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The "Ambedkar"
corpus
Sound files (MP3 format)
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Links to other resources are provided in the annex
of the book Ambedkar !
Des Intouchables chantent leur libérateur.
(Paris : Karthala, 2009).
Memory units on "Ambedkar"
Continuous recordings of sessions during which song texts have
been collected. Text data is also available in PDF format (follow
this link).
- Memory unit of the 197 songs recorded in
Mogara, 3/04/1996 (1h 32mn, 64 Mb)
- Memory unit of the 337 songs recorded in
Majalgaon, 2/04/1996 (1h 29mn, 62 Mb)
- Memory unit of the 255 songs recorded in
Bachoti, 8/04/1996 (beginning, 19mn 24s, 13 Mb)
- Memory unit of the 255 songs recorded in
Bachoti, 8/04/1996 (ctd, 57mn 46s, 40 Mb)
- Excerpt from [UVS-44] recorded
in Pune, 5/10/1999 (15mn 16s, 11 Mb)
- Excerpt from [UVS-46] recorded
in Pune, 5/10/1999 (54mn 54s, 38 Mb)
Excerpts of recordings of songs unrelated to Ambedkar
These examples are cited in the essay « Une
capacité d'improvisation mélodique ».
- [UVS-33-07]:
Gavlan by Gangu Ambore (recorded on 6/02/1997 in Tadkalas,
Parbhani district, 2mn 53s, 2 Mb)
- [UVS-01-25]: An interpretation
of the same tune as a grindmill song by Dighe Baban (recorded
on 14/10/1995 in Bhambarde, Pune district, 26mn 37s,
18 Mb)
- [UVS-06-13]: An
interpretation of the same tune on the sarangi by S.P. Singh
(recorded on 16/11/1995 in New Delhi, 1mn 08s,
806 Kb)
- [42507]: An interpretation of the
same tune as a grindmill song by Kamble Shahu (recorded on
5/10/1999 in Nandgaon, Pune district, 1mn 15s,
880 Kb)
- [36301] : An interpretation
of the same tune as a grindmill song by Ghangaon Mathura
(recorded on 3/04/1996 in Mogara, Beed district, 47s,
551 Kb)
- [UVS-23-01] : An
interpretation of the same tune on the sarangi by S.P.Singh
(recorded on 20/04/1996 in New Delhi, 3mn 24s,
2.3 Mb)
Interviews
- Excerpts of the sound track of a video interview of Guy
Poitevin by Pierre Vuarin on the cast system and the
emancipation of the oppressed (World forum in Mumbai, January
2004, 15mn, 21 Mb). Thanks: Charles-Léopold Mayer
Foundation for the Progress of Humankind.
- Excerpts of the broadcast "L'autre
monde des intouchables" by Joseph Confavreux and Pierre
Willer, France Culture on 4 September 2004. Thanks: Radio France.
- Guy Poitevin : les dalit en
tant que catégorie sociale extrait (1mn 47s,
593 Kb)
- Christophe Jaffrelot :
définition du terme « dalit »
(3mn 10s, 1.8 Mb)
- Christophe Jaffrelot : qui
était Ambedkar ? (1mn 45s,
616 Kb)
- Christophe Jaffrelot :
Ambedkar n'a pas réussi à unifier le mouvement
des Intouchables (2mn 18s, 808 Kb)
- Christophe Jaffrelot :
l'évolution de la condition d'Intouchable, villes et
campagne (3mn 18s, 1.2 Mb)
- Guy Poitevin : l'appropriation
du terme « dalit » (2mn 09s,
757 Kb)
- Christophe Jaffrelot : les
Intouchables dans les partis politiques (7mn 36s,
2.6 Mb)
- Guy Poitevin : la caste est
d'autant plus forte que le « système des
castes » disparaît (3mn 23s,
1.1 Mb)
- Christophe Jaffrelot : la
conversion d'Ambedkar (1mn 34s, 555 Kb)
- Guy Poitevin : chercher ce que
signifie Ambedkar pour l'Inde (38s, 226 Kb)
The 173 songs recorded on Ambedkar
Theses songs are contained in the Mogara, Majalgaon, Bachoti and
Pune corpus (see above). Serial numbers are
listed between square brackets in the book. They are also displayed
in the text
data of corpora.