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Thanks a lot ! 07-Dec-2009 09:36:50 EST, Peter Feigenbaum <pfeigenbaum@fordham.edu>: > > > Hello, Ulvi. > > Pete Seeger lives just a little upstream from me on the Hudson River, and > he is still > very active as a musician and as an educator. I don't know about any > studies that have > investigated the influence of his music on culture or political > consciousness, but in the > 2007 video of his life, "The Power of Song", Pete discusses and displays > his philosophy > of how music brings people together. If you haven't seen this video, here > is some > information about it, and about Pete. > > > http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0018PH3OC/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=2603560709&ref=pd_sl_5xr2scczs2_e > > http://www.peteseeger.net/ > > Best wishes, > Peter > > Peter Feigenbaum, Ph.D. > Associate Director of Institutional Research > Fordham University > Thebaud Hall-202 > Bronx, NY 10458 > > Phone: (718) 817-2243 > Fax: (718) 817-3203 > e-mail: pfeigenbaum@fordham.edu > > > > Andy Blunden > <ablunden@mira.ne > t> To > Sent by: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" > xmca-bounces@webe <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu> > r.ucsd.edu cc > > Subject > 12/07/2009 07:11 Re: [xmca] Second funeral held for > AM Chilean activist Victor Jara > > > Please respond to > ablunden@mira.net > ; Please respond > to > "eXtended Mind, > Culture, > Activity" > <xmca@weber.ucsd. > edu> > > > > > > > I can only speak for me own country, Australia, Iluvi. In > the 1960s, American folk singers (later also Australian) > played a huge role in developing the social and political > consciousness of young people. I learnt many decades later > that the "folk music club" I went to every week to listen to > the songs of people like Pete Seeger in early 1960s was run > by the Communist Party. The folk music movement was > intimately linked to the stirring of the political > consciousness which led to 1968 and all that. > > Andy > > ulvi icil wrote: > > And now, a suggestion about an issue directly related with XMCA and a > > universal one, beyond Chile... > > > > Does anybody know any study which investigates the role of singers like > > Victor Jara or Pete Seeger or others play in their respective countries > in > > the social consciousness of the people? Certainly there should be books > on > > these singers, but I specifically ask from the point of view of the role > or > > the effect of the singer in social formation of his/her people's mind and > > consciousness... > > Ulvi > > _______________________________________________ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > _______________________________________________ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > > _______________________________________________ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca