"Beta pung sasando untuk dunia"

master's thesis

• Title: "Beta pung sasando untuk dunia" : innovation and creativity as identity negotiators among sasando biola players in Indonesia
• Author: Julija Novosel
• Mentor: Mojca Piškor (mentor)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Academy of Music; (Musicology Department); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2019-10-28, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: FIELD OF ART; Art of Music

Abstract

Sasando biola is a diatonic tube zither made of bamboo with an external resonator, haik, with the number of strings ranging from 24 to 48. Nowadays widely recognized as a symbol of the Nusa Tenggara Timur province in Indonesia, sasando belongs to the traditions of the island of Rote, and Kupang in West Timor. This research stems from my experience of playing in Nusa Tuak, a band of combo musicians and sasando players who regularly performed in Yogyakarta and across Java, and the experience I gained there shaped the research in its methodology and inquiry. For the field research I conducted from November 2016 to June 2018 in Yogyakarta, and in January 2018 in Kupang, I opted for performance practice-based methodology. Actornetwork theory is applied through recognizing the actors which are relevant for my interlocutors, and which relate to each other to form a network. The chapters are organized in a manner which follows the recognized actors: firstly, I examine the history and then proceed with anatomy of the instrument, playing techniques, tuning, current performance and instrument-making practices. Accompanying practices related to the safeguarding, such as transmission of knowledge and the role of sasando in tourist promotion of Kupang are examined as well. Through all the mentioned categories, sasando is a symbol and a medium of expressing the identity of both individuals and the local community. Creativity and innovation of each sasando player and/or maker contribute to the development of sasando and its symbolic and medial role. The thesis also includes an analysis of performance practice of Ofa Langga, a song from Rote which became widely recognized as a local anthem, and a YouTube playlist with these and other performances which I gathered in Kupang.

Abstract (croatian)

Sasando biola je dijatonska cjevasta citra izrađena od bambusa, s vanjskim rezonantnim tijelom (haik) te 24 do 48 žica. Diljem Indonezije, danas je sasando prepoznat kao simbol provincije Nusa Tenggara Timur, iako izvorno pripada tradicijama otoka Rotea i Kupanga na Zapadnom Timoru. Moje istraživanje proizlazi iz iskustva sviranja u bendu Nusa Tuak, koji je redovno nastupao u Yogyakarti i diljem Jave. Iskustvo koje sam stekla u bendu utjecalo je na metodologiju istraživanja kojeg sam provela od studenog 2016. do lipnja 2018. godine u Yogyakarti, a tijekom siječnja 2018. u Kupangu, pa se tako istraživanje i u Kupangu prvenstveno temeljilo na izvedbenoj praksi. Takozvanu actor-network theory primijenila sam kako bih prepoznala čimbenike (actors) koji utječu na glazbovanje sugovornika te sam prema njima oblikovala izlaganje u ovom diplomskom radu. Počevši od povijesti i razvoja instrumenta, u sljedećim poglavljima propitujem tehnike sviranja, ugodbe, trenutnu izvedbenu praksu i praksu izrade instrumenta, kao i one prakse vezane uz očuvanje baštine, poput prijenosa znanja i uloge sasanda u turističkoj promociji grada Kupanga. U svim spomenutim kategorijama, sasando je i simbol i medij izražavanja i pregovaranja identiteta, kako pojedinca, tako i identiteta lokalne zajednice. Pritom kreativnost i inovativnost svakog svirača i/ili graditelja sasanda doprinose razvoju instrumenta i njegovoj simboličnoj i medijalnoj ulozi. Ovaj diplomski rad također uključuje analizu izvedbene prakse pjesme Ofa Langga, koja potječe s Rotea i koja je danas prepoznata kao svojevrsna lokalna himna te listu video-snimki, dostupnih putem Youtubea, koje sam snimila u Kupangu.

• Keywords: sasando biola; tube zither; Rote; Kupang; Indonesia
• Keywords (croatian): sasando biola; cjevasta citra; Rote; Kupang; Indonezija
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:116:648867
• Study programme: Title: Integrated Undegraduate and Graduate University Study Programme in Musicology; specializations in: Musicology, Ethnomusicology; Course: Ethnomusicology; Study programme type: university; Study level: integrated undergraduate and graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra muzike (magistar/magistra muzike)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2019-11-13 11:48:08