Year: 2015
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: This paper offers a theoretical analysis of polyphonic singing as a form of social and intercultural engagement, a tool for building social capital, and a site for exploring new subjectivities. Building on arguments presented in my new book, A Different Voice, A Different Song, and with particular reference to those who sing songs from ‘other’ cultures, I consider a set of related issues, including the politics of participation, the transformative potential of performance, and questions of authenticity and identity. In the process, I enter into dialogue with recent theoretical work in ethnomusicology, social anthropology, political science and cultural theory. In providing alternatives to the trope of music as commodity that is more usually associated with the world music industry, this approach will hopefully shed a different kind of light on questions about what is lost or gained in the changing polyphonic landscape of the 21st century.
Language: English
Topic: Music History and Culture
Subfield: Music
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2610939306