Resonant Histories: Echoes of Al-Andalus in Granada' documentary screening with Q+A
In person only (KCT4, King’s College: 1-3pm, Thurs Jan 29)
Join us for this special screening of Dr Matthew Machin-Autenreith’s documentary, ‘Resonant Histories: Echoes of Al-Andalus in Granada’. This in person only event will comprise the screening followed by a Q an A.
In the shadows of the Alhambra palace, reconstructed sounds of Spain’s medieval Muslim and Jewish past, referred to as al-Andalus, reverberate around the streets of Granada. Past and present collide in the musical fusions of Spanish, European and North African artists who explore the links between the ‘sister’ traditions of flamenco and Arab-Andalusian music, which supposedly trace their origins to the musical confluences of al-Andalus. Drawing on a range of ethnographic encounters in the city of Granada, this documentary traces the development of a fusion scene in southern Spain from the mid-20th century that brings into dialogue different musical and cultural communities who work together to create re-imagined musical reflections of the past. However, there is much more to this story than simply musical fusion and historical memory. The film also explores how the preservation of Moroccan Arab-Andalusian music in Spain and its encounter with flamenco today, is tied up with wider social and cultural circumstances such as the history of Spanish colonialism in Morocco (1912-1956), Moroccan migration into Spain from the 1990s, interculturalism and gender. The film emerged from the European Research Council funded project ‘Past and Present Musical Encounters across the Strait of Gibraltar’ (MESG__758221).
Dr. Matthew Machin-Autenrieth is a Lecturer in Ethnomusicology at the University of Aberdeen and former Principal Investigator for the European Research Council-funded project ‘Past and Present Musical Encounters across the Strait of Gibraltar’ (2018–23). He completed his Masters and PhD in Ethnomusicology at Cardiff University. Following his studies, he was appointed as a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Cambridge (2014–18) before becoming Senior Research Associate from 2018–20. He is the author of Flamenco, Regionalism and Musical Heritage in Southern Spain (Routledge, 2017) and co-editor of Music and the Making of Portugal and Spain: Nationalism and Identity Politics in the Iberian Peninsula (University of Illinois Press, 2023).
- Speaker
- Dr Matthew Machin-Autenreith
- Hosted by
- University of Aberdeen
- Venue
- King's College
- Contact
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For further information, please contact Dr Chrsitina Ballico at: christina.ballico@abdn.ac.uk.