Papers by António Ventura
Embracing ambivalence: responsibility discourses around ‘greening’ the performing arts
Annals of leisure research./Annals of leisure research, May 30, 2024
Coherence, Reconfigurations and Cultural Practices in an Ancient Celebration: Ethnography of Festa de Santa Bebiana, Paúl, Covilhã, Portugal
The Festa de Santa Bebiana is a celebration that takes place every year in the town of Paul, Covi... more The Festa de Santa Bebiana is a celebration that takes place every year in the town of Paul, Covilha district (Portugal). Held in the first weekend of December, it is considered a tribute to Saint Bebiana, to wine, and to the local wine-based spirit, jeropiga. Observant participation in 2014 confirmed that the celebration is marked by a pronounced communal spirit and exercises a strong power of attraction beyond Paul, managing to attract thousands of visitors. This research consists in the observation of the aforementioned celebration, a detailed characterization, and an ethnographic analysis of the structure and the musical practice of the celebration. The study addresses questions such as the following: What is the impact of the Festa in the local life? What is the role of traditional music in this celebration? What kind of repertoire is performed? And what is the cultural rationale behind the integration of non-traditional elements in the Festa?
Nocturnal practices in Penha Garcia, Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal: the importance of Catarina Sargenta and Maria Nabais in encomendação das almas
Catarina Sargenta (1913-2003) is a Penha Garcia icon. In 2005 a monument was erected to this aduf... more Catarina Sargenta (1913-2003) is a Penha Garcia icon. In 2005 a monument was erected to this adufeira (adufe player) whose voice and “touch of the tambourine” was recorded by successive ethnographers since the early 1960s. “Shepherd”, “weaver”, "field worker", “semi-literate” according to the survey done by Giacometti in 1970, Catarina Sargenta gained visibility on a national level through the media. Currently, in 2015, the records of her voice and tambourine playing available on Youtube have a number of views much larger than the number of inhabitants of the village of Penha Garcia, an admirable testament to the scope and impact of her voice. This ethnomusicological study of the adufeira and singer Catarina Sargenta aims to contribute to the understanding of the role music ethnography has in the construction of icons of rural music in Portugal; to discover the life course of Catarina Sargenta and to understand how rural musical traditions analysed and objectified (Handler...
O Post-in-progress: 4º Fórum Internacional de Pós-graduação em Estudos de Música e Dança (Post-ip... more O Post-in-progress: 4º Fórum Internacional de Pós-graduação em Estudos de Música e Dança (Post-ip '17) foi organizado por alunos de pós-graduação associados ao polo da Universidade de Aveiro (UA) do Instituto de Etnomusicologia - Centro de Estudos de Música e Dança (INET-md). O congresso contou com a presença de 59 participantes, de 9 países, que efetuaram 53 apresentações. Este fórum teve participações em língua portuguesa, em língua espanhola e em língua inglesa, e decorreu entre os dias 5 e 7 de dezembro de 2017 no Departamento de Comunicação e Arte (DeCA) da Universidade de Aveiro, tendo sido as suas sessões de abertura e encerramento realizadas no Auditório do Complexo Departamento de comunicação e Arte da mesma Universidade. O congresso teve a sua sessão de abertura no auditório supracitado onde estiveram presentes Julieta Silva e Margarida Cardoso, em nome da Comissão Organizadora do Post-ip'17, a Prof. Susana Sardo, como Coordenadora do INET-md da Universidade de Ave...
by Ana Llorens, Fernando L C Pereira, Lena Duchesne, ANA RODRIGO DE LA CASA, Francisco Manuel López Gómez, MARIA VICTORIA ARJONA GONZÁLEZ, Rosa Pampillo, Elsa Calero-Carramolino, Juan Carlos Justiniano, António Ventura, Olimpia García López, Alessandra Palidda, Eduardo Chávarri Alonso, Pablo Tejedor-Gutiérrez, Iñigo de Peque, Enrique Mejías Rivero, Ruth Abellán Alzallú, and Fernando Tamayo Proceedings of the VIII Jornadas de Jóvenes Musicólogos, 2015. Edited by Ana Llorens
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