Taiko Drumming as Sound Knowledge

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18113/P8ik159881
Keywords:
Taiko drumming, Japan, drums, music, Asian American music, identity politics

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Kimberly Anne Powell
Pennsylvania State University

Abstract

This article explores the history of Taiko drumming as a practice of sound knowledge. It also discusses the history and cultural significance of Taiko in the United States.

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IK: Other Ways of Knowing, Vol. 1, no.2
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Board Reviewed: Other Ways of Communicating
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Kimberly Anne Powell, Pennsylvania State University

Associate Professor of Education and Art EducationThe Pennsylvania State University

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