Liza Munk, University of California Santa BarbaraAbstract for the 13th Symposium of the ICTM Mediterranean Music Studies Group:Music, Power, and Space: A Mediterranean Perspective One pattern in current scholarship on the Middle East and North Africa is the tendency to focus on crisis – crises of war, of refugees, of climate. While valuing the responsibility …
Musique et arts vivants de rue au Maroc: Accompagner la performance, lui donner sens
Anne-Myriam Abdelhak, Université de Paris - URMIS, Centre Jacques Berque and LADSISAbstract for the 13th Symposium of the ICTM Mediterranean Music Studies Group:Music, Power, and Space: A Mediterranean Perspective «Jouer dans un espace contesté : trajectoires de ‘musiciens de rue’ en milieu urbain marocain»J’aborderai dans cette présentation les liens entre musique, espace et pouvoir dans …
Making ‘Home’ on the Diasporic Dancefloor: Taqsim as Storytelling in Arab-influenced Underground Dance Music
Jillian S. Fulton-Melanson, York UniversityAbstract for the 13th Symposium of the ICTM Mediterranean Music Studies Group:Music, Power, and Space: A Mediterranean Perspective Melodies evoke nostalgia and emotions, taking performers and listeners to different temporal locations. Taqsim, the Arabic word for musical improvisation, is a melodic exploration that, depending on the performer, can tell a story …
Performing Samba in Beirut: citizenship, precarity and the Lebanese state
Gabrielle Messeder, City, University of LondonAbstract for the 13th Symposium of the ICTM Mediterranean Music Studies Group:Music, Power, and Space: A Mediterranean Perspective Leila Khoury [pseudonum] is a São Paulo-born Lebanese-Brazilian singer and dancer who lives and works in Beirut. Due to the close transnational relationship between the two countries and the international commodification of …
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Social Change of Hereditary Musicians: The Introduction of Electronic Keyboards in Traditional Wedding Ceremonies of Western Anatolia
Şahin Yaldiz, CHOREOMUNDUS: International Master in Dance Knowledge, Practice and HeritageAbstract for the 13th Symposium of the ICTM Mediterranean Music Studies Group:Music, Power, and Space: A Mediterranean Perspective Until the 1990s, music in wedding ceremonies of Western Anatolia was played by traditional musicians and the ceremonies used to traditionally go on for three days and …
Chypre, musiques et espace à travers le cas des concerts bicommunautaires
Ikbal Hamzaoui, Institut Supérieur de musique de TunisAbstract for the 13th Symposium of the ICTM Mediterranean Music Studies Group:Music, Power, and Space: A Mediterranean Perspective Ayant réalisé une série de séjours de terrain à Chypre de 2000 à 2007 durant lesquels je travaillais sur les confluences entre les musiques greco-turco-arabes, j’ai pu vivre la transition …
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Cliquetis, Cloches, Simandres et Orgues: sons de pouvoir au Saint-Sépulcre de Jérusalem
Olivier Tourny, CNRS, Université Aix MarseilleAbstract for the 13th Symposium of the ICTM Mediterranean Music Studies Group:Music, Power, and Space: A Mediterranean Perspective Lieu de la passion et de la mort du Christ, l’église du Saint-Sépulcre est le Saint des Saints de la Chrétienté. Elle n’est pourtant pas le lieu d’accueil de tous les Christianismes. …
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