Kuo-Hao Li | Sonic Agency in Practice: Explorations of Influence, Language, andTechnology in Contemporary Taigi Music
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While Taigi music is extensively studied through historical and political narratives, less attention is paid to musicians’ creative agency, the interplay between music and Taigi as a tonal language, and the impact of digital and AI tools on authorship and authenticity. Historically a battleground for identity, Taigi music raises vital questions about the present: Does it still sing “Taiwanese-ness” between the lines? Are specific forms of consciousness still being encoded in the sound? Motivated