JAVEM Magazine publishes films by USP researchers

In the 2024 edition, the Journal of Audiovisual Ethnomusicology (JAVEM) magazine presents a curation of five films that explore the multisensory dimensions of the interaction between music, culture and multimedia, in addition to standing out for the search for interactive methodologies, the exploration of sensory experiences and of the complex socio-political worlds in which music is present. Among the selected works, the new edition of JAVEM features two productions carried out by researchers from the Musical Anthropology Research Group (PAM) at the University of São Paulo (USP).

Open Gasy presents the challenges a Malagasy musician faces in the French World Music scene, the complexities of the work, the need for adaptation and the complexities of musical authenticity. Directed by Yuri Prado, the film is available on the website of the USP Image and Sound in Anthropology Laboratory (LISA). Yuri Prado is a postdoctoral student in Social Anthropology at USP, supervised by professor Rose Satiko Hikiji, having completed a research internship at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), in Paris. Graduated in Music (Composition) from the Department of Music at USP, he has a Direct Doctorate from the same institution, with a research internship in ethnomusicology at Université Paris VIII.

The film Toré, directed by Alice Villela, presents a visceral experience of spiritual and community practices, working on the role of indigenous cultural identity and its resistance strategies through musicality and dance and the strengthening of community ties. Alice Villela completed her post-doctorate in Social Anthropology at USP, also supervised by Professor Rose Satiko. He worked for more than ten years with the Asuriní people of Xingu, in Pará, developing master's and doctoral research on image and shamanism. Currently, he is carrying out research linked to the struggle for land and the music of the Kariri-Xocó, an indigenous people from Alagoas. Researcher and director of documentary films with indigenous peoples, she works as a collaborator at the Cisco Laboratory, having directed several documentaries such as Acontecências (2009), Toré (2022) and Na Volta do Mundo (2022).

Based at LISA, since 2011, PAM has been dedicated to studying the dialogues between anthropology and music within the scope of the research line “Expressive Forms and Regimes of Knowledge” of the Department of Anthropology at USP. The line of research deals with the relationships involved in different regimes of knowledge production and aesthetic expression.