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SEM Newsletter Published by the Society for Ethnomusicology Volume 41 Number 2 March 2007 Octaviana Trujillo, Yaqui mask maker and Becoming Ethnomusi- Cross-Cultural Dance dancer Mercedes Maldonado, and Yaqui pas- cologists Resources Celebrates cola dancers. The evening activities included observances of the Day of the Dead traditions By Philip V. Bohlman, SEM President 25th Anniversary at the Guadalupe Yaqui cemetery. Cultural translation is the disciplinary By Joann W. Kealiinohomoku In keeping with the seasonal ritual theme, vernacular of the everyday for ethnomusi- Pegge Vissicaro (President of the CCDR Cross-Cultural Dance Resources (CCDR) cologists. It provides the context for tran- Board of Directors and Interim Chair of celebrated its 25th anniversary (1981-2006) scription, the ways we listen to oral tradition the ASU Department of Dance) arranged with an open house at its new headquarters and inscribe it as text. It opens languages and memorials for the dance scholars who passed in the Arizona State University (ASU) De- metalanguages that realize the ethnographic away during the past year: Selma Jeanne Co- partment of Dance during the 38th annual moment, making it possible to communicate hen, Nadia Chilkovsky Nahumck, Katherine Congress on Research in Dance (CORD) with our colleagues in the fi eld, discursively Dunham, and Dunham’s biographer Joyce conference. The conference (November 2- and musically. Translation affords power, and Aschenbrenner. 5, 2006) was hosted by CCDR and the ASU it appropriates power from others. It creates Highlights of the conference included Department of Dance on the ASU campus common languages, sometimes on the terms more than 50 papers and several workshops in Tempe, Arizona. The CCDR headquarters of those who perform styles and repertories presented by members of CORD and relocated to ASU from Flagstaff, Arizona; the in their mother tongue, often only after CCDR. Steven Feld gave a stimulating talk Flagstaff facility will continue to serve CCDR compromising the origins and originality of about dance and sound. Elsie Dunin and Al- as a research center and will house some of another’s music. In my column in this issue legra Fuller Snyder were honored by CORD the CCDR collections, including the Gertrude of the SEM Newsletter (see p. 4), I refl ect on for their “Outstanding Contributions to Kurath and Eleanor King Archives. the everydayness of cultural translation for Dance Research.” The CCDR open house, A pre-conference meeting on November ethnomusicologists, asking how it is possible mentioned above, attracted a crowd that 2, 2006, was held at the world famous Heard to differentiate those modes of translation spilled over into the hallway. On Saturday Museum and featured Yaqui scholar Dr. that create understanding from those that Continued on page 5 unleash misunderstanding. Ethnomusicolo- gists, I believe, engage in cultural translation more often than many; it may well be the case, indeed, that our diverse methods of translation determine who we are by drawing us together to share musics and ideas about music in representational languages that are both common and separated by dialects. Resolving the differences between these languages may be impossible, but pursuing the methods that help us do so are part and parcel of the responsibility that accompanies becoming ethnomusicologists. Inside 1 Becoming Ethnomusicologists 1 Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Cel- ebrates 25th Anniversary 3 SEM Prizes and Awards Addendum 3 Announcements 3 Fieldworkers of the World, Write! 7 Obituaries 7 Erratum Elsie Dunin (CCDR Vice-president) and Pegge Vissicaro (CCDR President) present gifts of 9 Calls for Submissions appreciation to Yaqui pascola dancers following their performance in the yard of the Heard 11 Conferences Calendar Museum (the pascola “manager” looks on). Photo: Susan Cashion 2 SEM Newsletter The Society for Ethnomusicology and SEM Newsletter Guidelines the SEM Newsletter Guidelines for Contributors Editor, SEM Newsletter Henry Spiller Department of Music • Send articles to the editor by e-mail or on a disk with a paper copy. Microsoft Word is University of California preferable, but other Macintosh or IBM-compatible software is acceptable. One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616, USA • Identify the software you use. 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