Felicity Jane Greenland    Department   Kyoto University of Foreign Studies  Department of British and American Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies    Position   Professor
Date	2021/04/10
Presentation Theme	From Sound to Vision: Visual Engagement with the Folk Songs of C19th Japanese Whaling
Conference	British Forum for Ethnomusicology - Annual Conference
Conference Type	International
Presentation Type	Speech (General)
Contribution Type	Individual
Venue	Bath Spa University, UK (Online)
Details	Aimed at international ethnomusicologists, educators, heritage industry and museum curators, this paper presents visual material created or collected so far in my Japanese whalesong research: song distribution maps and statistical charts, collected images of whaling in antique woodblock prints, scrolls, screens etc. Additionally, I propose a visual method, based on Inca ‘khipu’ knots, and prayer beads, to represent the pattern of imagery and kakegoe in different types of whalesong, for purposes of cross-reference and international comparison.