Stephane Vincent B Aubinet
Academic interests
- Sámi yoik
- Lullabies
- Philosophy
- Anthropology
My main research area lies in the anthropology of music. After a PhD thesis (2016-2020) devoted to the "yoik", a singing technique practiced by the Indigenous Sámi people, I am currently working on an interdisciplinary project about lullabies (2021-2024). The aim is to develop an anthropological perspective on the art of lulling with songs, a widespread practice among humans that many cultures consider magical. I do this through a review of the existing literature on lullabies and an ethnographic anchorage in the Sámi "dovdna" tradition, i.e. small individual melodies attributed to infants.
A leading thread in my work is how various forms of singing can inform and develop ways of being in the world and attachments with human and non-human entities. I explore these issues through dialogues between anthropology, the humanities, and observations from fieldwork.
Background
- PhD in Humanities (University of Oslo)
- BA in History of Art and Archaeology: Musicology (Université de Liège)
- MA in History of Art and Archaeology: Musicology (Université catholique de Louvain)
Publications
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Aubinet, Stéphane (2021). The Problem of Universals in Cross-Cultural Studies: Insights from Sámi Animal Melodies (Yoik). Psychology of Music. ISSN 0305-7356. 49(3). doi: 10.1177/03057356211024346. Full text in Research Archive
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Aubinet, Stéphane & Malay, Olivier E. (2021). Transition and Resilience in Music: Insights from Folk Bals. International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music. ISSN 0351-5796. 52(1), p. 147–164.
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Aubinet, Stéphane (2020). Enchantment and Non-Human Voices in the Sámi Yoik. Cahiers de Littérature Orale. ISSN 2266-1816. 87, p. 195–215. doi: 10.4000/clo.8663. Full text in Research Archive
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Aubinet, Stéphane (2017). Chanter les territoires Sámi dans un monde plus-qu’humain. L'Information géographique. ISSN 0020-0093. 81, p. 20–37. doi: 10.3917/lig.811.0020. Full text in Research Archive
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Aubinet, Stéphane (2018). Sámi joik and the singing body as a more-than-human ecology.
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Aubinet, Stéphane (2018). Musical notation and non-human voices in Sámi joik.
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Aubinet, Stéphane (2018). Franchir l'horizon par la voix dans le joik Sámi (Laponie).
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Aubinet, Stéphane & Malay, Olivier (2017). Democracy and transition in Belgian folk bals.
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Aubinet, Stéphane (2017). Singing Sámi territories in a more-than-human world.
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Aubinet, Stéphane (2017). Cohabiting With Wolves: Sámi joik and the Norwegian Environmental Policy.
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Aubinet, Stéphane (2016). Chanter le territoire Sámi (Laponie).
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Aubinet, Stéphane (2020). The Craft of Yoiking: Philosophical Variations on Sámi Chants. 07. Full text in Research Archive