* see the
original call for papers
* programme for the
evening concert
THE SEA SONGS READER
Papers from the
conference
“SEA SONGS OF THE
MEDITERRANEAN:
COLLECTION,
COMPARISON AND ANALYSIS”
held at the
University of Sousse, Tunisia
on Friday 11 to Sunday 13 April 2025
Photo:
Tonnara in Favignana, from
the film by Marcello Tramondini [FIAF], 2023
Below you will find papers from the
conference, available in downloadable format.
The papers are also being printed in
book form. Copies can be ordered from
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CONTENTS OF THE
BOOK
[in alphabetical order of presenters]
1. Sea songs of
Ali Fuat Aydin [Independent researcher,
2. Catching and selling tuna and
swordfish in
Sergio Bonanzinga [
3. The sea as a place of musical
exchange: shanty singing across the
Mollie Carlyle [
5. Some old fishing songs of
Bárbara Duran Bordoy [Universtiy of the Balearic Islands]
6. Bodies in stasis, bodies in flight:
the harraga songs of trans-Mediterranean
small-boat migration from c. 2010
Ed Emery [SOAS / The
Free University]
7. Physiology and vocality
in work songs
Carlo Frasca
[Conservatoire of
8. Aesthetics, functionality and
rituality in work songs
Danilo Gatto [Conservatoire
of Catanzaro] [Download PDF of paper]
9. Rap tunisien
et immigration clandestine via la mer
méditerraniènne: inscription générique
ou expression réaliste.
Imed Ghdemsi [Institut Supérieur de Musique de Sousse. Tunisie]
11. Images of the sea from the edge of
the Tunisian
Alan Karass [US Naval Academy,
Annapolis] [Download PDF of paper]
Dorit M. Klebe
[Independent researcher,
13. Musicological analysis and
rhythmic function in tuna trap songs
Francesco Magarò
[Conservatory of Campobasso]
Imed Nsiri [
15. Time and the body in the
Greco-Islamic seas: Qur’anic recitation as the
conduit to embodied knowledge of time
Hani Zewail [University
of California Santa Barbara] [Download PDF of paper]
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The conference was held at the Higher Institute of Music at the
The Saturday sessions were organised in
collaboration with the ICTMD Mediterranean Music Study Group.
The DAY BY DAY PROGRAMME of the conference speakers can be
accessed HERE
The original list of ABSTRACTS can be accessed HERE
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