ABSTRACT Among egalitarian hunter-gatherer groups across the African continent, musical practices and egalitarian socialities are argued to be mutually implicated with one another. Southeast Asian hunter-gatherers also practice egalitarianism, however, and their musical practices represent a seeming anomaly alongside those of many African hunter-gatherer groups. Discussion of ‘hunter-gatherer musics’ that includes Southeast Asian perspectives has therefore been absent, even though cross-cultural, continent-spanning research with hunter-gatherers is common on topics such as politics, economics, and subsistence. Insights into egalitarianism can be gained through attention to the diversity in hunter-gatherer musical practices. This discussion of Ju|'hoan (Namibia) and Batek (Malaysia) musical practices demonstrates that egalitarianism can be understood in terms of its flexibility.

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灵活性和平等主义：狩猎采集者的音乐见解

摘要 在整个非洲大陆的平等主义狩猎采集者群体中，音乐实践和平等主义社会被认为是相互关联的。然而，东南亚狩猎采集者也奉行平等主义，他们的音乐实践与许多非洲狩猎采集者群体的音乐实践相比似乎显得异常。因此，关于包括东南亚视角的“狩猎采集音乐”的讨论一直没有出现，尽管与狩猎采集者的跨文化、跨大陆研究在政治、经济和生计等主题上很常见。通过关注狩猎采集者音乐实践的多样性，可以深入了解平等主义。本次讨论鞠|'