Music and Conflict

by O'Connell, John Morgan

• ISBN13: 9780252035456
• ISBN10: 0252035453
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-09-23
• Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr

Summary

This volume charts a new frontier of applied ethnomusicology by highlighting the role of music in both inciting and resolving a spectrum of social and political conflicts in the contemporary world. Examining the materials and practices of music-making, contributors detail how music and performance are deployed to critique power structures and to nurture cultural awareness among communities in conflict. The essays here range from musicological studies to ethnographic analyses to accounts of practical interventions that could serve as models for conflict resolution.Music and Conflictreveals how musical texts are manipulated by opposing groups to promote conflict and how music can be utilized to advance conflict resolution. Speaking to the cultural implications of globalization and pointing out how music can promote a shared musical heritage across borders, the essays discuss the music of Albania, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Egypt, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, North and South Korea, Uganda, the United States, and the former Yugoslavia. The volume also includes dozens of illustrations, including photos, maps, and musical scores. Contributors are Samuel Araujo, William Beeman, Stephen Blum, Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco, David Cooper, Keith Howard, Inna Naroditskaya, John Morgan O'Connell, Svanibor Pettan, Anne K. Rasmussen, Adelaida Reyes, Anthony Seeger, Jane C. Sugarman, and Britta Sweers.

Author Biography

 

John Morgan O'Connell is a senior lecturer in ethnomusicology and the director of the program in ethnomusicology at Cardiff University. Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco is a professor of ethnomusicology and the director of the Institute of Ethnomusicology at New University of Lisbon, Portugal.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction: An Ethnomusicological Approach to Music and Conflict	p. 1
Music in War
Kosova Calls for Peace: Song, Myth, and War in an Age of Global Media	p. 17
Musical Enactment of Conflict and Compromise in Azerbaijan	p. 46
Music Across Boundaries
Music across the DMZ	p. 67
Fife and Fiddle: Protestants and Traditional Music in Northern Ireland	p. 89
Music After Displacement
The Suyá and the White Man: Forty-five Years of Musical Diplomacy in Brazil	p. 109
Asymmetrical Relations: Conflict and Music as Human Response	p. 126
Music and Ideology
Music at the Margins: Performance and Ideology in the Persianate World	p. 141
Performing Religious Politics: Islamic Musical Arts in Indonesia	p. 155
Music in Application
Music in War, Music for Peace: Experiences in Applied Ethnomusicology	p. 177
Music against Fascism: Applied Ethnomusicology in Rostock, Germany	p. 193
Music as Conflict
Sound Praxis: Music, Politics, and Violence in Brazil	p. 217
Musical Enactment of Attitudes toward Conflict in the United States	p. 232
Epilogue: Ethnomusicologists as Advocates	p. 243
References	p. 253
Contributors	p. 273
Index	p. 279
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