Mbira Hut Project - Chartwell Dutiro - Interview with Museum of Contemporary Cuts

Click the below link to view the full interview:https://vimeo.com/176602346This item relates to the PhD research of Chartwell Dutiro at Bath Spa University, the Mbira Hut Project. Chartwell Dutiro is a musician-singer-songwriter-composer-teacher also founder and Artistic Director of Mhararano Mbira Academy. Mbira is an ancient mystic traditional musical instrument from Zimbabwe. It is sometimes played in all night ritual ceremonies called Bira. For centuries Shona people of Zimbabwe have always believe in connecting with the ancestral spirits for daily guidance. Mbira music is the lynch pin between the Shaman/Spirit medium and the spirits of the ancestors.Chartwell now living in UK grew up in Zimbabwe. From the age of 4 he was already playing mbira for all night ritual ceremonies and publicperformances,and is now regarded as a World-Class Mbira player. He uses the instrument as an education tool,to encompass both traditional and contemporary perspectives,challenge stereotypes and encourage creative engagement.Chartwell draws on his experience of growing up in rural segregated Zimbabwe to build bridges between cultures and make links between contemporary Zimbabwe and life in Britain and around the world today.Chartwell Dutiro holds a Masters degree in Ethnomusicology from SOAS University of London. Currently is a Visiting Research Fellow at Bath Spa University in UK. For more info:chartwellusa.wordpress.comBlack Sheep Talks is a series of podcast interviews with artists, academics, and activists across the globe who self-define with the concept of the black sheep. Conceived by Lanfranco Aceti and realized in collaboration with Sarah Bradshaw and Rosemary Bucher, students of Arts Administration – the interviews showcase conceptual innovators at the forefront of their respective fields, challenging and blurring the stereotypical notions of boundaries and success while enveloping elements of contemporary issues. Black Sheep Talks is a production of Arts Administration @ Boston University and the Museum of Contemporary Cuts (MoCC).

点击以下链接查看完整访谈：https://vimeo.com/176602346。本项内容与巴思斯帕大学查特韦尔·杜蒂罗的博士研究——姆比拉小屋项目相关。查特韦尔·杜蒂罗是一位音乐家、歌手、词曲作者、教师，同时也是Mhararano Mbira学院创始人及艺术总监。姆比拉是源自津巴布韦的一种古老神秘的传统乐器。有时它会在名为Bira的通宵仪式中被演奏。几个世纪以来，津巴布韦的肖纳人始终坚信与祖先灵魂相连接以获得日常指引。姆比拉音乐是萨满/灵媒与祖先灵魂之间的纽带。现居英国的查特韦尔自四岁起便在通宵仪式和公开表演中演奏姆比拉，现已成为世界级的姆比拉演奏家。他将乐器作为教育工具，旨在涵盖传统与现代视角，挑战刻板印象，并鼓励创造性参与。查特韦尔从他在农村隔离的津巴布韦成长经历中汲取经验，搭建文化之间的桥梁，将当代津巴布韦与今日英国及全球生活建立联系。查特韦尔·杜蒂罗拥有伦敦大学亚非学院民族音乐学硕士学位，目前担任英国巴思斯帕大学访问研究学者。更多信息请访问：chartwellusa.wordpress.com。‘黑羊访谈’是一系列全球艺术家、学者和活动家的播客访谈，访谈对象自我定义为‘黑羊’概念。该系列由兰弗兰科·阿切蒂构思，并与艺术管理专业的萨拉·布拉德肖和罗斯玛丽·布彻合作实现。访谈展示了各自领域的前沿概念创新者，挑战并模糊了边界和成功的刻板印象，同时融入了当代议题。‘黑羊访谈’是波士顿大学艺术管理与博物馆当代切割（MoCC）的联合制作。