uhadi

Uhadi meets Machine Learning

Machine learning meets Indigenous knowledge.

Hi, I'm Sibusiso Ncanywa, a PhD candidate in the department of Music & Musicology at Rhodes University. My research explores the possibility of leveraging computer technology to determine whether or not a sound is produced by uhadi, a musical bow of amaXhosa.

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Research Themes

Music/Sound Technology

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The intersection of music and technology.

Digitisation of Indigenous Music Technologies

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Exploring ways to digitise analogue traditional music technologies.

Uhadi

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Exploring forms of knowledge that emerge with and from uhadi musical bow.

Music Information Retrieval

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Algorithms for extracting useful information from music.

Metamodeling

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Felix Guattari's approach to metamodeling as a critical and creative process that challenges standard models and explores new paths.

Decolonial thought

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Challenging dominant narratives and seeking alternative perspectives.

Indigenous knowledge systems

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Exploring indigenous knowledge systems for a more holistic understanding of uhadi and its music.

Encoding/Decoding Models

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Stuart Hall's model of communication, highlighting how meaning is constructed and interpreted through encoding by producers and decoding by audiences.

Conference Papers

Encoding and Decoding Indigenous Knowledge: Developing an Intuitive Digital Representation through Machine Learning

18th South African Society for Research In Music - July 2024

In this paper, I consider the application of Stuart Hall’s model of encoding and decoding media as a conceptual framework for realising an intuitive and equitable digital representation of the uhadi musical bow...

Machine learning meets Indigenous knowledge: codification of uhadi, a South African Xhosa bow instrument

17th South African Society for Research In Music - August 2023

With the rise in the publicity of machine learning and artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, the digital world provides vast options for digital representation of analogue instruments...

Society Memberships

Audio Engineering Society

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Forum for audio professionals and enthusiasts

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South African Society for Research In Music

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Promoting music research in South Africa

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International Society for Music Information Retrieval

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Advancing MIR and its applications

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