The Yidaki: A Triumph of Mind over Matter in Tribute to Joe Gumbula
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Lloyd C.L. Hollenberg
Abstract
As a physicist, I have been privileged to intersect with the world of ethnomusicology through my research on the acoustics of the didjeridu, the highlight of which was to meet and work with Joe Neparrŋa Gumbula. This is a brief account of my perspective on that journey, the research undertaken, and the role that Joe played in it.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- From the Editors, Leisa Gibbons and Karen F. Gracy
- Introduction: This is a Reflection of the Day
- From the Guest Editors, Aaron Corn with Lyndon Ormond-Parker and Jessica De Largy Healy
- Feature Articles
- Matjabala Mali’ Buku-ruŋanmaram: New Pathways for Indigenous Cultural Survival through Yolŋu Explorations of the University of Sydney Archives
- Joe Gumbula, the Ancestral Chorus, and the Value of Indigenous Knowledges
- Joe Gumbula, the Inaugural Liya-ŋärra’mirri Visiting Fellow
- Dialogues with the Archives: Arrarrkpi Responses to Recordings as Part of the Living Song Tradition of Manyardi
- Collaboration with the Past, Collaboration for the Future: Joseph Neparrŋa Gumbula’s Makarr-garma Exhibition
- Gumbula and Knowledge Generation in Collections in the USA: Where is Joe’s Right Shoe?
- Cyborg Mantras, Technologies, and the Temporalities of Tradition
- “This is the Circle of the Art World”: Joe Gumbula and the Value of Digital Repatriation in Australia and Beyond
- Reflections
- Remembering Joseph Neparrŋa Gumbula
- The Yidaki: A Triumph of Mind over Matter in Tribute to Joe Gumbula
- Sun Setting over the Arafura Sea and Other Opportunities: Working with Joe Gumbula
- Academic Achievements
- Joseph Neparrŋa Gumbula: Academic Career History and Publications
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- From the Editors, Leisa Gibbons and Karen F. Gracy
- Introduction: This is a Reflection of the Day
- From the Guest Editors, Aaron Corn with Lyndon Ormond-Parker and Jessica De Largy Healy
- Feature Articles
- Matjabala Mali’ Buku-ruŋanmaram: New Pathways for Indigenous Cultural Survival through Yolŋu Explorations of the University of Sydney Archives
- Joe Gumbula, the Ancestral Chorus, and the Value of Indigenous Knowledges
- Joe Gumbula, the Inaugural Liya-ŋärra’mirri Visiting Fellow
- Dialogues with the Archives: Arrarrkpi Responses to Recordings as Part of the Living Song Tradition of Manyardi
- Collaboration with the Past, Collaboration for the Future: Joseph Neparrŋa Gumbula’s Makarr-garma Exhibition
- Gumbula and Knowledge Generation in Collections in the USA: Where is Joe’s Right Shoe?
- Cyborg Mantras, Technologies, and the Temporalities of Tradition
- “This is the Circle of the Art World”: Joe Gumbula and the Value of Digital Repatriation in Australia and Beyond
- Reflections
- Remembering Joseph Neparrŋa Gumbula
- The Yidaki: A Triumph of Mind over Matter in Tribute to Joe Gumbula
- Sun Setting over the Arafura Sea and Other Opportunities: Working with Joe Gumbula
- Academic Achievements
- Joseph Neparrŋa Gumbula: Academic Career History and Publications
