Un itinéraire de recherche du terrain aux archives : Le Cap (Afrique du Sud), fêtes, musiques, ‘identités’, politique

MARTIN, Denis-Constant

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MARTIN, Denis-Constant
Les Afriques dans le monde [LAM]

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Sources. Material & Fieldwork in African Studies. 2021-12 n° 3

IFRA Nairobi

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De 1992 à 2015, j’ai poursuivi une recherche au Cap, en Afrique du Sud, portant sur les fêtes du Nouvel An, consistant en compétitions de troupes de carnaval (Klopse), de chœurs masculins (Malay Choirs) et de fanfares chrétiennes (Christmas Choirs). Au cours de cette recherche, j’ai enregistré de nombreux entretiens, filmé et photographié les manifestations festives et leurs préparatifs, collecté de la documentation imprimée, tous matériaux qui ont servi à la rédaction de nombreux textes en français et en anglais, qu’un film documentaire et un CD ont complétés. Cet article retrace les conditions dans lesquelles j’ai effectué cette recherche au long cours. Il souligne le partenariat indispensable avec des acteurs importants de ces fêtes ainsi que ses implications. Il indique enfin comment la documentation a été collectée puis déposée aux archives d’un centre de documentation musicale en Afrique du Sud.Read less <

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For more than twenty years (from 1992 till 2015) I did research on the New Year Festivals which are organised at the beginning of every year in Cape Town (South Africa). These festivals include three series of competitions: between carnival troupes named Klopse (from the English clubs), between male choirs called Malay Choirs and between Christian brass bands known as Christmas Choirs or Christmas Bands. In the course of this research I conducted a great number of interviews, videoed and photographed the festivals and their preparations, collected many printed documents on which I based several articles, book chapters and books (in English and in French); I also recorded a CD with a local choir singing for the Klopse as well as for the Malay Choirs and produced a video documentary on the 1994 edition of the festival. In this paper I explain the conditions in which I conducted this research, underlining the importance of the partnership I entered into with major actors of the festivals, and signal the implications of such partnerships. I also discuss the conditions in which my documentation was constituted and why most of it was deposited with a South African musical archive.Read less <

Keywords

Le Cap (Afrique du Sud)

carnaval

fêtes

musique

coloureds

terrain

English Keywords

Cape Town (South Africa)

carnival

festivals

musics

fieldwork

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