This month, Aaron welcomes singer-songwriter Abigail Dowd, who’ll be speaking and performing at Flyleaf Books Wednesday, October 28. Dowd will be exploring the “Ethnography of a Song,” beginning at 6 p.m. Ethnography refers to an approach to anthropological study, where a researcher will immerse themselves into an unfamiliar culture, without judgment, to try to completely understand it as much as possible; Dowd says that approach can also help in songwriting, when you try to adopt a different perspective or point of view – or, for that matter, when you’re trying to fully articulate your own.

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97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck chats with government officials, UNC scholars, business and nonprofit leaders, area musicians, and others in our community as they share their thoughts, their experience, and their expertise on the central issues of today. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s conversations – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” at 7:30 a.m. on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

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