Video Phenomena

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Seems like Bambi's message didn't make it to the list:

On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 08:14, Bambi Schieffelin <bs4 at nyu.edu> wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPAO-lZ4_hU
Have a look at Michael Wesch's piece about YouTube for the Library of
Congress - also his "mwesch's channel" (on YouTube) wh has a lot of
the source pieces he uses, including the Numa Numa sequences.
BBS


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Alex Enkerli
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On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 8:03 AM, Alexandre Enkerli <enkerli at gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually, in the playlist under the video Jess sent, there's a mention of
> "Numa Numa Guy." If you don't know, it comes from yet another "viral video,"
> which students may not have seen and which could also be the basis for some
> discussion.
> In that video, Gary Brolsma recorded himself while reacting to "Dragonstea
> Din Tei," from Moldavian band O-Zone.
> Brolsma's video:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60og9gwKh1o
> O-Zone:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRx5PrAlUdY
>
> Now, those videos aren't self-explanatory in their connection to linguistic
> anthropology. But this might be where students can contribute more.
> If it were me, I'd probably include them in a section on language and
> globalization. In a way, what this "Internet phenomenon" makes clear is that
> music isn't a universal language. Of course, there are many ways to get this
> point across. But depending on who the students are, this one might be quite
> effective.
>
> And this one, in which Gary Brolsma appears, is all about intertextuality:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoFMRXlNJ6Y
>
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 05:29, Jess Bier <jessbier at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Here is a different kind of example, a music video surtitled "What English
>> Sounds Like to Foreigners". Perhaps you've already seen it:
>>
>> http://music.todaysbigthing.com/2009/11/03
>>
>> From the website:
>>
>> "An Italian singer wrote this song with gibberish to sound like English. If
>> you've ever wondered what other people think Americans sound like, this is
>> it."
>>
>> Jess
>>
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