Worlds of Difference: A Home in the World

Worlds of Difference: A Home in the World

Series: Worlds of Difference
From: Homelands Productions
Length: 00:58:59

An exploration of the changing relationship between culture and place, with stories from Ireland, Chile and the Middle East. Read the full description.

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Playing: Worlds of Difference: A Home in the World
From: Homelands Productions

Chiloe_small As human beings become more mobile, the concept of home is changing dramatically. Suddenly we can be "connected" without being "rooted." But real places remain important, both for individuals and for groups. The stories this hour look at the complex physical and emotional connections between culture and place?between who we are and where we live. Features come from a boomtown in Ireland (Frank Browning), an island off the coast of Chile (Alan Weisman), and Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank and Lebanon (Sandy Tolan and Melissa Robbins).

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Piece Description

As human beings become more mobile, the concept of home is changing dramatically. Suddenly we can be "connected" without being "rooted." But real places remain important, both for individuals and for groups. The stories this hour look at the complex physical and emotional connections between culture and place?between who we are and where we live. Features come from a boomtown in Ireland (Frank Browning), an island off the coast of Chile (Alan Weisman), and Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank and Lebanon (Sandy Tolan and Melissa Robbins).

Broadcast History

The feature stories included in this program have aired in slightly different form on NPR news magazine shows and/or on Living on Earth. For details, please see http://homelands.org/worlds/stories.html.

Transcript

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Timing and Cues

:00:00 -- :00:59 BILLBOARD
:01:00 -- :06:00 NEWSCAST HOLE (silence)
:06:00 -- :06:29 MUSIC BED
:06:30 -- :18:59 SEGMENT A
:19:00 -- :19:59 MUSIC BED
:20:00 -- :38:59 SEGMENT B
:39:00 -- :39:59 MUSIC BED
:40:00 -- :58:59 SEGMENT C
OUT CLEAN AT 59:00

Musical Works

A HOME IN THE WORLD

"Dawa Ya Mwoyo" by Samite, Tunula Eno, Triloka Records 2003, 59 sec

"Soroti" by Samite, ibid, 29 sec

"Home Boys Home" by The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem, Luck of the Irish,
Sony Music Entertainment Corporation 1992, 45 sec

Cueca Music, field recording by Alan Weisman, 24 sec

Sirilla Music, field recording by Alan Weisman

"Aia I Waiehu Pua Loke Lani" by Keali`i Reichel, Na Kumu Hula, Songs from the
Source, Vol II 1999 State Council on Hawaiian Heritage, 1:06

"Hymn of Lake Sebu" *T'boli People , Phillipines (EMP) Ryko, 56 sec

"Chiloe Accordian," field recording by Alan Weisman, 16 sec

"Radio Hula" by Ledward Ka`apana & Friends, Hawaiian Slack Key guitar Masters
Collection 1999 Dancing Cat records, 59 sec

"Kinvara Dance" field recording by Frank Browning, 59 sec

"Imaginary Village Music," composed for story by Mohsen Subhi Abdelhamid, 43 sec

Related Website

http://homelands.org/worlds