Policy, Research & Politics
Music - a secret diplomatic tool?
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- Wednesday, 14 June 2017
Can music really build bridges of understanding amid conflicts? Participants at the 2017 European Forum on Music in Cyprus think so, though they admit that music can also become a weapon.
No Korean Music in China, For the Foreseeable Future
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- Wednesday, 14 June 2017
Last year, South Korea deploys a US-built missile defence system to defend against their belligerent North Korean neighbor. In response, China institutes a hard (but unstated) ban on all Korean cultural exports.
Mideast Tunes Radio, la webradio musicale et engagée du Moyen-Orient
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- Wednesday, 14 June 2017
Le blog Mideast Tunes -plateforme unique pour musiciens underground du Moyen-Orient et d’Afrique du Nord qui se servent de la musique comme d’un outil pour le changement social- vient de lancer une toute nouvelle radio en ligne.
Hot music video will make you want to dance and ignore rampant corruption in the Russian government
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- Wednesday, 14 June 2017
Political opposition? Lame, according to Russian pop singer Alisa Vox—who, according to a source who talked to Russian news site Meduza, was paid $35,000 by the Kremlin for her new music video.
“We are all Algerian here”
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- Wednesday, 14 June 2017
What is contemporary “British-Algerianness” in London, and what role does music play in mediating and articulating this sense of localised cultural identity?
Music and Cultural Diplomacy: Linking Continents – Bridging Cultures
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- Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Culture has to be part and parcel of our foreign policy. Culture is a powerful tool to build bridges between people, notably the young, and reinforce mutual understanding.
Artists gather to defend the right to artistic freedom in Bangladesh
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- Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Artists around the world face threats and limitations from government and non-state actors. Such challenges are also a daily reality for Bangladeshi artists.
Playlists of Protest Music and Endangered Languages on New Smithsonian Folkways Site
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- Tuesday, 30 May 2017
“At a time when living culture has a profound role to play in fostering mutual understanding, I am especially proud that we are evolving globally with these new digital platforms and collaborating with partners to bring these stories of cultural diversity to light”.
Every country should have a music export office
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- Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Music market development agency Sound Diplomacy has called for every country in the world to establish a music export initiative, arguing those without export offices are missing out on “economic and cultural opportunities every day” and “limiting the opportunity to create skills, jobs and a better quality of life for their creatives”.
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