Week 4 (Jan 25-29) - Popular musics and cultural identity: hybridization, appropriation and indigenization

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Tuesday 26: Film screening & class discussion

Film: Crossing the Bridge: The sound of Istanbul. By Fatih Akin. Strand Releasing, 2006.

Assigned reading:

Solomon, Thomas. “‘Living underground is tough’: authenticity and locality in the hip-hop community in Istanbul, Turkey.” Popular Music, 24/1, 2005, pp. 1-20.


Thursday 28: Lecture & class discussion

Assigned reading:

Murphy, David. “Where Does World Music Come From? Globalization, Afropop and the Question of Cultural Identity.” In Biddle, Ian & Vanessa Knights (eds.) Music, National Identity and the Politics of Location. Aldershot. England / Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2007, pp. 39-61.

YouTube links for this class:

Salif Keita & Les Ambassadeurs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XEgM7nU7cc

Papa Wemba http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlDXZSM23C4

Fela Kuti http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-SQH94Pifc

Fela Kuti http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4AA6EuZe-k

Youssou N'Dour http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFTOqZsLjaw

Youssou N'Dour http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH8koG6brAQ


Additional reading:

Spinetti, Federico. “Open Borders: Tradition and Tajik Popular Music: Questions of Aesthetics, Identity and Political Economy.” Ethnomusicology Forum, 14/2, 2005, pp. 185-211.


READING REPORT DUE ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 28.

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