Martha Ellen Davis

Add links
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
(Redirected from
Martha Ellen Davis (ethnomusicologist)
)
Martha E. Davis
Santo Domingo
Occupation(s)Anthropologist, Ethnomusicologist
AwardsCharles Seeger Prize (1970),[1] Chicago Folklore Prize (1976),[2] Premio Nacional de Ensayo Pedro Henríquez Ureña (1985)[3]

Martha Ellen Davis is an

African diasporic religion and music. Professor Davis' research has defied conventional tenets about Haitian and Dominican folk music, and her cultural preservation projects has raised awareness of the significance of the Samaná Americanos' enclave
.

Education and early work

Davis received her B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) in

Spanish:«Martha trabaja de corazón y con el corazón... Su oficio es delicado e importante para la memoria social del país»).[5]

Institutional involvement

Part of Davis' legacy includes co-founding the Committee of Applied Ethnomusicology within the Society for Ethnomusicology in 1998,[6][7][8] writing four seminal books,[9] producing documentaries,[10] and writing numerous scientific articles. She has been considered an authority in Afro-Caribbean music and is quoted extensively in the literature. Davis' book, La otra ciencia, earned the National Nonfiction Award of the Dominican Republic. While continuing as an affiliate professor at the University of Florida, since ca. 2003 Davis has spent most of her time in the Dominican Republic as honorary researcher of the Museo del Hombre Dominicano (Museum of the Dominican Man) and oral-history expert and researcher of the Archivo General de la Nación (The National Archives), offering lectures, advising young scholars, and writing. On November 1, 2012, the Museo celebrated her 40 years of research in the country.[11]

Scholarly contributions

Davis' long-standing interest in the Dominican and Haitian cultures derives from her belief that "The island of Hispaniola—the Spanish colony of Santo Domingo and first colony in the New World—was the initial diasporal crucible and cultural bridge of

CUNY, she convincingly suggested "that if there is any rightful 'national' music of the Dominican Republic, it would be not the Merengue, with its specifically regional origin in the Cibao, but rather the various types of salve, which have flourished throughout the country."[13][14] Her work has also crossed into the realm of religion, and here she also suggested that what is commonly called Dominican "Folk Religion" is more accurately described as folk Catholicism of which one component is "Dominican Vodou".[15]

Select publications

References

  1. ^ "Charles Seeger Prize". Society of Ethnomusicology. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  2. ^ "Chicago Folklore Prize". American Folklore Society. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  3. ^ Díaz, Rossy (December 20, 2013). "Conoce a nuestros miembros: Martha Ellen Davis". Dominican Society of Musical Studies. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  4. ^ The Editors (January 1972). "Back Matter". Ethnomusicology. 16 (1): 16. {{cite journal}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ Pérez, Xiomarita (October 31, 2012). "Folcloreadno: Martha Ellen Davis". Listín Diario. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  6. ISBN 978-0199351701
    .
  7. ^ "Applied Ethnomusicology Section". Society of Ethnomusicology. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  8. ^ "Invested in Community: Ethnomusicology and Musical Advocacy". Brown University Library Center for Digital Scholarship. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  9. OCLC 28668246
    .
  10. S2CID 254494347
    .
  11. ^ Díaz, Rossy (October 15, 2012). "Celebración a etnomusicóloga Martha Ellen Davis". Blog. Museo del Hombre Dominicano. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  12. S2CID 191331179
    .
  13. S2CID 191301796
    .
  14. S2CID 191441169
    .
  15. ISBN 978-90-04-25523-4
    .

External links
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martha_Ellen_Davis&oldid=1217268450"