research, I will be able to further develop these methods. Thanks to the opportunity of studying Cultural Studies for one semester in Martinique, I will be able to conduct a research among descendants of slaves that still bear their collective history in mind and remind ourselves of their roots through Bele dancing. I want to study links between slavery in the past with Bele dancing as an anti-oppressive practice, and dance therapy nowadays. Through this research I will be able to contribute to the current literature base focused on fighting inequalities through using different art forms, in this case using Bele dancing, as well as finding therapeutic aspects in these forms, and understanding how people cope with different kinds of difficulties in their lives, under such oppression as in the slavery era as well as nowadays in more or less free world. Zásady pro vypracování: Studentka vypracuje svou diplomovou práci samostatně za použití relevantní literatury a zdrojů. Studentka bude pravidelně konzultovat postup psaní s vedoucí práce. Vedoucí práce bude prostřednictvím pravidelných konzultací studentku provázet během tvorby diplomové práce, bude dohlížet na obsahovou a formální stránku textu, aby odpovídala požadavkům školy na kvalitní diplomovou práci. Studentka bude respektovat požadavky na zpracování diplomové práce - dodržení počtu stran, čerpání z relevantních zdrojů, atd. Studentka i vedoucí práce se zavazují respektovat dohodnutá pravidla spolupráce a termíny konzultací. Studentka zašle konečnou verzi diplomové práce vedoucí práce nejpozději 3 týdny před oficiálním odevzdáním práce.
Seznam doporučené literatury
Bensignor, F. Martinique : bele d'hier et d'aujourd'hui. Hommes & migrations. 2011. Accessed at: http://journals.openedition.org/hommesmigrations/698 Browne, R. M.. The "Bad Business" of Obeah: Power, Authority, and the Politics of Slave Culture in the British Caribbean. The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 68, No. 3 (July 2011), pp. 451-480 Chivallon, C. Mémoires de l'esclavage ? la Martinique. Cahiers d'études africaines, 197 | 2010. Accessed at: http://journals.openedition.org/etudesafricaines/15847 Cyrille, D. The Politics of Quadrille Performance in Nineteenth-Century Martinique. Dance Research Journal, Vol. 38, No. 1/2 (Summer - Winter, 2006), pp. 43-60 Cyrille, D. Imagining an Afro-Creole Nation: Eugene Mona's Music in Martinique of the 1980s. Latin American Music Review / Revista de Música Latinoamericana, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Autumn - Winter, 2006), pp. 148-170 Cyrille, D. Quadrilles, Gwoka, Belé Musique, danse et résistance en Guadeloupe et en Martinique. Africultures 2014/2 (n° 98), pages 116 ? 125 Cyrille, D. Popular Music and Martinican-Creole Identity. Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Spring, 2002), pp. 65-83 Daniel, Y. A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CARIBBEAN CONTREDANSE. Transforming Anthropology, Vol. 17, Number 2, pp. 147-154. DANIEL, Y. An Ethnographic Comparison of Caribbean Quadrilles. Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Fall 2010), pp. 215-240 DANIEL. Y. Caribbean and Atlantic Diaspora Dance: Igniting Citizenship. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2011. Desroches, M. Mandelson B. Dance Cadence.. Latin American Music Review / Revista de Música Latinoamericana, Vol. 13, No. 1 Durand, G.. Survivance des patronymes d'origine africaine a la Martinique chez les esclaves et les affranchis avant et apres l'abolition de 1848. In: Nouvelle revue d'onomastique, n°39-40, 2002. pp. 247-305; Durand, G. Cousseau, Vincent. 2012. Prendre nom aux Antilles. Individu et appartenances (XVIIe-XIXe si?cle). In: Nouvelle revue d'onomastique, n°55, 2013. pp. 293-309; Gerstin, J. Interaction and Improvisation between Dancers and Drummers in Martinican Bele, Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (Spring - Autumn, 1998), pp. 121- 165 Handler, J. and Wallman, D. Production Activities in the Household Economies of Plantation Slaves: Barbados and Martinique, Mid-1600s to Mid-1800s. International Journal of Historical Archaeology Vol. 18, No. 3 (September 2014), pp. 441-466 Lafontaine M.. Le chant du peuple guadeloupéen, ou ? Plus c'est pareil et plus c'est différent ?. In: Cahiers d'études africaines, vol. 37, n°148, 1997. La Caraibe. Des îles au continent. pp. 907-942 Maddox-Wingfield, C. The dance chose me: womanist reflections on Bélé performance in contemporary Martinique. Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism 16, no. 2 (2018): 295 - 307. PHAM, L. (2016). DANCING IN MARTINIQUE. University of Delaware. Accessed at: https://sites.udel.edu/globalblog/2016/02/dancing-in-martinique/ Quintero-Rivera, A. G., and Leddy, G. Cultural Struggles for Hegemony: Salsa, Migration, and Globalization. Latin American Perspectives, Vol. 38, No. 2, WHITHER THE CUBAN REVOLUTION? (March 2011), pp. 58-70 Tareau, K. De la transmission des pratiques traditionnelles culturelles a la Martinique : Les cas du bele et de la yole ronde. Université des Antilles, 2016. Thomas H., and Cooper L. Dancing into the Third Age: Social Dance as Cultural Text. Research in Progress. Dance Research: The Journal of the Society for Dance Research, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Summer, 2002), pp. 54-80 Wong, A. and Gomes, R. Intractable Social-Economic Problems of Martinique. Études caribéennes [Online], 21 | April 2012. Accessed at: http://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/6073
Seznam doporučené literatury
Bensignor, F. Martinique : bele d'hier et d'aujourd'hui. Hommes & migrations. 2011. Accessed at: http://journals.openedition.org/hommesmigrations/698 Browne, R. M.. The "Bad Business" of Obeah: Power, Authority, and the Politics of Slave Culture in the British Caribbean. The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 68, No. 3 (July 2011), pp. 451-480 Chivallon, C. Mémoires de l'esclavage ? la Martinique. Cahiers d'études africaines, 197 | 2010. Accessed at: http://journals.openedition.org/etudesafricaines/15847 Cyrille, D. The Politics of Quadrille Performance in Nineteenth-Century Martinique. Dance Research Journal, Vol. 38, No. 1/2 (Summer - Winter, 2006), pp. 43-60 Cyrille, D. Imagining an Afro-Creole Nation: Eugene Mona's Music in Martinique of the 1980s. Latin American Music Review / Revista de Música Latinoamericana, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Autumn - Winter, 2006), pp. 148-170 Cyrille, D. Quadrilles, Gwoka, Belé Musique, danse et résistance en Guadeloupe et en Martinique. Africultures 2014/2 (n° 98), pages 116 ? 125 Cyrille, D. Popular Music and Martinican-Creole Identity. Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Spring, 2002), pp. 65-83 Daniel, Y. A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CARIBBEAN CONTREDANSE. Transforming Anthropology, Vol. 17, Number 2, pp. 147-154. DANIEL, Y. An Ethnographic Comparison of Caribbean Quadrilles. Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Fall 2010), pp. 215-240 DANIEL. Y. Caribbean and Atlantic Diaspora Dance: Igniting Citizenship. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2011. Desroches, M. Mandelson B. Dance Cadence.. Latin American Music Review / Revista de Música Latinoamericana, Vol. 13, No. 1 Durand, G.. Survivance des patronymes d'origine africaine a la Martinique chez les esclaves et les affranchis avant et apres l'abolition de 1848. In: Nouvelle revue d'onomastique, n°39-40, 2002. pp. 247-305; Durand, G. Cousseau, Vincent. 2012. Prendre nom aux Antilles. Individu et appartenances (XVIIe-XIXe si?cle). In: Nouvelle revue d'onomastique, n°55, 2013. pp. 293-309; Gerstin, J. Interaction and Improvisation between Dancers and Drummers in Martinican Bele, Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1/2 (Spring - Autumn, 1998), pp. 121- 165 Handler, J. and Wallman, D. Production Activities in the Household Economies of Plantation Slaves: Barbados and Martinique, Mid-1600s to Mid-1800s. International Journal of Historical Archaeology Vol. 18, No. 3 (September 2014), pp. 441-466 Lafontaine M.. Le chant du peuple guadeloupéen, ou ? Plus c'est pareil et plus c'est différent ?. In: Cahiers d'études africaines, vol. 37, n°148, 1997. La Caraibe. Des îles au continent. pp. 907-942 Maddox-Wingfield, C. The dance chose me: womanist reflections on Bélé performance in contemporary Martinique. Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism 16, no. 2 (2018): 295 - 307. PHAM, L. (2016). DANCING IN MARTINIQUE. University of Delaware. Accessed at: https://sites.udel.edu/globalblog/2016/02/dancing-in-martinique/ Quintero-Rivera, A. G., and Leddy, G. Cultural Struggles for Hegemony: Salsa, Migration, and Globalization. Latin American Perspectives, Vol. 38, No. 2, WHITHER THE CUBAN REVOLUTION? (March 2011), pp. 58-70 Tareau, K. De la transmission des pratiques traditionnelles culturelles a la Martinique : Les cas du bele et de la yole ronde. Université des Antilles, 2016. Thomas H., and Cooper L. Dancing into the Third Age: Social Dance as Cultural Text. Research in Progress. Dance Research: The Journal of the Society for Dance Research, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Summer, 2002), pp. 54-80 Wong, A. and Gomes, R. Intractable Social-Economic Problems of Martinique. Études caribéennes [Online], 21 | April 2012. Accessed at: http://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/6073