Abstract
This article focuses on the P’ilbong p’ungmul transmission center as a case study of a relatively new type of cultural institution in South Korea. I examine how these transmission centers structure the experience of an expressive folk culture form by emphasizing site-specific instruction and employing intermodal pedagogical techniques that specifically heighten an awareness of the body in both place and space. I argue that the P’ilbong p’ungmul transmission center encourages the embodiment of an alternative Korean sensibility that is expressed through music, dance and other social activities, but is further enhanced by situating the body within iconically “Korean” spaces.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Winter 2015
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.5406/ethnomusicology.59.1.0031
Funding Information
This article stems from research that was supported by the Fulbright Foundation IIE grant (2001–2002) as well as a dissertation write-up support from the Korea Foundation (2003–2004).
Repository Citation
Kwon, Donna Lee, "“Becoming One”: Embodying Korean P’ungmul Percussion Band Music and Dance through Site-Specific Intermodal Transmission" (2015). Music Faculty Publications. 2.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/music_facpub/2
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Ethnomusicology, v. 59, no. 1, p. 31-60.
© 2015 by the Society for Ethnomusicology
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