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The Act of Singing: Women, Music, and the Politics of Truth and Reconciliation in Indonesia (Weintraub, 2021)
The Act of Singing: Women, Music and the Politics of Truth and Reconciliation (Weintraub, 2021)
Andrew Weintraub's 2021 study of the Dialita choir from 2018-21 fieldwork with members including Njoto's daughter Irina Dayasih, arguing collective singing is critical remembrance and memory activism where legal routes are blocked. Substantial English-language study.
Studi Andrew Weintraub 2021 tentang paduan suara Dialita dari kerja lapangan 2018-21 dengan anggota termasuk putri Njoto, Irina Dayasih, berargumen bahwa menyanyi bersama adalah pengingatan kritis dan aktivisme memori ketika jalur hukum tertutup. Studi berbahasa Inggris yang substansial.
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- 2021
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- Weintraub
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- journal article (journal article (ethnomusicology; ethnographic case study with interviews and musical analysis))
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- English; Indonesian
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- Scholarship
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- secondary
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- UK
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- 1999–present
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- Yearbook for Traditional Music, vol. 53 (2021), International Council for Traditional Music, published online by Cambridge University Press; DOI 10.1017/ytm.2021.6. Access status (open access or library-licensed) not stated on the PDF [verify]. Retrieved 2026-10-13. Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
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- Weintraub, A. N. (2021). The act of singing: Women, music, and the politics of truth and reconciliation in Indonesia. Yearbook for Traditional Music, 53, 1–44. https://doi.org/10.1017/ytm.2021.6
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- 02 Secondary Sources/2.4 Literature, Film, Music and Memory Activism/Weintraub (2021) - The Act of Singing, Women, Music, and the Politics of Truth and Reconciliation in Indonesia.pdf
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- Good (0.933) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
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- 02 Secondary Sources › 2.4 Literature, Film, Music and Memory Activism
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- condensed from full annotation
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