Music Worlding in Palau: Chanting, Atmospheres, and Meaningfulness

Music Worlding In Palau: Chanting, Atmospheres, And Meaningfulness Is A Detailed Study Of The Performing Arts In Palau, Micronesia As Holistic Techniques Enabling The Experiential Corporeality Of Music's Meaningfulness-that Distinctly Musical Way Of Making Sense Of The World With Which The Felt Body Immediately Resonates But Which, To A Significant Extent, Escapes Interpretive Techniques. Drawing On Long-term Ethnographic Research Alongside Pacific Islander And Neo-phenomenological Conceptual Frameworks, Music Worlding Distinguishes Between Meaning(s) And Meaningfulness In Palauan Music-making. These Are Not Binary Phenomena, But Deeply Intertwined. However, Unlike Meaning, Meaningfulness To A Significant Extent Suspends Language And Is Thus Often Prematurely Considered Ineffable. The Book Proposes A Broader Understanding Of How The Performing Arts Give Rise To A Sense Of Meaningfulness Whose Felt-bodily Affectivity Is Pivotal To Music-making And Lived Realities. Music Worlding Thus Seeks To Draw The Reader Closer To The Holistic Complexity Of Music-making Both In Palau And More Generally. Birgit Abels. Mode Of Access: Internet Via World Wide Web. In English.