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Learn my songs: Seri survival and cultural resilience

Anthropology now • 4 (3) • Published In 2012 • Pages: 15-23

By: Salmón, Enrique.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

This is a discussion of the role of traditional Seri music in building increased collective resilience to external influence including unwanted incorporation into the global political economy and the hardship of surviving in an extremely unpredictable desert ecology. The author's argument emphasizes the ways traditional songs evoke collective experiences and the cumulative knowledge of local ecology, landscapes and spiritual powers. By doing so, songs contribute to the continuity of Seri Indians as a distinct ethnic community.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Cultural identity and pride

Music

Visiting and hospitality

Inter-ethnic relations

cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Seri

RegionThe area the document pertains to

Middle America and the Caribbean

Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region

Northern Mexico

Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs

article

Evaluation

Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Anthropologist

Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.

5: Excellent Primary Data

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

Teferi Abate Adem ; 2022

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

no date given

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

1535-2012

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Sonora, Mexico; Bay of California, Mexico

NotesAdditional notes

Enrique Salmon

Includes bibliographical references (p. 22-23)

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

2008214570

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Seri Indians